Personally, we would never survive without at least the possibility of seeing water every day.

Looking out onto even not-so-crystal-clear water calms us. So we decided to put together a list of the best waterfront cities, from the smaller (Charleston) to the bigger (Cape Town).

As always, send us your votes for the cities we missed!

Chicago

Seattle

Nice,

France

San

Francisco

Hamburg

Miami

Cape

Town Rio de Janeiro Boston Waterfront St. George's, Bermuda

Montreal