"likeable city" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when describing a city that is pleasant, enjoyable, or easy to like. Here is an example sentence: "I fell in love with Barcelona at first sight - the charming streets, friendly locals, and lively culture make it such a likeable city."
The songbook of the world's most likeable cities needs an urgent rewrite.
Successful, and likeable, cities are, however, the product of the dreams, ideals, ventures and gambles of many different coalescing and clashing businesses, individuals and other bodies.
First stop is the capital, St John's, a likeable port city with a small-town feel.
Similarly, Rio de Janeiro, Ruy Castro's immensely likeable guide to the city is penned against the backdrop of last year's festivities, the so-called Carnival of Fire, when gangsters from the teetering favelas overlooking the city nearly brought it to a standstill.
They define our soft power around the world; they make our towns and cities more liveable and likeable.
I visited the Picasso museum, strolled around the new harbour district, and decided that Málaga was, like most medium-sized cities in Spain, convivial and likeable.
It may be over-simplistic, but here there's a temptation to say that City, like Barcelona, want to be likeable; to avoid being seen just as arrivistes.
On Saturday, much of the city experienced a lighter version of what its extremely likeable 22-year-old rock star experienced: prolonged disappointment.
If there is such a thing as a world leader for cities, a spokesman for the planet's exploding urban constituency, then perhaps it's the likeable, silver-haired bundle of Catalan energy sitting across the table from me.
Four likeable stars of considerable and beloved vintage get the old band/gang back together for one last epic thrash in Sin City.
