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So, here's a question that has been kicking around my head for awhile. Clearly, all of us C-D'ers have a fondness for coming here and kicking up dust storms about this and that city. We have cities we know we like, cities we think we like, and cities we have no fondness for at all.
But aside from giving us a chance to argue a bit and act as ambassadors for our favorite places, I've been wondering: has anyone changed their opinion about a city (whether for better or worse) largely due to something they read here?
In other words, did you come here thinking you hated Los Angeles, but thanks to the diligence of some posters, now have a different opinion? Or perhaps you thought Chicago was the shiznit, but are now slightly less enamored because of something you read here?
I guess what I'm getting at is, do these back-and-forths that we have achieve anything other than adding to the searchable content of the interwebs?
Yes. I did not know this city 'Houston' existed but now I know it is the capital of the south, the 3rd most important city in the nation (the top 1,2 being debatable), it is the energy capital of the world, the medical capital of the world, is the most diverse city in the world, and the most important skyline outside of NY and Chicago (of couuuurse). However, I have also learned that this mystical land is not what the good folks here call "walkable" (although I am not sure what this is it seems directly proportional to the amount of people who wear glasses without prescriptions). Unfortunately for this otherwise wonderful land, the lack of "walkability" of Houston makes it an undeseriable wasteland left only those who cannot afford elsewhere, and of course, mexicans. I have learned all of this from the informative folks here on these forums. Thanks, everyone!
Oh, I also learned that you can't get real pizzas and bagels outside NY. but you can get pizza ON a bagel ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME.
Yes. I did not know this city 'Houston' existed but now I know it is the capital of the south, the 3rd most important city in the nation (the top 1,2 being debatable), it is the energy capital of the world, the medical capital of the world, is the most diverse city in the world, and the most important skyline outside of NY and Chicago (of couuuurse). However, I have also learned that this mystical land is not what the good folks here call "walkable" (although I am not sure what this is it seems directly proportional to the amount of people who wear glasses without prescriptions). Unfortunately for this otherwise wonderful land, the lack of "walkability" of Houston makes it an undeseriable wasteland left only those who cannot afford elsewhere, and of course, mexicans. I have learned all of this from the informative folks here on these forums. Thanks, everyone!
Oh, I also learned that you can't get real pizzas and bagels outside NY. but you can get pizza ON a bagel ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME.
Yes. I did not know this city 'Houston' existed but now I know it is the capital of the south, the 3rd most important city in the nation (the top 1,2 being debatable), it is the energy capital of the world, the medical capital of the world, is the most diverse city in the world, and the most important skyline outside of NY and Chicago (of couuuurse). However, I have also learned that this mystical land is not what the good folks here call "walkable" (although I am not sure what this is it seems directly proportional to the amount of people who wear glasses without prescriptions). Unfortunately for this otherwise wonderful land, the lack of "walkability" of Houston makes it an undeseriable wasteland left only those who cannot afford elsewhere, and of course, mexicans. I have learned all of this from the informative folks here on these forums. Thanks, everyone!
Oh, I also learned that you can't get real pizzas and bagels outside NY. but you can get pizza ON a bagel ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME.
when pizzas on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime!
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It's changed my impressions of the locals in the cities, but that's about it. Luckily the people I DO know in Texas aren't like 90% of the Texans on the board. Same goes for Georgia. And for the record, I never talk about NYC to my southern friends. Usually they're the ones to bring it up. When they hear I'm going to meet friends in, say, Times Square, they say how they wish they could be in NY again.
They're not like many southern posters here who say the food is just like it is in NY. ALL of them bring up the memories of having pizza (just one example) in NY and how good it was.
I now have a more favorable impression than I previously did about southern cities like Houston, Dallas and Atlanta. For some reason, I didn't think there was that much going on in those places. LOL.
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I now have a more favorable impression than I previously did about southern cities like Houston, Dallas and Atlanta. For some reason, I didn't think there was that much going on in those places. LOL.
Honestly, they hype it up and it doesn't live up to expectations at all.
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I used to dislike Houston now I really really dislike it..
I agree The Houston posters really portray the city negatively by their posts.
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The Houston posters really portray the city negatively by their posts.
