Cities you would never live in... (cheap home, income, quality of life)

[rogercobb]

Cities I could live in:

St.Petersburg, FL
Charleston, SC
D.C.
Montreal
Portland, ME
Louisville, KY
Sarasota, FL
Burlington, VT
Philly(maybe)
Seattle(maybe)

No Way Jose

Memphis
Atlanta
Albuquerque
Chatanooga, TN
Montgomery, AL
anywhere in LA, MS
Hartford, CT
northeast PA
Las Vegas, NV
Orlando, FL (and I live here!)

[LexusNexus]

I'm not interested in:

Detroit
Gary, Indiana
East St. Louis, Ill
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Phoenix
LA
Portland
Seattle
Las Vegas
Generally, any city in the south
Any city in states like Oklahoma,Kansas, Idaho, Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska
Any city in a rural area

[PeteU]

I don't think I could ever live in New York City, although it is surely an interesting place to visit. Property just costs way too high, and city life gets to be a drain after a while.

Los Angeles and San Francisco I would also very much love to visit, but not live there. Why not? Earthquakes. Yes, I do live in Florida and we get hurricanes, but at least we can see those 5 days in advance. Living in an earthquake zone to me would be too much like living on top of a ticking timebomb.

And New Jersey. I wouldn't want to live in New Jersey. But that's just because it is, well, New Jersey.

[ericmc783]

Would not want to live in:
-Los Angeles, CA
-San Francisco, CA
-Detroit, MI
-Ann Arbor, MI
-Orlando/Tampa, FL (nice place to visit, but you can do better for places to live)
-Buffalo, NY
-Juneau, AK (or any city in Alaska, for that matter).
-Oklahoma City, OK
-Gary, IN
-South Bend, IN
-Jersey City, NJ
-Toledo, OH
-Nashville, TN (nice to visit though).

[katie45]

Would never live in:

Bakersfield, CA
Taft, CA
Needles, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Santa Maria, CA
Barstow, CA
San Jose, CA
San Francisco, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Phx, AZ
Tuscon, AZ
Kingman, AZ
Ashfork, AZ
Holbrook, AZ
Tuba City, AZ
Tucumcari, NM
Amarillo, TX
Dallas, TX
Houston, TX
Oklahoma City, OK
Tulsa, OK
Joplin, MO
Springfield, MO
Bolivar, MO
Humansville, MO
Clinton, MO
Nevada, MO
Kansas City, MO
Jefferson City, MO
Columbia, MO
Kansas City, KS
Wichita, KS
Emporia, KS
Topeka, KS
Salina, KS
Manhattan, KS
Lincoln, NE
Fargo, ND (or anywhere in ND)
Des Moines, IA
Ames, IA
Chicago, IL
NYC, NY
NJ (entire state)
Philadelphia, PA
Pittsburg, PA
Washington D.C.
Atlanta, GA
Tullahoma, TN
Nashville, TN
Birmingham, AL
Anywhere in FL

Love to live:
Anywhere in HI
Monterey, CA
Napa Valley, CA
Asheville, NC

Gosh, I'm not too picky am I? LOL

[IndyDiva73]

Cities I would never live in:

New York NY
Philadelphia PA
Baltimore MD
Los Angeles CA
Miami FL
Memphis TN
Seattle WA
Portland OR

[OREGONRAIN]

Originally Posted by lovethewest

Boulder is a tad too liberal for me. I realize that Seattle and Portland are also very liberal, but I figure they are big enough cities that there is a fair amount of conservatives as well.

I am not all that sure that liberal means the same to all people that consider themselves liberal, I have learned that after living in Portland. I am definitely not sure if liberal on the east coast is the same liberal as the western USA liberal. I would call Boulder and Portland and Seattle, but Portland more so, a more radical type leaning that calls itself liberal, I personally cannot relate to their liberal mindset here, and I would definitely be considered liberal by east coast standards.

[OREGONRAIN]

I would live in: Sarasota, St Ausgustine and parts of St Petersburg, if it were not so cold parts of New England such as communities in the Berkshires in Mass, or near Portland, Maine . Cities I would never live in again: Portland, Oregon.

[Think (Freedom)]

Places I've visited but wouldnt live in:

-Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee
-Auburn and Birmingham, Alabama
-Mississippi
-New Orleans, Lousianna
-Atlanta, Macon, and Savannah, Georgia (lived in ATL 4 years, never want to go back)
-Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville, Florida (Miami native.. back again, still hate it)
-Indianapolis, Indiana
-Kentucky
-Wilmington, Delaware
-San Diego, California
-Long Island, New York
-Rhode Island
-West Virginia

would consider:

-New York, New York
-Boston, Massachussetts
-Chicago, Illinois
-Phoenix, Arizona

would love to live in:

-Los Angeles, California
-Huntington Beach, California
-Newport Beach, California

[cottonwood2420]

Cities I would never live in:

New York, New York.
Newport Beach, California.
San Francisco, California.
Rose Park, Utah.
Parts of West Valley City, Utah.
Miami, Florida.