Western Cities: Most overrated and Least Overrated (better, downtown, size)
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Vegas - I don't care for gambling or hard drinking/partying, so has little appeal. The strip would be nice to see though.
Seattle-It's a beautiful city, but too much gloomy weather for me.
Portland-Same as above.
Underrated:
Bakersfield - I'm not saying Bakersfield is good, or even nice, I certainly would never want to live there. But it's not AS bad as everyone makes it out to be either. There are far worst cities in California (see Oakland).
Newport Oregon - it's not very big in population so I guess I can see why it's overlooked a lot, but I love Newport Oregon! It's got beautiful views and buildings, Sea World (or maybe it's the Oregon Aquarium?), Sea Lion Cave, an active and vibrant community, and a surprising amount of tourists. Plenty of things to do. As a big city slicker I was surprised that I've never been bored in Newport.
Eugene Oregon-I grew up there, so have to give my hometown some cred. It's a nice laid back hippie town. Glad I live in California though, I don't want to live in Oregon again.
Visit Denver for a couple of days and tell me it feels midwestern. It doesn't, IMO.
Denver was built and continues to be a western city. Yes, it is where the plains meet the Rockies. But the city identifies with the Rockies way more than the plains. Broncos, Rockies, Rocky Mountain News (now defunct), the airport architecture, on and on. It is pretty simple.
Overrated: I live in Washington state and love my city, but Seattle tends to get over praised on these forums(although in the WA forum it's a different story).
Underrated: Sacramento I guess. You never hear people talk about it.
Hawaii is almost a different planet. Comparisons are not equal, in any comparison.
I do agree, Seattle tends to be over-rated on these threads. It is a great city, and indeed the capital of the PNW, but still has some big negatives...namely, a slow reaction to problems, and a very wide range of opinions from natives and outsiders. A Big disagreement among those who like the way it is and the way newcomers would like to see it. However, these kind of arguments tend to build big cities even bigger. In other words, a good, effective argument.
Seriously. I feel that most people have one of two images of Los Angeles in their minds and neither one is accurate.
If you go to Los Angeles excepting it to be a paradise of perpetual sunshine, laid-back worldviews, where you'll be surrounded by blondes with perfects teeth who spend their days rollerblading down the beach wearing thongs and eating oranges, you'll be very much disappointed.
On the other hand, if you go to Los Angeles expecting it to be a suburban wasteland, full of vapid people, with no art or culture, you'll likely be pleasantly surprised. There's a lot of cool stuff happening in LA that people overlook.
Hawaii is almost a different planet. Comparisons are not equal, in any comparison.
I do agree, Seattle tends to be over-rated on these threads. It is a great city, and indeed the capital of the PNW, but still has some big negatives...namely, a slow reaction to problems, and a very wide range of opinions from natives and outsiders. A Big disagreement among those who like the way it is and the way newcomers would like to see it. However, these kind of arguments tend to build big cities even bigger. In other words, a good, effective argument.
I wonder what Vancouver thinks lol
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