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My top 5:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- Washington
- Bay Area
Not my top 5 for where I'd choose to live in (insert Miami & Boston and take out Los Angeles & Bay Area for that) but my top 5 from what I think are the most well rounded cities in this country. No way is Los Angeles not on there.
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Mine, based on the likelihood I would relocate there happily:
1. San Francisco (current home by a stroke of good fortune I do not deserve)
2. New York
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
5. Boston
6. Washington DC
7. Seattle
8. Denver
9. San Diego
10. Atlanta
11. Dallas
12. Austin
13. Philadelphia
14. Miami
15. Phoenix
16. Houston
17. Pittsburgh
18. Portland
19. Sacramento
20. New Orleans
Mine, based on the likelihood I would relocate there happily:
1. San Francisco (current home by a stroke of good fortune I do not deserve)
2. New York
3. Los Angeles
4. Chicago
5. Boston
6. Washington DC
7. Seattle
8. Denver
9. San Diego
10. Atlanta
11. Dallas
12. Austin
13. Philadelphia 14. Miami 15. Phoenix 16. Houston
17. Pittsburgh 18. Portland
19. Sacramento
20. New Orleans
Not bad, not bad at all. I share the same exact cities in bold, in any given order. Not bad, we have a quite a few glaring similarities, 16 out of 20 of the cities.
Mine in order (where I could live "happily"):
- New York
- Washington
- Chicago
- Boston (alternates with San Francisco-- depending on season or what I'm in the mood for)
- Miami
- San Francisco (alternates with Boston-- see Boston for details)
- Seattle (fluctuates with Denver, Tucson, San Diego)
- Denver (fluctuates with Seattle, Tucson, San Diego)
- Tucson (fluctuates with Seattle, Denver, San Diego)
- San Diego (fluctuates with Seattle, Denver, Tucson)
- Austin
- Dallas (fluctuates with Houston, Los Angeles)
- Houston (fluctuates with Dallas, Los Angeles)
- Los Angeles (fluctuates with Dallas, Houston)
- Atlanta (after Atlanta, there's sort of a sizable gap)
- Portland
- Phoenix
- Minneapolis
This is always true except when it comes to places with most scenic nature or if you talk about the 5 worst cities in america. None of them would be on either of those lists. Its always detroit, dallas, houston, atlanta and phoenix/los angeles/denver/Chicago/Orlando/
Most of have similar top 10 lists. Generally, everyone has NY, LA, and Chicago in the top 10. Where most people differ is SF, SD, DC, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston/Dallas, Minneapolis and the Portland/Austin/Charlotte of the world.
I left out NYC because honestly, I hate leafy suburban sprawl. And as we all know from ACTUAL FACTS, there are FEW cities in the US that sprawl more than NYC. So, I chose 4 of the LEAST sprawly metros in the country Based on which I'd choose first then so on.
Last edited by MB8abovetherim; 01-22-2013 at 08:05 PM..
I left out NYC because honestly, I hate leafy suburban sprawl. And as we all know from ACTUAL FACTS, there are FEW cities in the US that sprawl more than NYC. So, I chose 4 of the LEAST sprawly metros in the country Based on which I'd choose first then so on.
I have trouble picking like 6-7 cities I'd want to live in, much less 10. I kind of see bigger cities as "multiple" cities though...Living in Oakland is a different experience than SF, living in Brooklyn is a different experience than Manhattan, etc. Chicago is worth 5 Austin's on the list. LA is worth 8 of them, NYC 10, etc. in terms of opportunity. While I'll visit almost any city once, I know what I like enough not to want to move there.
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Based on which I'd choose first then so on.
