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Like any other US suburb. I almost felt like I was back in the Midwest, since Nampa/Canyon County are kind of a gradual transition of suburbia into farmland and dirt roads, the land is very flat, and the mountains are inconspicuous and far away.
Long Beach, WA
You can tell it is near Canada. It resembles the main city center of a Canadian island.
Port Huron, Mi
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You can tell it is near Canada. It resembles the main city center of a Canadian island.
Port Huron, Mi
It's okay, I guess? At least it isn't as economically bad off and has the amount of poverty as say, like you'd see in Flint or Saginaw. The location of this city you'd think would make me suspect Port Huron would capitalize more on its border location, for US/Canada trade than it has. At least most of this city doesn't look too bad, when I checked it out on google street view. Plus industrial jobs moving away from Port Huron, in a way doesn't help this city out a lot. I do like its location on the St. Clair River and Lake Huron, though. Plus this thread gives a little insight about what Port Huron is like, to those not as familiar with this area: https://www.city-data.com/forum/michi...ort-huron.html
And it seems like per that thread, those from metro Detroit don't think about Port Huron much? It seems like a not bad city, from the little I've street viewed it. And at least its crime rate(while above the national average a little), has been declining. And a la Sault Ste. Marie, MI(where across the border, the Sault Ste. Marie over there is bigger in population), this is also the case with Sarnia, ON having more population vs. Port Huron.
Let's move over to the other mainland Michigan lake coast: Muskegon, MI
It's okay, I guess? At least it isn't as economically bad off and has the amount of poverty as say, like you'd see in Flint or Saginaw. The location of this city you'd think would make me suspect Port Huron would capitalize more on its border location, for US/Canada trade than it has. At least most of this city doesn't look too bad, when I checked it out on google street view. Plus industrial jobs moving away from Port Huron, in a way doesn't help this city out a lot. I do like its location on the St. Clair River and Lake Huron, though. Plus this thread gives a little insight about what Port Huron is like, to those not as familiar with this area: http:////www.city-data.com/forum/mic...ort-huron.html
And it seems like per that thread, those from metro Detroit don't think about Port Huron much? It seems like a not bad city, from the little I've street viewed it. And at least its crime rate(while above the national average a little), has been declining. And a la Sault Ste. Marie, MI(where across the border, the Sault Ste. Marie over there is bigger in population), this is also the case with Sarnia, ON having more population vs. Port Huron.
Let's move over to the other mainland Michigan lake coast: Muskegon, MI
Working class city in Michigan, but it's not Flint or Detroit.
Working class city in Michigan, but it's not Flint or Detroit.
Cookeville, TN
Was trendy here like a year ago, also has its own forum here. I don't really get the hype, I streetviewed it and it looked like any other Southern small town. There's a college there, so the dining options are maybe above-average, but it didn't seem like a big part of the town's culture.
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Was trendy here like a year ago, also has its own forum here. I don't really get the hype, I streetviewed it and it looked like any other Southern small town. There's a college there, so the dining options are maybe above-average, but it didn't seem like a big part of the town's culture.
Burnaby, BC
Vancouver's answer to Bellevue, Buckhead, or Tysons. A big suburb with very good transit connections and lots of highrise TOD built around the skytrain stops, but with the same predictable North American malls and chain commerce.
Halifax, NS
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Vancouver's answer to Bellevue, Buckhead, or Tysons. A big suburb with very good transit connections and lots of highrise TOD built around the skytrain stops, but with the same predictable North American malls and chain commerce.
Halifax, NS
A nice smaller city, in the Maritimes/far east provinces of Canada. Probably one of the nicer bigger Canadian cities you could live in, east of Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec.
How about one more city in this region: St. John's, NL?
A nice smaller city, in the Maritimes/far east provinces of Canada. Probably one of the nicer bigger Canadian cities you could live in, east of Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec.
How about one more city in this region: St. John's, NL?
Largest city and hub of Newfoundland. I bet it's beautiful and picturesque. Monterey Mexico?
Largest city and hub of Newfoundland. I bet it's beautiful and picturesque. Monterey Mexico?
I see it as by far the most Americanized of Mexico's larger cities. Most American companies who do business in Mexico have a corporate presence in Monterey, so it has a relatively high percentage of white-collar Americans living and working there. It's arid and hot, but the mountain views are breathtaking. Also it's the home of Topo Chico, quite possibly the most refreshing beverage ever concocted.
I see it as by far the most Americanized of Mexico's larger cities. Most American companies who do business in Mexico have a corporate presence in Monterey, so it has a relatively high percentage of white-collar Americans living and working there. It's arid and hot, but the mountain views are breathtaking. Also it's the home of Topo Chico, quite possibly the most refreshing beverage ever concocted.
Keeping it south of the border:
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
El Paso's slightly bigger but not as prosperous sibling.
Some things I found interesting about the place from the summer I spent there in the late 1970s:
It had a big suburban-style shopping mall where the US 54 freeway crossed over, which looked to me like it was meant to draw American shoppers. The part of the city next to downtown was grittier — and livelier.
In El Paso, the poorer folks lived in the flatland along the Rio Grande while the richer ones lived on the mountainsides northwest of downtown. In Juárez, the rich folks lived in the flatlands while the shanties of the poor climbed the hills. I think this probably had something to do with the importance of access to water.
El Paso's slightly bigger but not as prosperous sibling.
Some things I found interesting about the place from the summer I spent there in the late 1970s:
It had a big suburban-style shopping mall where the US 54 freeway crossed over, which looked to me like it was meant to draw American shoppers. The part of the city next to downtown was grittier — and livelier.
In El Paso, the poorer folks lived in the flatland along the Rio Grande while the richer ones lived on the mountainsides northwest of downtown. In Juárez, the rich folks lived in the flatlands while the shanties of the poor climbed the hills. I think this probably had something to do with the importance of access to water.
Moving up I-25:
Albuquerque, N.M.
Only visited once about a year ago. It’s a beautiful city with a lot of culture. Great food scene as well. I hope to go to the Balloon Fiesta this year.
Colorado Springs, CO
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