Metros With The Most To Do Outside Of Principal City (crime, places)

[jayp1188]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

You're also on point with your addition of Phoenix too. Scottsdale from what I can remember is a very respectable suburban area, where there's a lot of resorts and upscale shops. Areas outside of Phoenix, I've noticed a lot of Phoenicians go boating in some of the large lakes or such and there's always lots of mountain ranges.

Plus one of the greatest hidden secrets of Arizona, Montazuma's Castle is always a great thing to see, in my opinion.

I hope you don't mind but I also added in Greater Boston which includes all of the state of Rhode Island and a third of New Hampshire. So Providence, and other New England towns are actually quite a nice addition to the Greater Boston area.

Yea, although a lot of people hate on Phoenix on CD, that area has a lot going for it...unfortunately its all just not in the city. And Montezuma Castle is indeed a very cool thing to see.

Definitely agree with Greater Boston as well. There are so many nice small towns, suburbs, and college towns throughout the metro as well.

[grapico]

Top 5: Boston Seattle SF LA Denver, honorable mention the DC-NYC stretch.

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

I kind of disagree. It's not so much as the city, but its the scenery that's offered outside of the city that many can want to get away to at times. Their like Ying & Yang, New York City is the city itself that many would want to see, the surrounding areas of the counties in New York State right above (North) of New York City can offer the scenery.

There is:
- Jersey City
- Hoboken
- Yonkers
- Greenwich
- Westchester County

And also this in the same Metropolitan Area:

Those pictures show the diversity of NYC's metro. It really is something to behold.

[nei]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

I kind of disagree. It's not so much as the city, but its the scenery that's offered outside of the city that many can want to get away to at times. Their like Ying & Yang, New York City is the city itself that many would want to see, the surrounding areas of the counties in New York State right above (North) of New York City can offer the scenery.

There is:
- Jersey City
- Hoboken
- Yonkers
- Greenwich
- Westchester County

And also this in the same Metropolitan Area:

OH yes, the Tri-state area has some beautiful areas (I'm from there), especially to the north. Some of the beaches are very good, too, and are suprisingly undeveloped if you go east enough. Fire Island has a wilderness area. But I thought we were judging based on more human-built amenities. And most metro areas have their best scenery outside the city, though maybe NYC has better than most?

But I think more of the non-outdoor activities are concentrated in the center city compared to other metro areas. A lot of suburbanites go into the city for stuff to do and the places you listed are small compared to NYC.

[1greatcity]

I'd say any major city with a small geographic area but lots of suburban areas should have plenty to do outside the city limits. It just makes sense. Examples of geographically small major cities include: Boston, San Francisco, Miami, St Louis, Washington, and Minneapolis.

[bchris02]

I would have to say Atlanta. Plenty to do in the suburb called Birmingham.

[BPerone201]

1. Tri-State metro area
2. LA Metro area

By far

[OyCrumbler]

Los Angeles for first pick, but I find most metros of large cities have a lot of interesting stuff (since they're so huge).

Many of the places that are identified as Los Angeles are not actually part of the city of Los Angeles such as Burbank, Malibu, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Santa Monica, Orange County, the San Gabriel Valley, etc.

Meanwhile the topography of the metro means you have mountains, forests, islands, beaches, and deserts to visit.

the history of the place means indian reservations and old spanish missions

[R1070]

Definitely the Dallas area. Not everything is concentrated to just Dallas proper. lots of different stuff around the Metroplex.

[Akhenaton06]

Los Angeles is easily number one here. That's one reason why I like it so much.