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What do you think is the most overrated city in the United States??
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Austin, TX - hands down. Seattle comes in at a close second, but its at least more deserving of its hype than Austin is.
I never been to Austin before, but I have heard that it is overhyped from other people. Why would you say that? Does it have unique neighborhoods, or is it just your boring homogenous urban sprawl city?
I never been to Austin before, but I have heard that it is overhyped from other people. Why would you say that? Does it have unique neighborhoods, or is it just your boring homogenous urban sprawl city?
From what I saw of it, and I drove around quite a bit when I was there, its not much more than an overgrown college town. Miles and miles of boring homogenous sprawl. Downtown was nice but nothing spectacular especially when comparing to Houston or Dallas.
What makes a city overrated. And are people confusing the city for being over hyped instead of overrated. Because my answer is that no city is overrated. But many cities are over hyped.
Could you please elaborate why you think those cities are overrated? Thanks.
Those cities are just a popularity contest. They're big and well-known and people seem to like them just for that. Where I live right now, people think Boston is the place to be and don't understand why anyone would want to be anywhere else (superiority complex). I notice an even more extreme superiority complex in New York City and I don't have much experience with Chicago but some posters on this forum from Chicago have a superiority complex. And what good is a city if it's too cold to do anything outside half the year? I know others agree with me because the population shift from the North to the Sunbelt speaks for itself.
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