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A city with 16-22 degree summers would be great. Just warm enough for T-shirts or tank tops, yet not hot enough for you to go on a heat-fueled murder spree for a bottle of water.
I am asking, how can a person judge a place unless he or she has actually been to that place and made observations for themselves?
It's not practical to expect a person to actually visit every place before deciding on whether or not to consider living there.
A decision can be based on personal research, or a comfort zone/gut feeling that a person has. Maybe the person is only interested in cities of a certain minimum/maximum size, location in the country, a particular job market, amenities, outdoor activities, etc. The decision is not necessarily against anybody in particular.
Phoenix, AZ: political climate and weather
Las Cruces, NM: reminds me of "Area 51"
Las Vegas: glitz, glitz, glitz and 110 degree weather
Los Angeles: spent more than 20 years there. Pretentious, under educated, fake people with attitudes all around.
I understand what you're trying to ask but I think you're just personally offended that some people don't like Portland. It has a reputation for being a liberal hippy haven. Fair or not. I know that just across the river in Vancouver, WA is quite the opposite. Fairly conservative. That's one reason I ruled Vancouver out. That and in my real estate query, I found mostly newer subdivisions of cookie cutter houses with zero personality.
No city represents it's sterotype 100% and it's foolish to think there is no way to avoid the hippy culture in Portland but that doesn't mean it's still not a good fit. Sometimes it's better for people to admit to themselves that they don't think they'd like an area before diving in head first without giving it a second thought. Don't take it personal.
No way about my being offended about people not liking Portland. There are many reasons as to why I am not crazy about where this city is going and why I am looking to move in the near future. I just don't like people making any type of judgment on any subject based on anything but there own research.
And hippy culture in Portland? Where would you find that? Hipster, yes. Hippy? Not for quite some time.
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Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer
It's not practical to expect a person to actually visit every place before deciding on whether or not to consider living there.
A decision can be based on personal research, or a comfort zone/gut feeling that a person has. Maybe the person is only interested in cities of a certain minimum/maximum size, location in the country, a particular job market, amenities, outdoor activities, etc. The decision is not necessarily against anybody in particular.
People are often very disappointed upon moving to a place based on their stereotypical notions of what those places are like so it is a mistake for them not to check that place out beforehand. We see that happen so often in Portland because of the gross misconception people have about this city. But from what I have read on other CD city forums, that is not an uncommon situation. I cannot imagine someone moving someplace blind.
But if they absolutely cannot visit a city beforehand, they should do their own research such as posting on forums such as the various City Data forums and asking questions of the people who actually live in those places rather than following the stories, advice and repeated falsehoods perpetrated by those who get their information from secondhand sources like TV shows and erroneous sources pretending to be experts simply because they heard about a place.
L.A., NYC, anywhere in Texas or Florida or the Southwest.
Places in the U.S. that I would move to if I had the chance:
Portland, OR, Minneapolis, Omaha, Boston, Chicago
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Just sayin'.
