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Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Yes....Omaha impressed me! It was a nice place and surprisingly sophisticated and progressive for a city of its size.
+1. Omaha is a good one. The Old Market area is charming and I liked the parkland along the Missouri River. Good food there too, and one of the coolest art galleries I've ever seen was there.
Not a major city, but I was surprised by the large hipster/Bohemian culture and vast amount of classic architecture in the city proper (though the suburbs were as overextended and boring as any I've seen yet).
Philly. Over a period of 4 or so years, we made extended visits to cities on both coasts looking for a place to move to. We visited the mid-Atlantic as part of our great search. We were particularly eager to visit Baltimore because of its beautiful harbor setting and almost bypassed Philly. I was a little familiar with Philly from the 80s, and didn't have fond recall of the place. Since it's near Baltimore, however, we thought "Why not? We can at least take in Independence Hall." I somehow envisioned it as being a small NYC, which was bad on two counts - a concert jungle but not large enough to offer all NYC does.
Boy were we surprised. Rather than concrete, we found charming tree lined streets and small serene squares. There were enough folks on the sidewalks to impart good energy, but not so many as to feel jostled. Instead of an expected rudeness, we found most folks to be actually pretty friendly and helpful. And based on our interests, we found plenty to do - good museums, theaters, restaurants, etc. It was a place where we could ditch the car and walk to do pretty much everything we wanted or needed to do. The Philly of my memory had clearly changed. Long story short: we ended up moving here in 2011.
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