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Originally Posted by jifie
That was my point as well, that every city is going to have something wrong with it, it's just which one has the least wrong with it. And beauty is, as always, in the eye of the beholder and I'm sure that there are people that would defend Detroit being a most livable city to the death.
Oh and don't sleep on Pgh schools, while they may not be all the way there, I do believe they can at least compete with chicagos list:
University of Pittsburgh
Duquesne university
Chatham university
Robert Morris
Carnegie Mellon
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Carnegie Mellon is the closest on that list and still comes up a little short of Northwestern and certainly short of University of Chicago in terms of overall reputation. I agree that Chicago's probably the best value big city and I think it should top this list. Its downtown and lakefront are so beautiful and there's no shortage of great restaurants, theater, shopping, nightlife, and transit. I heard some major tech companies have been eyeing it for many of these reasons. Weather? whatever. People make too big a deal out of heat and cold. I prefer 4 seasons over what we get here.
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