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Interesting you would rank Boulder first on the strength of Denver's airport, but not rank Boulder first on the strength of Denver's sports scene. Denver is a more complete sports city than Austin or Pittsburgh, and definitely Portland. I'm curious what your line of reasoning is here?
Interesting you would rank Boulder first on the strength of Denver's airport, but not rank Boulder first on the strength of Denver's sports scene. Denver is a more complete sports city than Austin or Pittsburgh, and definitely Portland. I'm curious what your line of reasoning is here?
Pittsburgh has the highest homicide rate out of all these cities by far. It is definitely not safer than Austin. I'm not sure what you two are basing this on.
Well I can see Pittsburgh being ahead, though you can make an argument for Boulder/Denver just as easily. I maintain Denver and by proxy for this discussion, Boulder, are more complete sports towns than Autsin or Portland by a decisive margin. Pittsburgh is debatable but that could easily be its own thread.
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Access to bodies of water: Austin due to the Colorado, which is widely used for recreational purposes. And while it might be a stretch to call them "bodies of water," Barton Springs and Hamilton pool are unique places.
You don't think that Portland, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, with the Willamette running through downtown ... and 90 minutes or so to the ocean doesn't rank higher? Even Pittsburgh, with its rivers, really has more water available than Austin does.
If you go back and read what I wrote you will see that my judgement was based on access to the Colorado. All of the major lakes in Austin, including Lake Travis, are actually reservoirs on the Colorado.
You don't think that Portland, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, with the Willamette running through downtown ... and 90 minutes or so to the ocean doesn't rank higher? Even Pittsburgh, with its rivers, really has more water available than Austin does.
A body of water also runs through Austin's downtown. I rated them based on both access and use. The rivers in Pittsburgh are filthy and the city does not provide good access to them. They're nice to look at, in certain places, but that's about it. Perhaps I should have ranked Portland above Austin or alongside it (since Austin is just a few hours from Galveston or Corpus).
I just don't see economy wise how Portland is more liveable than Austin. Boulder at least has Denver nearby...Pittsburgh is big enough...but Portland strikes me more of a collegish place or maybe retirement but It doesn't strike me as the place you move to start a career and raise a family.
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