Raleigh is Un-Fun (Charlotte, Greensboro: live, to move, clubs)

[addbacon]

Rochester, NY is ranked 18th. Please don't take this list as anything besides a way to view different colors on a single webpage.

[Zippy7fo]

Cleveland and Y-town in the top 25....this list is a joke...Detroit? The only fun thing about those places is leaving....

[sacredgrooves]

Youngstown is a horrible place. We moved from there as a kid, and still have family there. Why they stay, I will never know!

[wjsluvskaz]

Originally Posted by Zippy7fo

Cleveland and Y-town in the top 25....this list is a joke...Detroit? The only fun thing about those places is leaving....

Detroit has it's problems...too say the least! however in this one category "fun"
and it is very subjective Detroit wins hands down IMHO.
Some examples.


1) professional sports (exept the Lions I don't think they qualify)

2) music... the big acts everything from hip hop to classic rock (geritol in hand) all stop in Detroit

3) Water Recreation

4)Casinos

5) Eastern Market: the largest historic public market district in the United States

6)St. Patricks Day (the most fun someone can have wearing green)

I think the list has as much validity as the ones that put Raleigh number one. (not much)

[dickeeB]

Originally Posted by douknownam

Doesn't sound like you'd have fun and any where else either . Any trance/electro/breaks/techno is SOO 7 years ago...

Uhh, you should live over here on my side of town. That's all that I hear and especially coming from my upstairs neighbor's apartment.

[windmiller]

I spent my highschool and some college years in CH and know one I knew EVER went to Raleigh for anything other than the malls. In my honest opinion Raleigh is just shopping malls, subdivisions and sprawl with very little culture. Durham is a different story and does have plenty of culture but Raleigh...nope.

I'm sure some raleighites don't agree but the few I know who lived there didnt stay long.

[JQ Public]

I agree. Too much of an outcry when the city tries to do smthg fun, but being born and raised here I always grew up with the mindset that this was a great place to raise a family and about as interesting as sawdust.

[North_Raleigh_Guy]

Originally Posted by windmiller

In my honest opinion Raleigh is just shopping malls, subdivisions and sprawl with very little culture.

It sounds like you haven't visited downtown raleigh in the last 7 years or so. Give it a shot, you would be surprised. It will shatter your misconceptions.

[baby420]

i agree with Raleigh being un-fun. This is because Raleigh has no late-night transportation options, horrible restaurants and bars, and lacks that debauchee factor. However, I must say, this list still seems fishy. No Asheville, no Wilmington, no DURHAM! Hell, Durham trumps all other NC cities on the debauchery factor alone. But yeah, in spite of all, Raleigh is definitely no New Orleans. It ranked appropriately even though the list excluded the regions most pertinent fun towns.

In addition, my friend was visiting Raleigh from up top and I was literally embarrassed when she kept asking..."what is there to do here?"

[h2ohzrd]

Originally Posted by VickiR

It helps if you get offline once in a while and go find something fun to do!!!

Vicki

lmao