Name 5 U.S. cities you could never live in and explain why? (cost, state)

[MassVt]

I could certainly name more than five, but just for a taste:

Dallas--too conservative, too Bible-Belt, but overall, just too hot; record numberof days above 90
Miami--just too humid, too far away from areas with a change of seasons
Baltimore--very humid summers, too much poverty/housing decay; very depressing
New Orleans--extremely humid, very high rate of crime
Las Vegas--not interested in the lifestyle, oppressive summer heat, not enough moisture

[Vlajos]

Dallas
Houston
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Florida (excluding Miami)

[Fitzrovian]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

Dallas
Houston
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Florida (excluding Miami)

nice list, man.

[globalburgh]

Seattle
Portland
Phoenix
Charlotte
San Diego

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by glamgal198

No particular Order

Atlanta: I was extremely disappointed and underwhelmed, I'm just going to say it, it's boring! There is nothing special or unique about it!
Houston: See Atlanta
Charlotte: See Houston
Jacksonvillee: My boyfriend lives here, I refuse to visit him...see Charlotte
Columbus: Couldn't wait to graduate and get the hell away from this place. Take away OSU and Columbus has nothing!
Toledo,OH: Or as I call it...Hell! Born and raised here, finally I'm free!!!

How interesting that someone from TOLEDO of all places finds metros of over 5 million people boring. And you REFUSE to visit your boyfriend simply because he lives in Jacksonville?

Sounds like you are going to have a difficult time finding somewhere that "suits" you.

[glamgal198]

Originally Posted by johnatl

How interesting that someone from TOLEDO of all places finds metros of over 5 million people boring. And you REFUSE to visit your boyfriend simply because he lives in Jacksonville?

Sounds like you are going to have a difficult time finding somewhere that "suits" you.

I don't find all metros with over 5 million people boring just the ones I listed Currently I live in DC and I have no problem with the area, in fact I LOVE IT! Only city I could probably love more is NYC or Chicago.

I refuse to visit my boyfriend in Jacksonville because it's a dump and he agrees. He prefers to visit a city that is young people friendly, meaning we will have something to do, so it's really not a big deal for either of us.

Honestly Columbus, Charlotte, Houston, Jacksonville,and Atlanta could all be the same city to me. They are sprawled, strip mall oriented, no interesting architecture...just, boring, no offense. There's really no reason to visit them unless you have a business trip or family memeber that lives there.

[Fitzrovian]

Originally Posted by glamgal198

I don't find all metros with over 5 million people boring just the ones I listed Currently I live in DC and I have no problem with the area, in fact I LOVE IT! Only city I could probably love more is NYC or Chicago.

I refuse to visit my boyfriend in Jacksonville because it's a dump and he agrees. He prefers to visit a city that is young people friendly, meaning we will have something to do, so it's really not a big deal for either of us.

Honestly Columbus, Charlotte, Houston, Jacksonville,and Atlanta could all be the same city to me. They are sprawled, strip mall oriented, no interesting architecture...just, boring, no offense. There's really no reason to visit them unless you have a business trip or family memeber that lives there.

According to the eternal wisdom of johnatl you have no credibility to criticize a large city unless you were born and raised in one. Lol..

@ Johnatl -- a city's population is in no way a barometer of how exciting, boring or liveable that city is. And there are plenty of examples in the US proving that point.

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Fitzrovian

nice list, man.

Thanks

[cali3448893]

You couldnt pay me a million dollars to live in cleveland

[streetcreed]

Originally Posted by Fitzrovian

According to the eternal wisdom of johnatl you have no credibility to criticize a large city unless you were born and raised in one. Lol..

@ Johnatl -- a city's population is in no way a barometer of how exciting, boring or liveable that city is. And there are plenty of examples in the US proving that point.

Originally Posted by glamgal198

I don't find all metros with over 5 million people boring just the ones I listed Currently I live in DC and I have no problem with the area, in fact I LOVE IT! Only city I could probably love more is NYC or Chicago.

I refuse to visit my boyfriend in Jacksonville because it's a dump and he agrees. He prefers to visit a city that is young people friendly, meaning we will have something to do, so it's really not a big deal for either of us.

Honestly Columbus, Charlotte, Houston, Jacksonville,and Atlanta could all be the same city to me. They are sprawled, strip mall oriented, no interesting architecture...just, boring, no offense. There's really no reason to visit them unless you have a business trip or family memeber that lives there.

Regarding Columbus, Charlotte, Houston, and Jacksonville and Atlanta being "the same city"
MINUS one major difference: Columbus was founded in 1812 and thus has an urban core that did develop during the late 1800s and victorian era.

Thus the pre WWII Columbus city boundary is actually the same size as Dallas in preWWII terms. Today this is easily seen when visiting columbus' central city neighborhoods which are far more urban and dense than the other cities mentioned (minus Atlanta due to new condo/office development)