America's most overrated, overhyped, or overpriced cities to live (ski resorts, park)

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Ah, we have a wiseguy on our hands. I'm a guy, but I'm past the immature "duuuuuuude" phase.

Moving on...

I lived in 3 towns in lower Fairfield County - closest being a section of Greenwich. From two of the three towns, you can drive to Midtown Manhattan in about 30 minutes without traffic. Train times are a little longer though. My old roommate commuted from Stamford to the Bronx - his trip each way was 28 miles, about 30 minutes.

So you're saying that suburbs within, say 45 miles of NYC (nation's largest city and metro) aren't part of the tri-state area? Really??

I'm not sure what you're trying to prove but it's becoming pretty comical.

Sorry KY,

I am just kinda effin' with you.
My reaction is more to some threads on the CT forum awhile ago that were addressing CT's membership in the New England brotherhood.
Some posters were seemingly being dragged back into New England kicking and screaming and declaring their cultural annexing to NYC.
There were often virulent anti-Boston comments made as well. Completely uncalled for and stupid.

[whinniethezen]

I am originally from southern California and our family just spent three whole weeks in Chicago. My husband is seriously considering a sales exec position there, so we wanted to see if Chicago was to our liking and since I am a teacher with summers off we were able to stay a while in the Windy City

I have been to most of the larger metro areas in the U.S.--NYC, LA, Bay Area, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta, Boston,Philidelphia, and also Toronto and Vancouver in Canada. Chicago was a new experience for me and my husband had only been to their airport before this trip.

We were impressed with the overall cosmopolitan-ness of Chicago, and the weather was nice enough when we went, so that really didnt actor into our overall conclusion: Chicago is kind of overrated. I've met so many people who've moved out to southern California from Chicago and they all seem to share that same boastful spirit when discussing their hometown. So Chicago was kind of built up in our minds as this magical place of great italian food, blues, unparalleled achitecture, and nice people.

Our overall opinion is that Chicago had nicely preserved architecture and a lively vibe especially in its surrounding neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville. The lafefront was far more beautiful than I pictured it would be. But that's kind of where it ends for us.

Chicago was not as impressive as Manhatten, yet the same headaches existed. We found it difficult to get around without using the train system, which never seemed aimed where we needed to be. The city itself was dirty. Maybe not as bad as Philly or Baltimore, but filthy nonetheless. I pictured Chicago being a place you could enjoy on the cheap. Not so. Parking for anything worthwhile was atrocious. I suppose if we wanted to take a bicycle everywhere it would be alright. The food was a letdown. We tried two of the more famous pizza joints, Aurelios and Lou Malnaits, of the two I enjoyed the second one best. But the pizza was not served hot at either place, which seemed odd. we wanted to try some good ethnic food but were pretty disappointed that the food was ot as good as san Francisco when we visited there. My last and biggest complaint about Chicago was the rudeness. People are just about as impatient there as in New York. THere was nothing "laid back" about the people as is their reputation.

I was glad for the experience however, I got to see Wrigley Field and the Sears (willis?) Tower, and also went to some live theatre and witnessed the Board Of Trade in action, which I highly recommend.
I think I would visit Chicago again, but for a place that is so hyped we left feeling a little, well, ripped off.

[cdw1084]

NYC...LOL at all the people that say Atlanta. Atlanta is not overpriced by any means so it can't fit into this category.

[JoCo freak]

Jackson, WY is a very very expensive place to live, you get a tiny house for like a million bucks, and the average life savings is like 1,750,000 dollars (my house only costed about 275k.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by cdw1084

NYC...LOL at all the people that say Atlanta. Atlanta is not overpriced by any means so it can't fit into this category.

I think people are applying the "overrated" and "overhyped" labels to Atlanta, not the "overpriced" one.

[nva79]

New York is only overpriced. It's worth all the hype it gets, its truly unique. I have been living here for a little while and absolutely love it.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by Rwarky

Which U.S. cities are the most overrated, overhyped, or overpriced places to live?

Sarasota, Florida; in all three categories.

[fashionguy]

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Cleveland are the most overrated. NYC, LA, Boston and SF are the most overpriced. Chicago is the most overhyped

Originally Posted by Rwarky

Which U.S. cities are the most overrated, overhyped, or overpriced places to live?

[NSX]

Northern Virginia area. Everyone told me how great it would be before I moved there, I lived there for a year but I just didn't see it. Some nice people there, but for the most part it was very snobby.

I wouldn't say that Detroit is overhyped...because most people already know that it's mostly a ghetto/rust pit with just a few nice suburbs (but unlike NoVA, the place does have some soul to it).

I'd say the most underrated might be Grand Junction, Colorado. I've been there twice for business, and I've always been amazed at how beautiful it is there and how friendly the people are. The cost of living there is also extremely low.

[NSX]

Originally Posted by JoCo freak

Jackson, WY is a very very expensive place to live, you get a tiny house for like a million bucks, and the average life savings is like 1,750,000 dollars (my house only costed about 275k.

What makes it so expensive to live there? I never would have had any idea that Wyoming, of all places, could be so expensive.