Rules
These files don't list places, they decide. And every decision starts in the same place: a venue's rating on its own says nothing — you need to know where it sits among its peers.
The rules below came from there. Each was measured in a city, each carries its evidence, and each holds independently of the city. You can read this page without opening a single file — this is where the real accumulation is.
Rule no. 01
A rating lies on its own.
Crowds go to the most-reviewed, not the highest-rated. When two places share a category, the one with the bigger sign usually rates below the smaller one.
Born in file: no. 01 · Napoli
Rule no. 02
One kitchen, two doors.
If a good place has a queue, check whether it sells the same thing through another door. A market stall, a takeaway counter, a second address.
Born in file: no. 02 · Nice
Rule no. 03
A rating doesn't know the conditions.
Two places with the same rating are different decisions under different conditions. Wind, hour, season — this is the axis a rating cannot see.
Born in file: no. 03 · Naxos
Rule no. 04
A climb is a filter.
Elevation isn't only a cost; it also decides who shows up. The viewpoint you reach easily is full, the one a hundred metres above it is empty.
Born in file: no. 04 · Lizbon
Cities get consumed. Rules accumulate.