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Chicago: centre of the Midwest, prohibition in the 30's
Indianapolis: car racing
Milwaukee: cold winters, Happy Days
Minneapolis-St. Paul: Cold winters, twin cities, Prince
New York City: to much to write here
Portland: nothing special
San Francisco: Golden gate, chilly breeze, gay, fun, hippie
Seattle: Boeing, Microsoft, Nirvana, rain, great nature
Washington, DC: costumes, government
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. PITTSBURGH, PA: Old industry
2. ARLINGTON, VA: Washington DC, cemetery
3. TAMPA, FL: /
4. LAS VEGAS, NV: gambling, ugly, booming town
When I was 14, and my first time in the US, we drove from New York city to the Niagara Falls. We stopped in Binghamton. For me, it was like being in the movie "Back to the future", under the city hall. Without waiting for a thunderstorm to come. There are a lot of cities like Binghamton in the US, so I don't have an opinion about them.
1. PITTSBURGH, PA - Used to be a big steelmaking city, nowadays the economy is more service- and consumer-oriented. Only steel mills to be found nowadays are outside the city itself.
2. ARLINGTON, VA - Across the river from Washington DC. The Pentagon. My mother used to work in Arlington, i don't remember it having any "bad neighborhoods" so likely not a bad place to live.
3. TAMPA, FL - All i know is that it's sunny most every day of the year.
4. LAS VEGAS, NV - Gambling, Tourists, Everything runs 24/7
New York City: capital of the world, I could write a lot...
Portland: Nike, rainy, good quality of life, Rudy Fernandez
San Francisco: interesting, gay-friendly, Golden Gate, Silicon Valley.
Seattle: Boeing, Microsoft, grunge, good quality of life
Washington, DC: capital, places to visit, dangerous areas
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. PITTSBURGH, PA: .... I think they played Superbowl not long ago
2. ARLINGTON, VA: I wouldn't even know it if the relatives of a friend didnt live there
3. TAMPA, FL: .... it was one of my two options to study in the US but I know nothing about it.
4. LAS VEGAS, NV: gambling, crazy parties, different
Los Angeles: huge, Hollywood, Lakers, OC... somany things
San Diego: great climate, good quality of life, near Mexico
Houston: NASA, oil
Denver: mountains, Southpark
Philadelphia: American independence, Brotherly Love, The Boss, dangerous
The interesting thing about this thread is if we turned the tables and had Americans give their opinions of European cities, most wouldn't have much of an opinion. Obviously everyone has their own ideas of London, Paris, and the most major of European capitals, but I'm impressed by how much is known of even the secondary cities here in the US.
I assume American television has a lot to do with it.
The interesting thing about this thread is if we turned the tables and had Americans give their opinions of European cities, most wouldn't have much of an opinion. Obviously everyone has their own ideas of London, Paris, and the most major of European capitals, but I'm impressed by how much is known of even the secondary cities here in the US.
I assume American television has a lot to do with it.
That is a good idea but it should be done in a new thread. I will leave it to someone in Europe to start the thread though as I might leave some cities out.
Ok Europeans lets get some new cities to speak about
enjoy
Los Angeles - Hispanics, Hollywood, vast sprawl, car-centric, lots of sunshine, rough ghetto areas, multi-million $ mansions, feels like 20 cities rather than one:
San Diego - next to Mexico, near perfect climate, beach lifestyle
Houston - NASA, 4th (or now 3rd?) biggest population in US, hot/humid summers, a vast indoor stadium called the Astrodome, impossible to live there without a car, named after the founder of Texas Sam Houston:
Denver - a mile above sea level, changeable weather, presumably outdoor lifestyle and lot of mountains
Philadelphia - former capital of US, called the City of Brotherly Love presumably because of its role in the foundation of US, where Rocky Balboa comes from, the City Hall is up loads and loads of steps, and if the Fresh Prince was accurate then West Philadelphia is pretty ghetto.
New Orleans - Mardi Gras, loves to party, probably still damaged by Katrina, mostly poor, black population but French heritage, extremely high murder rate
Ok Europeans lets get some new cities to speak about
Los Angeles:
The city were a lot of the movies take place. Very large, high density. Home to Church of Scientology. Probably the most famous and popular city in the world.
San Diego:
Know nothing about it except in CA near Mexico. Probably lots of Mexicans, but I've never heard much about it in terms of crime (drugs trafficking)
Houston:
About as large as LA but much less density. Largest hospital center in the world and also home to many other businesses and industries and the main port of Texas. Probably the economic powerhouse of the South.
Denver:
Capital of Colorado. I have no clue what is going on here.
Philadelphia:
Don't even know what state this is in. East coast, maybe Delaware? Going to look it up after this. Why do I have the idea that it is similar to Boston? Maybe because they're both amongst the oldest cities of the US
New Orleans:
Birthplace of Jazz or Blues. Maybe both. A popular vacation destination for Yanks. For the rest much poverty and crime so not a good place to live in.
If I had to live there Houston would be my choice of these cities.
Ok Europeans lets get some new cities to speak about enjoy
I'll write the first thing that comes to my mind while thinking about these cities:
Boston: expensive, dense, walkable city, lake
Chicago: Al Capone, awesome skyline, sprawled through three states, huge suburbs, Home Alone, cheap living, Oprah, Chicago Bulls, windy, cold, hard winters, Lake Shore Drive, Cubs, Serbian minority
Indianapolis: Indy500, don't know anything about this city
Milwaukee: Wisconsin-type friendly people, long winters, quite safe, cute neighborhoods, lake, near Chicago, That 70's Show
Minneapolis-St. Paul: Twin cities, beautiful city, a lot of crime
New York City: THE skyscraper city, best city in the whole world, center of the world, Manhattan, yellow cabs, Brooklyn bridge, Friends, Seinfeld, urban living, expensive, Central Park, all sorts of minorities, Wall Street, Times Square, Yankees, popular NYC subway
Portland: beautiful nature, quite safe
San Francisco: Gay community, very expensive, Golden Gate bridge, dense downtown, the sea
Seattle: warm winters, north, near Vancouver, sea, beautiful nature, expensive real estate
Washington, DC: capitol, uptight and rude people, Obama, White House, Abraham Lincoln statue, expensive, big DC-Baltimore region, Pentagon
Los Angeles:
Lots of hispanics and people from just about anywhere around the world, great weather, poor public transit, the downtown wasn't much to speak of. Anything we needed, was always at least a 30 min. drive away. Smog seemed to be a major problem. Overhyped and overpriced.
San Diego:
Mexican border, Marine Corps.. that's about all i know.
Houston:
Booming and sprawling. Hot, humid.. all of my friends who are or have been expats in Houston have commented how very boring it is for it's size. NASA, Oil companies.
Denver:
Next to the mountains. A big downtown, and lots of bars i guess? Awesome weather.
Philadelphia:
I don't know anything about it, been through once as a kid and don't remember much.
New Orleans:
Narrow streets, very beautiful architecture, French Quarter. Jazz. One of the largest seaports in the US. Streetcars. The natives have some very weird accents. One of my favorite cities in the US.
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