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(North, South, East, West): Chicago vs. Dallas vs. Philadelphia vs. LA.
The Criteria:
- Best weather year round:
- Best scenery:
- Best tourist attractions:
- Best foods:
- Best shopping areas:
- Safetest (natural disasters/ crimes):
- Most diverse (ethnicities/ races):
- Best history:
- Best accent:
- Most friendly people:
- Cleanest:
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- Best waterfront:
- Best place to live:
- Best place to visit:
- Best place for retired:
- Best place for young kids (1-6 yrs old):
Hey, you don't have to follow every criteria listed, but please try to provide some reasons. Please don't use foul or racist words!
Last edited by CaseyB; 09-09-2015 at 10:36 AM..
Reason: no skyline threads
- Best weather year round: LA
- Best scenery: LA
- Best tourist attractions: An argument could be made for any of these except Dallas really
- Best foods: LA
- Best shopping areas: LA or Chicago
- Safetest (natural disasters/ crimes): Dallas
- Most diverse (ethnicities/ races): LA
- Best history: "Best" is subjective but I think Philly's history is the richest here
- Best accent: N/A
- Most friendly people: Dallas or LA
- Cleanest: Dallas
- Best waterfront: Chicago
- Best place to live: Subjective
- Best place to visit: same answer as best tourist attractions
- Best place for retired: Subjective
- Best place for young kids (1-6 yrs old): To raise? I'd say Dallas
4 points for first, 3 points for second, 2 points for third, 1 point for 4th.
- Best weather year round: LA, Dallas, Philly, Chi
- Best scenery: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best tourist attractions: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best foods: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best shopping areas: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Safetest (natural disasters/ crimes): LA, Dallas, Chi/Philly
- Most diverse (ethnicities/ races): LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best history: Philly, Chi, LA, Dallas
- Best accent: Philly, Chi, LA, Dallas
- Most friendly people: Dallas, LA, Chi, Philly
- Cleanest: Dallas, LA, Chi, Philly
- Best waterfront: Chi, LA, Philly, Dallas
- Best place to live: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best place to visit: LA, Chi, Philly, Dallas
- Best place for retired: Dallas, Philly, Chi, LA
- Best place for young kids (1-6 yrs old): Philly, Chi, Dallas, LA
Best weather year round:LA
- Best scenery:LA
- Best tourist attractions:Philadelphia
- Best foods:LA
- Best shopping areas:LA
- Safetest (natural disasters/ crimes): lol ummmm Dallas?
- Most diverse (ethnicities/ races):Chicago
- Best history:Philadelphia
- Best accent: LA
- Most friendly people: Chicago
- Cleanest: Chicago
- Best waterfront:Chicago
- Best place to live:Chicago
- Best place to visit:Chicago
- Best place for retired:Chicago
- Best place for young kids (1-6 yrs old)allas
Best weather year round:LA
- Best scenery:LA
- Best tourist attractions:Philadelphia
- Best foods:LA
- Best shopping areas:LA
- Safetest (natural disasters/ crimes): lol ummmm Dallas?
- Most diverse (ethnicities/ races):Chicago
- Best history:Philadelphia
- Best accent: LA
- Most friendly people: Chicago
- Cleanest: Chicago
- Best skyline:Chicago
- Best waterfront:Chicago
- Best place to live:Chicago
- Best place to visit:Chicago
- Best place for retired:Chicago
- Best place for young kids (1-6 yrs old)allas
Without checking the stats, I'm almost certain LA handily beats Chicago in diversity.
Without checking the stats, I'm almost certain LA handily beats Chicago in diversity.
I live here half the year and it doesn't, it might be similar but after looking at the numbers and being in both cities I feel as if chicago is more diverse. So in terms of diversity LA is a mainly mexican city(and that's not a bad thing nor an exaggeration but Hispanics(specifically Mexicans) dominate most parts of the city and most of the culture of the city. Added onto that there are not a lot of black people percentage wise compared to other main cities. I have listed the stats below and Chicago looks more diverse to me.
LA stats-
Hispanic:49%
White- 28%
Black-9.6%(and declining drastically every year)
Asian- 10.7%
Chicago:
Hispanic- 28%(and not just mexican but Puerto rican, Dominican, ect.)
White- 31.8%
Black- 32%
Asian- 5%
I live here half the year and it doesn't, it might be similar but after looking at the numbers and being in both cities I feel as if chicago is more diverse. So in terms of diversity LA is a mainly mexican city(and that's not a bad thing nor an exaggeration but Hispanics(specifically Mexicans) dominate most parts of the city and most of the culture of the city. Added onto that there are not a lot of black people percentage wise compared to other main cities. I have listed the stats below and Chicago looks more diverse to me.
LA stats-
Hispanic:49%
White- 28%
Black-9.6%(and declining drastically every year)
Asian- 10.7%
Chicago:
Hispanic- 28%(and not just mexican but Puerto rican, Dominican, ect.)
White- 31.8%
Black- 32%
Asian- 5%
Eh Chicago is just as Mexican as LA. Nearly 80% of Chicago's Hispanics are Mexican. LA has a larger and more diverse Asian population and both cities Black population are dropping.
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Originally Posted by WTL63
dallas dont belong. austin or would prob be better choice
I'll be the first to say it in this thread but I genuinely like all three cities. I've lived in two of them before in the past and could easily do it again if I were ever pressed to do so. I could also live in Los Angeles too. I have either friends or family that are very close to me in all three and that makes a HUGE impact as to what my feelings for these 3 cities are/would be. These are cities that I became accustomed to the first time I stepped foot in all three and these are cities that, because I have relevant (to me) people in my life living in them, I will be seeing them in the future.
I only ranked the cities that I could see myself live in and visit (for leisure, for friends, for family, for work, for miscellaneous reasons).
Chicago finishes third in the livable category. Personally my gripes with Chicago are two-fold: 1) I don't like the regions climate nor topography (at least Dallas has the Ouchita Mountains 65-70 minutes north of Plano) and 2) I really despise and hate everything about the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago political machine, the socio-economic integration (or lack-there-of) in Chicagoland. Other than that, no problems with Chicago. Dallas offers the least of all 3 of these cities, obviously, but is the most affordable. While none of the 3 cities are in my American top 20, the important thing is that all 3 of them I could see myself live in and be happy, if ever pressed to live in them.
Chicago, restricted to the first half of Autumn, the second half of Spring, and all of Summer is my favorite of the three to visit. Its personally my second favorite urban environment in the United States after New York and I really love the food scene and the activities outdoors at the parks in that city. During the first half of Spring, second half of Autumn, and Winter -- I would like to avoid it like a plague.
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