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Pittsburgh comes to mind first. Orlando, Raleigh, and Charleston, SC are good candidates here too.
By far. This is the first city I think of when I think of an American Renaissance. It went from sooty and depressing to scenic, updated, clean and progressive. I wish I knew it better.
By far. This is the first city I think of when I think of an American Renaissance. It went from sooty and depressing to scenic, updated, clean and progressive. I wish I knew it better.
I've not yet had the pleasure of visiting yet myself, but I've seen and read enough to know that it's gone through a dramatic turnaround. That's a wonderful thing.
Portland has always been liberal. Portland, college town Eugene, and other parts of Oregon have reputedly been meccas for hippies since there were hippies. They co-exist with "suits" who pay lip service to being liberal, but really aren't. The PNW is very schizophrenic this way.
Lol I get a kick how supposed liberals are always the ones that overspend, live only in high end neiborhoods, vote for a centrist party yet somehow claim to be liberal.
DC used to be the most dangerous city in the country in the late 80's and 90's and the 70's wasnt no picnic either. The early 00's were bad too. Now DC is a lot safer, even though its not chocolate city anymore.
Portland has always been liberal. Portland, college town Eugene, and other parts of Oregon have reputedly been meccas for hippies since there were hippies. They co-exist with "suits" who pay lip service to being liberal, but really aren't. The PNW is very schizophrenic this way.
Well maybe it's in the eye of the beholder but when I first moved to Portland in '78 I thought it was a pretty conservative town. But it was also a pretty mind-your-own-business-live and let-live kind of place where people didn't get in your face about your political leanings or way of life. Today they can be quite militant in their liberalism.
I've not yet had the pleasure of visiting yet myself, but I've seen and read enough to know that it's gone through a dramatic turnaround. That's a wonderful thing.
I've seen pictures, maps and there's even a YouTube showing the tunnel approach into the confluence of the rivers and the skyline. I've also perused the real estate websites and seen some beautiful normally-sized homes in leafy neighborhoods. While winter might be harsher than a lot of places in the lower 48, it is indeed an attractive city.
I've not yet had the pleasure of visiting yet myself, but I've seen and read enough to know that it's gone through a dramatic turnaround. That's a wonderful thing.
DC used to be the most dangerous city in the country in the late 80's and 90's and the 70's wasnt no picnic either. The early 00's were bad too. Now DC is a lot safer, even though its not chocolate city anymore.
My brother did two "study abroad" semesters in his time at Iowa State University. Usually those are all outside the country, and one of them was (New Zealand), but the first semester was in DC (this was 2005). He lived in Silver Spring. According to my brother, at the time, PG county was the murder capital of the country, and wouldn't you know a) he took us there, and b) it was a long walk from the Metro stop to the Popeyes which was our destination (it would be another couple year before Popeyes would arrive in the 515 (now there's several of them) so we hadn't tried it yet.) He'd fallen in love, and wanted us to try it. We thought it was great at the time and were pretty excited about the chain coming here....now we're a little burned out on it. c) our time in PG county, while spent being wary, was uneventful (other than exposing us to Popeyes)
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