What do you think of when you think of these cities? (transplants, living)

[cityKing]

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of these random collection of cities chosen for no particular reason?

Phoenix:
Los Angeles:
Seattle:
Portland:
Albuquerque:
Dallas:
Miami:
Baltimore:
Atlanta:
Cleveland:
Portland:
Denver:
Little Rock:
Jacksonville:
Birmingham:

[Champ le monstre du lac]

what do you think of them? get the conversation going and then you'll see responses....

[jbear182]

Phoenix - Never ending strip mall hell
ABQ - U. of N. Mex.
Baltimore - Harbour
Cleveland - Just passing through on the I-State
Denver - Ex-girlfriend
Seattle - Linda's Tavern

[iNviNciBL3]

Phoenix: Hot
Los Angeles: Hollywood
Seattle: Space needle
Portland: Hipsters
Albuquerque: Hot
Miami: Salsa
Portland: Hipsters
Denver: Mountain backdrop

The cities i didnt list: i think nothing of them.

[cacto]

Should specify which Portland is which to better compare responses.

These are off the top of my head;
Phoenix: Home
Los Angeles: Charles Bukowski
Seattle: Wet
Portland OR: Panhandlers
Albuquerque: High desert
Dallas: JR
Miami: Cuba
Baltimore: Uh...Chesapeake
Atlanta: Trees
Cleveland: ...mind's blank...
Portland ME: Cold and Lobsters
Denver: Prairie
Little Rock: Humid Woodsy
Jacksonville: Know almost nothing about Jacksonville
Birmingham: Very Southern City (as opposed to others with lots of transplants)

[cre8lite]

Phoenix: freaking H-O-T
Los Angeles: too many people
Seattle: space needle & fish throwers
Portland: cold/wet
Albuquerque: hot air balloon festival
Dallas: my never ending wait on the stupid tarmack
Miami: drugs
Atlanta: largest damn airport i've ever been in
Denver: freaking C-O-L-D
Little Rock: deliverance

[portlanderinOC]

Phoenix: Sprawl and Heat
Los Angeles: Sprawl and Heat...but with an ocean
Seattle: Grunge, early 90s
Portland: Home!
Albuquerque: Green chilis
Dallas: Corporations and big money
Miami: Vice City
Baltimore: Crab Cakes
Atlanta: Dirty South Rap
Cleveland: Friends
Portland: Once again, home! BTW thanks for including it twice.
Denver: Mountains, or near mountains really
Little Rock: River
Jacksonville: Nascar
Birmingham: Forest and hills

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Phoenix: poolside and hot desert sun
Los Angeles: too big
Seattle: old friends (use to live there)
Portland: good beer, nice city
Albuquerque: living here and loving it
Dallas: not a fan
Miami: cocaine and big yachts
Baltimore: the football team of scavenging birds that New England is going to clobber this weekend
Atlanta: hip hop
Cleveland: Rocks!
Portland: you put Portland twice so I guess you mean the one in Maine? In that case lobster and LL Bean.
Denver: jocks, athletes, and snowboarders and potheads ....interesting mix
Little Rock: drawing a blank
Jacksonville: major city in Southern Georgia pretty much
Birmingham: industrial South

[cityKing]

Originally Posted by caphillsea77

Phoenix: poolside and hot desert sun

Jacksonville: major city in Southern Georgia pretty much

That's a good one

I didn't realize I had put Portland twice, I was referring to Portland , OR.

[ja1myn]

Phoenix: desert
Los Angeles: tools and hot chicks
Seattle: suicide
Portland: suicide
Albuquerque: bugs bunny
Dallas: cowboys
Miami: tools and hot chicks
Baltimore: yawn
Atlanta: double yawn
Cleveland: Indians
Portland: more suicide
Denver: alright kinda
Little Rock: a little rock
Jacksonville: nothing really
Birmingham: who knows