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How does that make a place boring? And one could say this about several other cities that aren't being mentioned.
To be fair, I can see why Charlotte is being mentioned--to an extent. It's not a tourist-driven place, and most who've visited have probably never ventured beyond Uptown. It's not a place where you can just wander aimlessly within the urban core and run into many interesting things. However, living there is a much different experience and I had lots to do when I did live there. From a visitor's perspective, I think the city is best experienced with someone who lives there or who knows the city.
100% agree. I visited a friend in Charlotte when I still lived in Little Rock. When I visited, I really didn't think Charlotte was that great. I liked it better than Little Rock but it wasn't a place that I fell in love with. I ended up moving to Charlotte a few weeks later due to unforeseen circumstances. Once I lived there and started to learn more about the city and the things there are to do there, I did fall in love with it, and wish I still lived there.
I get the feeling on this site a lot of people like to live in touristy places. Many touristy cities are awesome, but a city doesn't have to be touristy to be a fun place to live.
I think specific cities' reputation is solely based upon a tourist stand-point.
If one person doesn't like it, it's boring just because they found nothing that interest them. However, another person could absolutely love it because the tourist attractions that are there suit them.
I think it's pretty clear which cities should be visited judging ones personal preferance in terms of things to do. Hundrends of night clubs and bars do not make a city any better than a city with multiple parks.
Very clever. I must concede natininja. I rarely see anyone in the Phoenix area from the Cincinnati area or from anywhere in Ohio for that matter. (Except for the entire side of my mother's family and every other person I meet on the street.) However, I can't tell you how many times I hear people in the Phoenix area who dream of moving to Cincinnati. Touche. You win.
Minneapolis. Nothing but chains and vanilla personalities.
I'll give you the strange personalities, but Chains??? Maybe in the burbs but in the core cities not so much.
My take to the original theme of the thread. I think that nationally some cities are given very zealous press so you expect a whole hell of a lot more too them, but when you get there its a huge disappointment (kinda like Dwight Howard with the Magic, vs the Lakers, or Ben Affleck in "Good Will Hunting" vs "Reindeer Games", or Hollywood Blvd (on TV) vs Hollywood Blvd (live in person), or Eddie Murphy in the 80s vs Eddie Murphy in the 90s, 00s, 10s. I mean why else would people move or visit there right?
Disclaimer: I am a resident of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis). I think it is a great city but does have areas upon which improvements can be made. Therefore me being a resident of Minneapolis does not mean in any way shape form or fashion that I think other cities are "lame, stupid, sucky, derelict, indigent, unprofessional, unkempt, uppity, dweebs, mush-mouths, alfalfa's, dirty Susan's, dirtbags, rake's or roustabout's."
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I'm just going to quote this and save myself the trouble.
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Originally Posted by outofphx
Phoenix, Arizona and any city in Central Valley, California (Fresno, Bakersfield, Modesto) are easily the most boring cities in the Western Hemisphere. You could throw Salt Lake City in there as well.
What makes Phoenix so boring is that it is considered a large city, but really feels more like a giant suburban area. It's a city of neverending strip malls that all look the same, and it completely lacks in walkable neighborhoods. The music scene here (for me) completely sucks. Most of my favorite bands skip this area. There really is nothing to do here.
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