What the UK residents favorite American city

[bigpaul]

Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

Sounds a bit negative Paul, why so?

I lived in a city for 40 years and that was enough for me. I got out and never looked back.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Shooting Stars

In no particular order, ya'll should go off the beaten path to:

Charleston, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
Charlotte, South Carolina
Austin, Texas
Seattle, Washington
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
Portland, Oregon
Petosky, Michigan and the other towns up in the mitten
Asheville, North Carolina
Denver, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Ithaca, New York
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Lexington, Kentucky
Galena, Illinois
New Bern, North Carolina
Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada

Oh forget it - too many to mention. It's a big country. Why does everyone all go to the same few places? There is so much more.

Amen to this.

We have some friends who are from Belgium and one of their favorite things to do is come stateside and rent a car and take off across different regions, off the interstate highways. After doing this all over the US, they have decided that, in spite of the heat, Texas and the rest of the south eastward is their favorite region, which is a surprise to me but yay them! They LOVE Austin and San Antonio especially. Heck they even like Dallas and I told them "I love Texas and don't even like Dallas!"

Anyway, one thing that was funny though was when they visited a couple of years ago in May. My husband and I love to sit out on our patio and our backyard is well shaded and green and comfortable. May is absolutely one of my very favorite months down here in Texas, and it was about 80 degrees (about 26 C) and GORGEOUS outside so I said, "Hey, let's sit out on the patio!" We went out there with a bottle of wine and within about five minutes they were exclaiming, "It's so hot here - how can you stand it?" I said, "Well, it does get hot from about the middle of June through September," and they said, "No, it's so hot right now!" They were all flushed and pink and sweaty. I said, "OK, let's go inside but my goodness, you really ain't seen nothin' yet. If you really want to experience the reality of living in the US, come visit in the summertime - really ANYWHERE on the east coast or south or through the midwest. This is considered beautiful weather right about now!"

Anyway, I live in the Tyler, TX metro and one of their favorite things to do is drive around looking at real estate with realtor.com opened up, looking up square footage, prices, etc. They are always amazed.

[DerpyDerp]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

They LOVE Austin and San Antonio especially. Heck they even like Dallas and I told them "I love Texas and don't even like Dallas!"

Anyway, one thing that was funny though was when they visited a couple of years ago in May. My husband and I love to sit out on our patio and our backyard is well shaded and green and comfortable. May is absolutely one of my very favorite months down here in Texas, and it was about 80 degrees (about 26 C) and GORGEOUS outside so I said, "Hey, let's sit out on the patio!" We went out there with a bottle of wine and within about five minutes they were exclaiming, "It's so hot here - how can you stand it?" I said, "Well, it does get hot from about the middle of June through September," and they said, "No, it's so hot right now!" They were all flushed and pink and sweaty.

I'm in San Antonio and this morning a friend in London was worrying that it was gonna hit 86 degrees. I told him that we call that a cool spell around here. I can see that it would be uncomfortable for someone not used to it. Even worse without an air conditioner.


I grew up in south Florida, so this heat and relative lack of humidity are easy to take.

[Shooting Stars]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

Amen to this.

Anyway, one thing that was funny though was when they visited a couple of years ago in May. My husband and I love to sit out on our patio and our backyard is well shaded and green and comfortable. May is absolutely one of my very favorite months down here in Texas, and it was about 80 degrees (about 26 C) and GORGEOUS outside so I said, "Hey, let's sit out on the patio!" We went out there with a bottle of wine and within about five minutes they were exclaiming, "It's so hot here - how can you stand it?" I said, "Well, it does get hot from about the middle of June through September," and they said, "No, it's so hot right now!" They were all flushed and pink and sweaty. I said, "OK, let's go inside but my goodness, you really ain't seen nothin' yet. If you really want to experience the reality of living in the US, come visit in the summertime - really ANYWHERE on the east coast or south or through the midwest. This is considered beautiful weather right about now!"

I'm not from Texas, but I lived in Dallas for 17 years with my ex-husband. Yep, 80 is nothing there.

Now, I'm in the North Georgia mountains and our average high in the hottest months is about 85. May here is still fairly cool.

Since living here, I've become extremely intolerant of heat, which is amazing considering I grew up in Florida. I think changing hormones have affected my temperature regulation.

I intend to move to a higher altitude in North Carolina where I will be somewhere between 3500 and 4100 feet. My winters will be a bit colder, but my summer temperatures will be in the 70s. But I'll still be in the southeast!

If I'm really lucky, I could always spend January and February in Destin, Florida. Or I can just head down the mountains and be at a lower altitude in a short time.

That would be the best of all worlds.