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I don't recall answering this before. I could do more than 10, but:
1. Salt Lake City - the headquarters of the Mormon church - enough said
2. Las Vegas - skanky, transplants are initially happy because of housing values but then want to leave
3. Memphis - I don't know, but it's in a weird location at the top of the South and the bottom of the Midwest, and with few redeeming qualities
4. Minneapolis - too cold, not exactly a bargain, and Scandinavian sensibilities have set the social tone, as in "Oh, you can't say or think that ... "
5. Louisville - better than Memphis, but not by much, another bad combo of South/Midwest, and not highly ranked on most studies
Some cities people rip on but which have SOME redeeming qualities:
1. Detroit - many nice suburbs and access to the UP and other large cities
2. Cleveland - lakefront location, Renaissance in progress, and nice suburbs
3. Buffalo - Niagara Falls, and Toronto 90 miles away
4. Jacksonville or Orlando - redneck and boring, yes, but beaches are RIGHT THERE or 1 hour either side of you
5. Montgomery AL - can go to Pensacola or Atlanta easily and often
Top 5:
Minneapolis/St. Paul-Interesting vibrant city, good economy
Cleveland-My home town, lots of great dining and amenities, cheap housing, nice people
Savannah-The only city in the south that I would live in. Great architecture/history, friendly people, nice weather in the fall through spring
New York City-The city is alive 24/7, and it has everything you could possibly need.
Anchorage-Natural beauty plus city amenities
Bottom 5:
Cincinnati-Too conservative/racist/bible belt for me
Chicago-Tries to be New York but fails, also its highly corrupt history is a turn off
Los Angeles-Too dangerous, both in terms of crime and natural disasters.
San Diego-Too clothing-oriented/superficial
Florida-see San Diego
Seeing your from cleveland raises a lot of questions to me if you even been to these citites...
Cleveland
Cleveland.....yeah you get it, its broing, mistake by the lake, too religous, ugly, high crime, decline in population and just plain scary.....also no jobs
Cleveland
Cleveland.....yeah you get it, its broing, mistake by the lake, too religous, ugly, high crime, decline in population and just plain scary.....also no jobs
Too religious? That's the first time I've heard somebody accuse Cleveland of that!
I live here now but am not from Cleveland, so you can't really offend me about Cleveland......but that being said, I bet you Cleveland has a lower unemployment rate than where you live in Cali...... Maybe if you had said "Youngstown"...
1) Las Vegas - Ultimate tourist trap
2) Houston - heat and humidity
3) New York City - Awesome place to visit but would never live there unless I was making 500k plus a year
4) Salt Lake City - I couldn't handle the extremely conservative culture
5) Miami - Not a fan of Florida, too hot, threat of hurricanes
I am very open minded and could live almost anywhere that's decent sized. I don't cling to stereotypes about places and research them well before forming an opinion. These are the places I could never live though. I actually had a hard time coming up with these aside from the first two.
Las Vegas - Great to visit but I could never imagine living there. Too touristy
Detroit - Speaks for itself. Has nice suburbs but Detroit itself is in ruin
Cleveland - It's like Detroit-lite. I could have moved to Cleveland but I researched it and didn't like what I saw so I passed
New Orleans - Outside the French Quarter, it wasn't great even before Katrina, but now I especially couldn't imagine living there. That's not to say New Orleans isn't a great place to visit - in fact its one of the best tourist cities in the country. Living there is different though.
I know that's just four, but I honestly can't think of a fifth city over 1 million in metro population that I couldn't make work for me.
I am very open minded and could live almost anywhere that's decent sized. I don't cling to stereotypes about places and research them well before forming an opinion. These are the places I could never live though. I actually had a hard time coming up with these aside from the first two.
Las Vegas - Great to visit but I could never imagine living there. Too touristy
Detroit - Speaks for itself. Has nice suburbs but Detroit itself is in ruin
Cleveland - It's like Detroit-lite. I could have moved to Cleveland but I researched it and didn't like what I saw so I passed
New Orleans - Outside the French Quarter, it wasn't great even before Katrina, but now I especially couldn't imagine living there. That's not to say New Orleans isn't a great place to visit - in fact its one of the best tourist cities in the country. Living there is different though.
I know that's just four, but I honestly can't think of a fifth city over 1 million in metro population that I couldn't make work for me.
When you say "research," does that mean you've actually visited all of them?
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Maybe if you had said "Youngstown"...
