What Makes a City Great? (theatre, live, restaurants)

[carolinajack]

Charleston SC for me.

[irwin]

Originally Posted by breezy1

So that begs the question ... what cities in the U.S. would meet these criteria?

Not many....all of them? San Francisco maybe...

[mpope409]

Considering all of the opinons posted, not one single city in the entire U.S. fits all of that criteria, so we might be overdoing it.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by mpope409

There are palm trees in Vancouver???

Check out this link:

http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos...s_fortunei.htm

There's some nice pics of a particular palm in Vancouver, BC.

Too bad for me palms in BC don't mean that a climate is warm, just an absense of extreme cold. But they are great pictures.

[mpope409]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Check out this link:

http://www.plantapalm.com/vpe/photos...s_fortunei.htm

There's some nice pics of a particular palm in Vancouver, BC.

Too bad for me palms in BC don't mean that a climate is warm, just an absense of extreme cold. But they are great pictures.

Oh, well either way I hate palm trees, lol. I walk outside and feel as if I'm in a vacation place. I don't know, they just aren't appealing to me.

[tahiti]

Originally Posted by irwin

I love Vancouver. One of my favorite cities in the world. Almost always ranked as one of the most desirable places to live.

Yes! I was there 2 weeks ago and absolutely loved it. Spent time in West Vancouver as well - I'd move there in a heartbeat. Beautiful scenery, clean town, lots to do, lovely shops. So, so unique. One of my top 3 favorites on planet Earth (so far!). Didn't see any palm trees though in Stanley Park.. Maybe they were destroyed by the awful weather they had this past winter.

[Travel'r]

Don't think Chicago is rerferred to as "The City That Works" for nothin'!

Of course it's not perfect, but comes oh so close, IMO (of any city I've ever lived in.) It's a great town, as most of the criteria in the first posts describe it. (Yes, even natural beauty.)
And with that CTA honcho finally outta there, bet that public transit there will be "working" much better as well now.

Would love to visit Vancouver someday!

[carolinajack]

tacos and elvis make great cities

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by mpope409

Oh, well either way I hate palm trees, lol. I walk outside and feel as if I'm in a vacation place. I don't know, they just aren't appealing to me.

I don't understand the sentence I highlighted in bold. You don't like vacations?

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Travel'r

Don't think Chicago is rerferred to as "The City That Works" for nothin'!

Of course it's not perfect, but comes oh so close, IMO (of any city I've ever lived in.) It's a great town, as most of the criteria in the first posts describe it. (Yes, even natural beauty.)
And with that CTA honcho finally outta there, bet that public transit there will be "working" much better as well now.

Would love to visit Vancouver someday!

Agreed. Don't forget Houston is a city that also works.

How is Vancouver different from Seattle? I'd like to visit Calgary instead though. Canadian Houston anybody? Did I mention mountains and great skiing?