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Chicago is my favorite of the bunch but both have so many great places and some smaller cities in the South are really great. Charleston and Savannah etc.
Also agree with the earlier post in that I really dont think of Baltimore or DC as southern today
DC will always be debated between north and south and I say south for the DC area on this one if going by census bureau. I pick the south with Atlanta, Dallas, DC, Houston, and Miami they outmatch Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis. Nashville, Austin, and New Orleans for smaller metros are more hip, fashionable, prettier than any of their midwestern peers IMO.
Well first things first you can find coastal living in the south with Miami, Houston, and DC isnt far from the coast either. Dallas, Miami, and Atlanta are more hip and fashionable places than any place in the midwest. The economies of Dallas, Houston, and DC are better than any big city in the midwest. The weather of Miami and Atlanta are much superior to Chicago or anything else in the midwest. Nightlife in Miami and Atlanta outdo anything the midwest has to offer. Suburbs of Dallas, Houston, DC, and Miami have no competition from the midwest outside Chicago. All 5 outmatch every midwestern city on the international feel, the midwest outside of Minneapolis is a very awful place for diversity. So much segregation and the all American mentality where people act ignorant of other nationalities is disturbing.
The midwest is a boring, one diminesional, all American region IMO. It places last of the 4 regions in the U.S. IMO. I have a great deal of respect and love for Minneapolis and its my first choice in the midwest. Chicago is also nice in the greater parts but overall its no where close to a competition. The south is a much superior region offering everything superior to the midwest.
DC makes up for Chicago- I would rather live in DC. Love Chicago, but winter is brutal
Houston makes up for Detroit- Love Detroit, and would definitely live there, but Houston edges it out a bit IMO
DFW Makes up for Minneapolis - Not a real contest really for me, DFW trumps MSP
New Orleans makes up for St Louis- Two Excellent Cities. I think both were once in the top 3 largest cities in the US, NOLA is my pick.
Atlanta makes up for Cleveland- I Like Cleveland, but Love ATL.
San Antonio makes up for Kansas City- SA for the win
Austin makes up for Indianapolis- Two fast growers, prefer Austin
Miami makes up for Milwaukee- No Contest, Miami
Tampa makes up for Omaha- Tampa is my choice there.
Orlando makes up for Columbus- Both nice cities. For family reasons I would go with Orlando
Baltimore makes up for Cincinnati- Would be a close call there
That still lives Nashville, Richmond, Savannah, Charleston, OKC, Jacksonville, Asheville, Louisville, etc etc.
I would pick the Southern set for the win.
I do Like Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati and some others but I like most Southern Cities more.
DC and Baltimore are not southern cities. Even excluding them I think the south wins (including them and it's a wash by far).
The midwest has Chicago which is one of my favorite cities in the USA but the south has Miami. I think Miami is more fun and exciting to live in and vacation than Chicago. It's not all of Chicago's fault, Miami is just in a killer location and the latin feel makes it stand out among US cities.
I like Detroit (I live here now) but I'm not going to pretend Detroit is anymore a world class city. I'd take Atlanta over Detroit for many reasons (climate being one big one).
Cleveland/Pittsburgh/Cincinnati are nice cities that most people out of the midwest never heard of. I'd take Charleston/Savannah/Chattanooga over them though if I wanted a beautiful small city with a nice vibe.
St. Louis is no comparison for NOLA. I know which one I'd pick.
Kansas City? I'd take Orlando.
That still leaves Houston, Dallas, Jax, Tampa, Memphis, Nashville and many smaller cities. I left out Minneapolis because I never been there though I doubt I'd like living there (isolation + COLD). I think Charlotte would be a preferable place to live than Minneapolis. Milwaukee is also a nice city though I'd take Baton Rouge over it. The midwest has some nice college towns like Madison and Ann Arbor but those feel too niche and it's not a stretch to consider Austin part of the south which beats both college towns together imo. There is also San Antonio which while still young has the river walk and is GROWING. The south also has some party cities like daytona in florida and corpus christi/south padre island in texas.
If we include DC and Baltimore it's not even a competition
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DC makes up for Chicago- I would rather live in DC. Love Chicago, but winter is brutal
Houston makes up for Detroit- Love Detroit, and would definitely live there, but Houston edges it out a bit IMO
DFW Makes up for Minneapolis - Not a real contest really for me, DFW trumps MSP
New Orleans makes up for St Louis- Two Excellent Cities. I think both were once in the top 3 largest cities in the US, NOLA is my pick.
Atlanta makes up for Cleveland- I Like Cleveland, but Love ATL.
San Antonio makes up for Kansas City- SA for the win
Austin makes up for Indianapolis- Two fast growers, prefer Austin
Miami makes up for Milwaukee- No Contest, Miami
Tampa makes up for Omaha- Tampa is my choice there.
Orlando makes up for Columbus- Both nice cities. For family reasons I would go with Orlando
Baltimore makes up for Cincinnati- Would be a close call there
That still lives Nashville, Richmond, Savannah, Charleston, OKC, Jacksonville, Asheville, Louisville, etc etc.
I would pick the Southern set for the win.
I do Like Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Cleveland, Cincinnati and some others but I like most Southern Cities more.
LOL!!
DC - decent, but wouldn't live there
Chicago - best city on the list
Houston - dump
Minneapolis - not too bad
Detroit - dump
DFW - joke
New Orleans - cool to visit
St Louis - has been
Atlanta - overrated
Cleveland - dump
San Antonio - joke
Kansas City - boring
Austin - yet another overrated city
Indianapolis - yawn
Miami - cool town, wouldn't live there
Milwaukee - dump
Tampa - joke
Omaha - seriously?
Orlando - haha
Columbus - Columbus???
Baltimore - dump
Cincinnati - dump
Nashville - nice city
Richmond - c'mon
Savannah - nice town
Charleston - serious??
OKC - dump
Jacksonville - DUMP
Asheville - whatever
Louisville - boring
No clear winner here.
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