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What cities or states do you have a love/hate relationship with?
What I mean by that is that are there any places in the US where you have both extreme love and hatred for the location.
For me, I've always had a love/hate relationship with NYC.
I love the excitement of the city, the food, the vibrancy, the late night culture and the scale of the multi-culturalism. What I hate about NYC is the lousy wages, huge wealth disparity, the self-importance and constant need to impress others that many of its inhabitants possess, while I also seem to find more severely beaten down and depressed individuals roaming this city streets.
I can't think of a city in the world where I have both extreme love and hate for a location than NYC.
For me it's definitely Boston. I love the aesthetic of it and I loved a lot about it when I lived there. But that faded considerably after about 5 years and everything just seemed like a massive headache. I've been back about 4 times since leaving and every time I think one minute "why did I leave?" And then the next "oh right. That's exactly why."
Boston- Its my hometown, and the city is upscale and gorgeous with a lot of great people and food. But I hate it because its so backwards, the city acts as if it puritan. No drink specials. Slow development. Slow everything. Just so regressive. It was nice, but probably won't go back.
New York City- I hate the sports. But the city is always great to find things to do and eat in. Lot of great nightlife, but I dont ike it because I am from Boston.
Boston- Its my hometown, and the city is upscale and gorgeous with a lot of great people and food. But I hate it because its so backwards, the city acts as if it puritan. No drink specials. Slow development. Slow everything. Just so regressive. It was nice, but probably won't go back.
New York City- I hate the sports. But the city is always great to find things to do and eat in. Lot of great nightlife, but I dont ike it because I am from Boston.
pretty much those too.
I grew up outside of Boston and I love coming back every year for my yearly trips. I could see myself living there again, despite the city's flaws.
I feel like you're always dealing with extreme satisfaction and dissatisfaction when visiting LA. Traveling around/to/from LA is just such a terrible experience, but once you're actually at your destination it's amazing. I keep going back because it's a great city, but it never seems to be a 100% enjoyable trip for various reasons (not just traffic).
Oh and i hate them because they stole San Diego sports teams.
California. It’s the most diverse and most beautiful state. SoCal has the best weather anywhere. San Francisco and LA are my 1st and 3rd favorite major US cities. There’s just a lot to love about the state. What I hate about it are high taxes and a generally unfriendly business environment. Not to get political, but I’ll just say my views are unpopular there.
I grew up outside of Boston and I love coming back every year for my yearly trips. I could see myself living there again, despite the city's flaws.
Yeah Boston is great for annual trips or special events.. but being in NJ, the pace there is just too slow for me and the people are stuck up. I love it. But I hate it too. People here think im crazy, because a lot of people in NJ consider Boston their favorite city.. and they are like why did you move here from there?? Its like.. well try living there 1 year and you tell me. I like Boston a lot, don't get me wrong, but things just aggravate me a lot. Especially for someone under 27 years old.
Also, il add Chicago. Its my ultimate favorite city. But I can't move there yet. So I hate that I cant.
Most of the larger southern cities, since many are pretty progressive, but are backed by a backwards state government that cause many of the collar and exurban counties of them to be at odds with the central city/county and more in line with the state. Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Raleigh, Charlotte, Charleston, the big TX and FL cities, and New Orleans come to mind. Most of them also have this due to many being affordable to live in and having mild winters as well as vibrant core neighborhoods, but with the long, hot summers and the sprawly, autocentric development with few walkable suburbs within them also mean that they just feel like giant suburbs that happen to have an island of urbanity within them.
What cities or states do you have a love/hate relationship with?
What I mean by that is that are there any places in the US where you have both extreme love and hatred for the location.
For me, I've always had a love/hate relationship with NYC.
I love the excitement of the city, the food, the vibrancy, the late night culture and the scale of the multi-culturalism. What I hate about NYC is the lousy wages, huge wealth disparity, the self-importance and constant need to impress others that many of its inhabitants possess, while I also seem to find more severely beaten down and depressed individuals roaming this city streets.
I can't think of a city in the world where I have both extreme love and hate for a location than NYC.
What about you?
New York City and New York State are very much up there.
I cannot think of a much more adverse situation then the damage & division to New York State politics by the creation of New York City, except perhaps Chicago to Illinois. Often its New York City and a few other places vs. the rest of New York State.
But its not just the politics. I am a former Queens resident and I still miss Queens sometimes (but NOT Manhattan except as a visitor). What really bugs me about the City is hard to describe. Its the almost zero regard for the quality of life for its residents.
Prime example of that is the mentality of we already have 8 million people, lets try to squeeze in a million more. Developers love that.
What cities or states do you have a love/hate relationship with?
What I mean by that is that are there any places in the US where you have both extreme love and hatred for the location.
For me, I've always had a love/hate relationship with NYC.
I love the excitement of the city, the food, the vibrancy, the late night culture and the scale of the multi-culturalism. What I hate about NYC is the lousy wages, huge wealth disparity, the self-importance and constant need to impress others that many of its inhabitants possess, while I also seem to find more severely beaten down and depressed individuals roaming this city streets.
I can't think of a city in the world where I have both extreme love and hate for a location than NYC.
What about you?
New York City and New York State are very much up there.
I cannot think of a much more adverse situation then the damage & division to New York State politics by the creation of New York City, except perhaps Chicago to Illinois. Often its New York City and a few other places vs. the rest of New York State.
But its not just the politics. I am a former Queens resident and I still miss Queens sometimes (but NOT Manhattan except as a visitor). What really bugs me about the City is hard to describe. Its the almost zero regard for the quality of life for its residents. Prime example of that is the mentality of we already have 8 million people, lets try to squeeze in a million more.
New York City of course brings a lot of wealth and attention to New York State but at the cost of basically overshadowing the rest of the state. Which is a shame because New York State offers so much more then just Manhattan.
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