Which city is better - Warsaw or Krakow?

What do you like most about Krakow as compared to Warsaw, other than it is the city you weer born in?

simple answer, KRAKOW

krakow is ok but i prefer my wifes city wroclaw by a long way

What do you think is better in Wroclaw as compared to Krakow?

family and ostrow tumski for starters

First city I visited in Poland was Krakow,love it,would go back in a heartbeat but,something about Warsaw has got me hooked.Maybe its having freinds who live there where as Krakow is a "tourist spot" Warsaw seems to be a place to go to for specific reasons. In short. Warsaw.I would like Krakow a little more if I wasnt surrounded by tourists speaking my native language.
I think in Warsaw people are more apreciative of your presence, ok ,that sounds a bit high and mighty but from my experiance there seems to be an attitude in Krakow of lets make as much money off these forigners as possible where I ve found that in Warsaw Ive come away from shops and Markets with gifts from traders and a really posative experiance.
Warsaw seems "real" (ok,putting aside the postwar reconstruction following the 44 uprising etc)where as Krakow seems only a few steps from Choclate box,not a bad thing but not exactly the "real" Poland,in so much as any one place can ever represent an entire nation.
k.

I live in Birmingham and would love to try life in either Krakow or Warszawa.

Birmingham is typical of the UK in general in that it's going down the pan very fast.

I was being sarcastic, Brum is a hole and actually im not even sure even snow covered it would look okay :)

lol,telling workmates your "off too Warsaw for a holiday.." always gets funny looks followed by "isnt that near Birmingham?"......no W A R S A W not Walsal ! :)
k,

Warszawa or Kraków?

and the answer is:

Łódź

because it has the best name.

I wish people would make up their minds on this is it "Lodjzz " or "wooudjzz" lol, I learn to pronunce it "properly" then any Poles I know just say "lodjzz"
k.

Aron the Hungarian man, Gianna the Italian lady, Grzegorz the Polish man...

Just some of my work colleagues.
I ask them how to pronounce their name, then attempt to replicate it as they say it.
Other people assume they know and end up (I reckon) sounding a bit stupid.
It's just the same with any foreign word or name.

It's not difficult to say.

Łódź

And quite fun to say as well.

Boat

lol,I think you may have missed my point.
This is a city that most people who are not Polish pronounce exactly as written ie Lod(like you say icecream without the Y )zzz,where as it of course should not sound anything like it looks "in english" but then in a couple of conversations with Poles at work they pronunced it that way too and said I was being "old fshioned" pronuoncing it the "right"way......whats all that about?
k.

I have lived in a suburb or Warsaw (Zalesie Dolne), it was really nice. In general: Warsaw is a growing metropolis with alot of exciting things happening there... as a Pole who goes back almost every summer I can tell you Warsaw is the place where mostly everything important happens in Poland... Its a modern city with alot of old school war monuments and history which gives it a feel unique to any other city in the world.

Krakow is a more romantic city with most of the city still having its original buildings that are hundreds of years old. Its slower paced and prettier than Warsaw, but its still an important city in Poland.

As to whether where you should live, depends on what you like. Should probably visit em before you make a decision.