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Anyone who likes Charlotte has lost all credibility to me - poor taste in cities.
And anybody should care what you think because.....????You vastly overthink your importance of what you think of what people decide to do in their own lives.
You have got to be the rudest and most arrogant poster I have seen on here.
Don't really feel the need to vote on an over-rated city as that just gets folk's panties in a wad.
But I will throw out an under-rated city. Memphis. The fact that it is hasn't even been mentioned here or rarely gets mentioned at all in threads like this is proof enough. It certainly is a fixture in the rise of the country and the south. But it has diminished some in the age of sunbelt expansion. Most river cities have diminished over time... NOLA, Cincinnati, St. Louis...
Maybe a good discussion for another thread. River cities' demise.
What? You want an itemized list? You name it, I've been there. Downtown, French Quarter, Ninth Ward, Metairie, and the list goes on and on. I've been there dozens of times on business, for pleasure, and as a volunteer performing part cleanup after Katrina. And, no, Nagin was practically begged by both the state government and FEMA to issue evacuation orders days and days prior to landfall. He didn't and we saw what happened.
Oh, sure, there are some construction projects going on. But the pace of business in New Orleans is glacial in nature. And, at this time of year, it's almost impossible to get anything done.
But here's the thing. The entire point of this thread is cities that are overrated. In many ways, New Orleans is nice. A great place to spend a lazy weekend. But it really doesn't live up to its self-image.
Yes and Blanco was begged by Bush to do the same. She didn't. Hurricane's are normalcy here, we don't panic. New Orleans weathered Katrina fine, that's what happened.
Overrated: Charlotte - just as sprawling as Atlanta without the culture and amenities. Bad traffic. Overpriced.
Underrated: Louisville - awesome architecture, great restaurants and bars, funky vibe, cheap.
I agree with the above. ATL > The CTL.
Lexington is also nice, and it is less polluted than Louisville.
Other than ATL, Texas, esp. Houston and Dallas, is one of the best places in terms of cost of living and job opportunities. Also, the traffic moves surprisingly fast in Texas, including big cities like Dallas and Huston, outside of Austin. Finally, the gyms in Texas are huge! They have plenty of weight for even the most advanced bodybuilders.
Overrated: New Orleans, easily. Get away from the tourist traps and it is a dirty, corrupt, dysfunctional place where nothing gets done, especially in the month before Mardi Gras. I really hate that so many died in Katrina, but the place was a disaster before the hurricane hit. The local government ignored the pages of carefully-developed emergency plans and did nothing, and people died as a result. While people want to point the finger at Bush (With some justification) after the fact, Ray Nagin literally ignored state and federal recommendations for evacuations five days before Katrina hit. What's more, the guy just was convicted in Federal court of 20 counts of corruption.
Underrated: Chattanooga. It used to be a grimy little industrial town, but it has remade itself quite well.
You have no idea what you are talking about. You watch to much TV but anyway New Orleans is MUCH MORE than the Touristy areas. Have you ever heard of Marigny, Magazine St., Broadmoor, Garden District, etc.... I'll give you credit New Orleans USED to be corrupt but every one involved in the corruption is either in jail or going to jail. Also Bush was partly to blame just like Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco enough lame could go around. Do you you know how long it took for people at Convention Center to get food and water? Bush is the blame for that. Ask yourself how long it would take if a natural disater happened in another country U.S. would be there the same day. FACT!!
I was pretty disappointed with New Orleans as well. I was expecting much more when I visited, partly because a friend of mine who visited before me compared it favorably to Montreal. Well, since Montreal is one of my favorite cities, I had high hopes, but N.O. seemed overly touristy, I'm not a fan of Bourbon Street, and there's nothing very French about the French Quarter other than the street names.
I also agree about Chattanooga. That place is almost an outdoor paradise during nice weather (I particularly like that pedestrian bridge over the river), and the downtown area has a lot of charm.
Get away from all the touristy stuff for a little while GUARANTEE your opinion would change .
New Orleans for "business trips"? Really? I'm always sent to cities known for doing business like Dallas, Chicago, NY, LA, London, etc....
I would understand what you said if we were talking OLD New Orleans but NEW New Orleans is up and coming. I don't blame your stereotyping us though becuase NOLA was on a decline because of 30 years of ANYTHING you can think of BAD. Things are changing and changing fast. Hope you enjoy this:
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