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Nashville. Larger region and booming like crazy. Just seems like it offers more overall.
Grand Rapids MI or Madison WI?
Grand Rapids for sure. Very underrated city with a lot going on. The area is more religious and conservative than Madison, which is a big plus for me. And the homeless seemed to be much more in evidence in Madison, whereas I can't recall seeing any in Grand Rapids. Being closer to Lake Michigan and the charming lakeshore towns is a plus as well.
Grand Rapids for sure. Very underrated city with a lot going on. The area is more religious and conservative than Madison, which is a big plus for me. And the homeless seemed to be much more in evidence in Madison, whereas I can't recall seeing any in Grand Rapids. Being closer to Lake Michigan and the charming lakeshore towns is a plus as well.
Omaha, NE or Oklahoma City, OK?
OKC. Seems like Omaha is trying harder to convince people it's (becoming) a major city, OKC doesn't have to as much. There's also more going on in OK that interests me than NE, between Tulsa, mountain ranges like the Bostons and Arbuckles, the large Native American presence, and the panhandle which seems more desolate and remote than similarly far-west parts of NE.
Also, for whatever reason I have a lot of online friends who live in the DFW area (more than say Philly or Atlanta which are similarly sized metros. I guess a lot of them are Indians I know through tech-adjacent circles), so it'd be cool to have them relatively close by.
OKC. Seems like Omaha is trying harder to convince people it's (becoming) a major city, OKC doesn't have to as much. There's also more going on in OK that interests me than NE, between Tulsa, mountain ranges like the Bostons and Arbuckles, the large Native American presence, and the panhandle which seems more desolate and remote than similarly far-west parts of NE.
Also, for whatever reason I have a lot of online friends who live in the DFW area (more than say Philly or Atlanta which are similarly sized metros. I guess a lot of them are Indians I know through tech-adjacent circles), so it'd be cool to have them relatively close by.
Bloomington, IL or Boulder City, NV?
You like to pose apples-vs-oranges choices, Timid Blue Bars?
Between the Midwest and the West, I'd usually go with the West... but in this case, maybe not.
That southern Nevada landscape is so arid and bleak, I'd find it depressing... I like greenery.
There are mountains to hike (vs none in Illinois), but in the summer months it would be too hot to be outdoors.
And Boulder City didn't even exist 100 years ago, so not as much history to investigate.
The little RR museum does look cool, though.
Not sure whether Bloomington has any particular claim to fame,
but it does seem to have a nice traditional Main Street: http://www.google.com/maps/@40.48191...8192?entry=ttu
And I'd rather live in a region that grows food (lots of cornfields in downstate Illinois!)
than one whose economic base is superficial entertainment (Las Vegas). So, Bloomington.... just maybe.
You like to pose apples-vs-oranges choices, Timid Blue Bars?
Between the Midwest and the West, I'd usually go with the West... but in this case, maybe not.
That southern Nevada landscape is so arid and bleak, I'd find it depressing... I like greenery.
There are mountains to hike (vs none in Illinois), but in the summer months it would be too hot to be outdoors.
And Boulder City didn't even exist 100 years ago, so not as much history to investigate.
The little RR museum does look cool, though.
Not sure whether Bloomington has any particular claim to fame,
but it does seem to have a nice traditional Main Street: http://www.google.com/maps/@40.48191...8192?entry=ttu
And I'd rather live in a region that grows food (lots of cornfields in downstate Illinois!)
than one whose economic base is superficial entertainment (Las Vegas). So, Bloomington.... just maybe.
Corvallis, Oregon or Flagstaff, Arizona?
Flagstaff would interest me more. Juneau AK or Bend OR?
Flagstaff would interest me more. Juneau AK or Bend OR?
Bend... more populous city in a more accessible lower 48 location... Juneau would be great to visit, and the year-round climate seems tolerable by Alaska standards, but it's too small and isolated for my liking.
Bend... more populous city in a more accessible lower 48 location... Juneau would be great to visit, and the year-round climate seems tolerable by Alaska standards, but it's too small and isolated for my liking.
Annapolis. It's a hop and a skip between Baltimore and Washington. Davis CA or Ann Arbor MI?
Close call. I will choose Ann Arbor for its impressive medical and educational facilities. I like the direction the area is headed while Davis only appeals to a certain income of people. Ann Arbor also feels more localized.
I think I'd choose Elizabethtown. Upstate SC is growing too fast, and I like that both Louisville and Bardstown are nearby.
Milton, Florida or Crystal River, Florida?
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