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Old 08-21-2012, 08:48 PM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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San Antonio - I was very charmed when I visited there. Very friendly and great food.
Austin - Nice looking city, good downtown, I like the hills and lakes.
Sacremento - can't go wrong with the location between the Bay Area and Tahoe.
Cleveland - I like that it's on the Lake and has quite a bit of charm. Couldn't stand winter there though.
Kansas City - only driven through it, would like to go back though. Seems to have a good art & music scene
Columbus - I could probably handle a nice midwestern college city I suppose
Indianapolis - this is where the list starts dropping off for me. Nothing bad about Indy, just ...meh..indifference.
San Jose - too techy and expensive for my blood
Charlotte - not for me, just not into the new South
Cincinnati - too close to Kentucky, I really don't like Kentucky
Las Vegas - oh God no
Orlando - not into it.
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Old 08-22-2012, 12:13 AM
 
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I've been to most of these.

1.Las Vegas
2.Austin


3.Kansas City
4.Indianapolis
5.Cincinnati
6.Charlotte
7.Cleveland
8.San Antonio


9.Columbus
10.San Jose
11.Orlando
12.Sacramento
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Old 08-22-2012, 02:54 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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MSA's with roughly 2 million people.

How would you rank them (first to last) in the following criteria:

I'm not going to rank Vegas (fish out of the water here)

1. Downtown vibrancy (very vague, but on any given day...)

San Antonio
Austin
Indianapolis
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose

2. Nighttime vibrancy (just thinking of fri-sat nightlife)

San Antonio
Kansas City
Austin
Charlotte
Cincinnati (including KY)
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose


3. Size of metro (how big the cities "feel" to me)

Cleveland
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Charlotte
Columbus
Austin
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Orlando
Sacramento
San Jose


4. Size of downtown (subjective 'downtown' not official)[/quote]

Cincinnati
Kansas City (including crown center)
Charlotte
Columbus
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Austin
Orlando
Sacramento
San Antonio
San Jose
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Old 08-22-2012, 04:18 PM
 
Location: Paris
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San Antonio - I was very charmed when I visited there. Very friendly and great food.
Austin - Nice looking city, good downtown, I like the hills and lakes.
Sacremento - can't go wrong with the location between the Bay Area and Tahoe.
Cleveland - I like that it's on the Lake and has quite a bit of charm. Couldn't stand winter there though.
Kansas City - only driven through it, would like to go back though. Seems to have a good art & music scene
Columbus - I could probably handle a nice midwestern college city I suppose
Indianapolis - this is where the list starts dropping off for me. Nothing bad about Indy, just ...meh..indifference.
San Jose - too techy and expensive for my blood
Charlotte - not for me, just not into the new South
Cincinnati - too close to Kentucky, I really don't like Kentucky
Las Vegas - oh God no
Orlando - not into it.
Not really important to me either way, but I am curious... is there a story here?
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:24 PM
 
Location: yeah
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Originally Posted by kcmo View Post
MSA's with roughly 2 million people.

How would you rank them (first to last) in the following criteria:

I'm not going to rank Vegas (fish out of the water here)

1. Downtown vibrancy (very vague, but on any given day...)

San Antonio
Austin
Indianapolis
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose

2. Nighttime vibrancy (just thinking of fri-sat nightlife)

San Antonio
Kansas City
Austin
Charlotte
Cincinnati (including KY)
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose


3. Size of metro (how big the cities "feel" to me)

Cleveland
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Charlotte
Columbus
Austin
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Orlando
Sacramento
San Jose


4. Size of downtown (subjective 'downtown' not official)

Cincinnati
Kansas City (including crown center)
Charlotte
Columbus
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Austin
Orlando
Sacramento
San Antonio
San Jose
Stick to ranking strains of wheat...
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Old 08-22-2012, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Washington, DC area
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Stick to ranking strains of wheat...
I did put san jose last every time, which I see made you mad. But hey, post your opinion if you don't like mine
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Old 08-22-2012, 06:09 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Kcmo has the right idea, I was actually asking for four separate lists, sorry if I wasn't clear.
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Old 08-22-2012, 06:45 PM
 
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Originally Posted by kcmo View Post
MSA's with roughly 2 million people.

How would you rank them (first to last) in the following criteria:

I'm not going to rank Vegas (fish out of the water here)

1. Downtown vibrancy (very vague, but on any given day...)

San Antonio
Austin
Indianapolis
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose

2. Nighttime vibrancy (just thinking of fri-sat nightlife)

San Antonio
Kansas City
Austin
Charlotte
Cincinnati (including KY)
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Orlando
Columbus
Sacramento
San Jose


3. Size of metro (how big the cities "feel" to me)

Cleveland
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Charlotte
Columbus
Austin
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Orlando
Sacramento
San Jose


4. Size of downtown (subjective 'downtown' not official)
Cincinnati
Kansas City (including crown center)
Charlotte
Columbus
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Austin
Orlando
Sacramento
San Antonio
San Jose
Love it...but I agree. You compare Las Vegas to NY, LA, Chicago...not to these sort of cities.
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Old 08-22-2012, 06:51 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Yes, I was going to comment on Vegas. It's an outlier because, a fact that most people don't know, is that the Las Vegas Strip/Blvd isn't even in the Las Vegas city limits! The actual downtown, where Fremont street is, is more fitting of a city with about 50,000 people, truly, and you have to walk through some pretty ghetto-y nabes to get there.
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Old 08-22-2012, 06:54 PM
 
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San Antonio wins this one
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