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03-09-2008, 07:22 PM
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Help me select a city
Which city - San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco or San Jose - best meets these factors (in order of importance):
1. People move slowly, have time in their lives, and have time for family.
2. The people in the city or town embrace minorities/blacks and are friendly and kind.
3. The city or town has excellent shopping, and also affordable shopping (i.e., Wallmart).
4. The city has predominately Democratic and not Republican political values and would prefer Obama over Clinton.
5. The people are warm to each and not overly materialistic or high strung or neurotically ambitious.
6. Warm, sunny weather year-round or close to year-round.
7. The city has its own identity and a meaningful economy that is connected to the world.
8. It is international/multicultural and minorities are a part of the leadership in local government and local corporations.
9. The business environment has an entrepreneurial/business start-up spirit.
10. It is a modern city with modern spaces.
11. It has clean air that is good for allergies.
12. It has a progressive black community.
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03-09-2008, 07:35 PM
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is a jewel in the rough.
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San Diego Meets your 1-3, but it is primarily Republican. If you're that set on having you candidate win vote in places where it makes a difference not a place where everyone know he or she will win. I pretty sure the Democrats are more for Hillary though... they will be everywhere except Chicago and thats because Obama is from Illinois. San Diego I hear has some very snobby people...but just what I hear...your number 6 kills Seattle, and Chicago to some degree... San Diego has little rain. Chicago and San Fran are best with your number 7-9. All of the place suck except Seattle for 11...all of them meet number 10... All the cities except Chicago I believe do not have a very large Black community, meaning above 10%... Seattle has close to 10%, but Chicago is like almost 40%... the rest are below 8%...
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03-09-2008, 08:01 PM
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Lord Chesterfield
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Onliner1
Which city - San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco or San Jose - best meets these factors (in order of importance):
1. People move slowly, have time in their lives, and have time for family.
2. The people in the city or town embrace minorities/blacks and are friendly and kind.
3. The city or town has excellent shopping, and also affordable shopping (i.e., Wallmart).
4. The city has predominately Democratic and not Republican political values and would prefer Obama over Clinton.
5. The people are warm to each and not overly materialistic or high strung or neurotically ambitious.
6. Warm, sunny weather year-round or close to year-round.
7. The city has its own identity and a meaningful economy that is connected to the world.
8. It is international/multicultural and minorities are a part of the leadership in local government and local corporations.
9. The business environment has an entrepreneurial/business start-up spirit.
10. It is a modern city with modern spaces.
11. It has clean air that is good for allergies.
12. It has a progressive black community.
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First Chicago and second Seattle. The problem is that you won't get sunny weather in any of your cities except for San Diego....and I don't think that's what you're looking for. If you can take cloudy and cold....I would go with Chicago or Seattle.
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03-09-2008, 08:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Onliner1
Which city - San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco or San Jose - best meets these factors (in order of importance):
1. People move slowly, have time in their lives, and have time for family.
2. The people in the city or town embrace minorities/blacks and are friendly and kind.
3. The city or town has excellent shopping, and also affordable shopping (i.e., Wallmart).
4. The city has predominately Democratic and not Republican political values and would prefer Obama over Clinton.
5. The people are warm to each and not overly materialistic or high strung or neurotically ambitious.
6. Warm, sunny weather year-round or close to year-round.
7. The city has its own identity and a meaningful economy that is connected to the world.
8. It is international/multicultural and minorities are a part of the leadership in local government and local corporations.
9. The business environment has an entrepreneurial/business start-up spirit.
10. It is a modern city with modern spaces.
11. It has clean air that is good for allergies.
12. It has a progressive black community.
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Well, if you are concerned about weather, than Chicago/Seattle are not warm and sunny even close to year round. That being said, I LOVE Chicago and find that it matches everything else very well  I don't know about allergies....no big city are really great for clean air. Have you been to all of these? I have and I love Chicago (but am biased), Seattle was also very cool and San Fran is my 3rd favorite (also not that warm). I think San Jose is the least interesting of all of them.
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03-09-2008, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jessiegirl_98
Well, if you are concerned about weather, than Chicago/Seattle are not warm and sunny even close to year round. That being said, I LOVE Chicago and find that it matches everything else very well I don't know about allergies....no big city are really great for clean air. Have you been to all of these? I have and I love Chicago (but am biased), Seattle was also very cool and San Fran is my 3rd favorite (also not that warm). I think San Jose is the least interesting of all of them. |
Thank you. What is so awesome about Chicago? Tell me more.... |
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03-09-2008, 09:50 PM
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STL for Blues and Cards. I live in Southeast MO.
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Slow-moving people makes me think Southern California, not Chicago. Seattle's nice, but Seattle and Chicago don't meet your weather preferences.
And there are no Wal-Marts in Chicago. They're not allowed inside the city (from a documentary I watched a couple of years ago).
According to America's Favorite Cities 2007 | People | Friendly | Travel + Leisure these are the friendlies cities:
Charleston24.57 New Orleans34.56 Minneapolis/St. Paul44.55 Nashville54.52 Austin64.46 Portland, Oregon74.44 Honolulu84.42 San Antonio94.27 Santa Fe104.27 Denver114.25 Seattle124.20 Chicago134.19 San Diego144.10 San Francisco154.05 Atlanta164.03 Orlando173.97 Dallas/Fort Worth183.84 Phoenix/Scottsdale193.79 Las Vegas203.65 Philadelphia213.63 Boston223.52 Miami233.51 Washington, D.C.243.51 New York253.30 Los Angeles
Overall, California picked Clinton and Illinois picked Obama
Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the image there the area of Chicago picked Obama and southern California picked Clinton.
Here's the Republican map as well
Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
best cities for allergies
The worst cities for allergies, Chicago is number 84.
Just perusing Craigslist, these seem to be about average prices for a 1 BR apartment
San Diego
$800-$1200 (cheapest $695, most - $2750)
Seattle
$750-$1100 (cheapest - $595 most - $2700)
Chicago
$800-$1100 (cheap as $650, as much as $1595)
San Jose
$1000-$1400 (there's no category for the city, so it's hard to really deduce how much)
San Francisco
$1500-$2200 (as cheap as $1100, as much as $4300)
I hope that helps.
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03-09-2008, 09:55 PM
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We who are about to snark, salute you!
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Originally Posted by STLCardsBlues1989
Slow-moving people makes me think Southern California, not Chicago. Seattle's nice, but Seattle and Chicago don't meet your weather preferences.
And there are no Wal-Marts in Chicago. They're not allowed inside the city (from a documentary I watched a couple of years ago).
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There is one Wal-Mart within the city limits of Chicago (opened about a year ago) and several in the near suburbs. There are multiple Targets in the city as well as one Costco. |
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03-09-2008, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by STLCardsBlues1989
Slow-moving people makes me think Southern California, not Chicago. Seattle's nice, but Seattle and Chicago don't meet your weather preferences.
And there are no Wal-Marts in Chicago. They're not allowed inside the city (from a documentary I watched a couple of years ago).
According to America's Favorite Cities 2007 | People | Friendly | Travel + Leisure these are the friendlies cities:
Charleston24.57 New Orleans34.56 Minneapolis/St. Paul44.55 Nashville54.52 Austin64.46 Portland, Oregon74.44 Honolulu84.42 San Antonio94.27 Santa Fe104.27 Denver114.25 Seattle124.20 Chicago134.19 San Diego144.10 San Francisco154.05 Atlanta164.03 Orlando173.97 Dallas/Fort Worth183.84 Phoenix/Scottsdale193.79 Las Vegas203.65 Philadelphia213.63 Boston223.52 Miami233.51 Washington, D.C.243.51 New York253.30 Los Angeles
Overall, California picked Clinton and Illinois picked Obama
Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to the image there the area of Chicago picked Obama and southern California picked Clinton.
Here's the Republican map as well
Results of the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
best cities for allergies
The worst cities for allergies, Chicago is number 84.
Just perusing Craigslist, these seem to be about average prices for a 1 BR apartment
San Diego
$800-$1200 (cheapest $695, most - $2750)
Seattle
$750-$1100 (cheapest - $595 most - $2700)
Chicago
$800-$1100 (cheap as $650, as much as $1595)
San Jose
$1000-$1400 (there's no category for the city, so it's hard to really deduce how much)
San Francisco
$1500-$2200 (as cheap as $1100, as much as $4300)
I hope that helps. |
Wow. Thanks so much! That's very very helpful. I really appreciate that, a lot. Thanks. Wow. I hope the blessing comes back to you.
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03-10-2008, 12:36 AM
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San Diego seems like the best fit.
San Jose would be my second choice.
Chicago is hectic and you might not like the weather. Same with Seattle.
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03-10-2008, 01:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Onliner1
6. Warm, sunny weather year-round or close to year-round.
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This eliminates your choices; San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago. |
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