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1. Downtown - Tie
2. Architecture - Cleveland
3. Economy - Kansas City
4. Walkability - Cleveland
5. Transportation Car and Public - Cleveland
6. Climate - Kansas City
7. Scenery - Cleveland (because of Lake Erie)
8. Food - Kansas City
9. Nightlife - NA
10. Suburbs - Tie
11. Recreation - Kansas City by a nose
12. Where would you rather live? Kansas City
6. Climate - I am not sure how anyone could NOT say KC here. KC, with its hot summers and storms is far from ideal but Cleveland has perhaps the most terrible climate of any major city in the US or even the western world. Name one that is worse? Montreal maybe? Buffalo, if you consider that a major city these days.
You must really hate winter. Which is fine. But come on. I'd take Cleveland winter over the unbearable heat and humidity of the southern US, and even KC. Any day of the week, and with zero doubts.
Cities with similar climates to Cleveland: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Boston, Madison, Milwaukee, Rochester.
You must really hate winter. Which is fine. But come on. I'd take Cleveland winter over the unbearable heat and humidity of the southern US, and even KC. Any day of the week, and with zero doubts.
Cities with similar climates to Cleveland: Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Boston, Madison, Milwaukee, Rochester.
In case you haven't noticed the general drift of the population of the country over the last century or so, it seems most Americans would rather deal with hot summers than cold winters.
Of course, they wouldn't be moving to ovens like Phoenix or swamps like Houston if it weren't for air conditioning. (Though in desert cities milder than Phoenix, it's not necessary - so-called "swamp coolers" that suck air through water-soaked pads then spew it out into the house - provide effective cooling in dry climates.
In case you haven't noticed the general drift of the population of the country over the last century or so, it seems most Americans would rather deal with hot summers than cold winters.
Of course, they wouldn't be moving to ovens like Phoenix or swamps like Houston if it weren't for air conditioning. (Though in desert cities milder than Phoenix, it's not necessary - so-called "swamp coolers" that suck air through water-soaked pads then spew it out into the house - provide effective cooling in dry climates.
People move for opportunities not because they are soft and can't deal with weather. Although I think you may be correct that there do seem to be more and more people that fit this bill.
1. Downtown - Tie
2. Architecture - Clev
3. Economy - KC
4. Walkability - Tie
5. Transportation Car and Public - Clev
6. Climate - KC
7. Scenery - Clev
8. Food - KC
9. Nightlife - Tie
10. Suburbs - Clev. (I dislike a common style of housing you see a lot in the KC area with bedrooms above the garage.)
11. Recreation - Clev
12. Where would you rather live? Clev just slightly. But, wherever there is a better opportunity. Neither truly outweigh the other to such a magnitude.
In case you haven't noticed the general drift of the population of the country over the last century or so, it seems most Americans would rather deal with hot summers than cold winters.
Of course, they wouldn't be moving to ovens like Phoenix or swamps like Houston if it weren't for air conditioning. (Though in desert cities milder than Phoenix, it's not necessary - so-called "swamp coolers" that suck air through water-soaked pads then spew it out into the house - provide effective cooling in dry climates.
The fact that KC is being seen as equivalent as a desert/far southern climate like Arizona or Florida is quite funny. KC is more like most of the midwest in terms of climate than any of these places. They get blizzards and bad cold temps too, albeit maybe not as extreme as places like Cleveland and Minneapolis. Summers also might be a bit hotter, but not that much. Both places are humid.
The fact that KC is being seen as equivalent as a desert/far southern climate like Arizona or Florida is quite funny. KC is more like most of the midwest in terms of climate than any of these places. They get blizzards and bad cold temps too, albeit maybe not as extreme as places like Cleveland and Minneapolis. Summers also might be a bit hotter, but not that much. Both places are humid.
It wasn't me who put KC in the same basket as Phoenix or Florida - it's far, far from that.
I actually used it on another thread here as a case study to show that Midwestern winters are actually colder than those on the Northeast coast, Boston included.
1. Downtown: Kansas City
2. Architecture: Cleveland
3. Economy: Kansas City
4. Walkability: Cleveland
5. Transportation Car and Public: Cleveland
6. Climate: Cleveland (both suck but Cleveland isn't Tornado Alley)
7. Scenery: Cleveland because I prefer the lakefront
8. Food: Tie
9. Nightlife: Tie
10. Suburbs: Cleveland
11. Recreation: Tie I guess
12. Where would you rather live?: Cleveland (prefer the diversity and location and I have friends there already)
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