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I can see Houston passing Chicago, it's a much more desierable city to live in, Chicago's winters are just too harsh. Houston is and will keep growing at a much faster rate than Chicago. I'm not being biased either, I've never been to Houston, but I've been to Chicago several times.
That's a matter of personal opinion. I really don't find the winters in northern Illinois to be too harsh; snow and cold for 3 months isn't that big of a deal to me.
That's true, Tampa and central FL in general is very underrated on this forum.
I have a love-hate relationship with Central Florida and Tampa Bay, but I can agree that it is underrated. But I don't know if I would live there again.
Among extra-large cities, I'd say Philadelphia is even more underrated than Houston. Sure, a lot of people think both places are "dumps" (I disagree on both counts) but nobody has labeled Houston a "dying city" like some people have labeled Philadelphia. (Never mind that population estimates between 2000 and 2009 indicate that the city of Philadelphia has grown in population.)
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Tampa is VASTLY underrated. My goodness, what a prime location it's at.
Tampa is possibly the most underrated city in all of Florida and possibly the South for that matter.
Tampa Bay has a lot more going for it than most would think and can easily compete with other large port cities.
And I agree as well, Houston is very underrated as well.
But here's my list: I forgot my overrated cities last time.
Underrated:
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Detroit
Oakland
Fort Worth
San Jose (Possibly)
Overrated:
NYC (Love the city, but it is exceptionally OVERRATED, there are threads that are like Philly Vs. Boston, and large sums of people ALWAYS manage to say NYC in a thread about two other cities)
Vegas
Boston
Seattle
Orlando
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^^Ok, so according to your logic, Houston is overrated since it's discussed a lot on this forum. You can't base it on how much it's discussed on here. Most people who have been to NYC know there's nothing overhyped about it.
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