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Buffalo- Buffalo Bills losing 4 straight Super Bowls, hella good chicken wings, close to Niagara Falls.
Hartford CT- Lot of ESPN anchors live in Hartford burbs. I love ESPN
Des Moines- Lot of clean cut white people and friendly farmers.
Little Rock- Bill Clinton and the Razorbacks and football
Stamford- Lot of corporations
Columbia- Gamecock football fans and SC has a great flag
Albany- Capital of NY
Springfield- Basketball Hall of Fame and nothing else.
Buffalo, New York: Pretty rundown physically with abandoned industrial properties, but extremely helpful and friendly people (personal experience)
Hartford, Connecticut: Fairly poor city in a wealthy state
Des Moines, Iowa: Fairly prosperous economy that functions quietly in Middle America and a hub of banking, credit card companies, and other financial institutions.
Little Rock, Arkansas: It seems to have a pretty significant gang problem for a small city (based on several documentaries I've seen).
Stamford, Connecticut: No real impression- I'm not familiar enough with it.
Columbia, South Carolina: State capital of SC and part of the Deep South culturally.
Albany, New York: New York state capital and kind of the dividing line culturally and geographically between upstate NY and downstate NY.
Springfield, Massachusetts: Blue collar New England small city
Buffalo, New York - been there. Snow, gothic architecture, potential for rebirth.
Hartford, Connecticut - never been there, crime, crowded, the worst parts of Long Island.
Des Moines, Iowa - been there. Cold, but otherwise a really nice small city.
Little Rock, Arkansas - been there. Under-rated, hills and mountains, big riverfront, great downtown.
Stamford, Connecticut - never been there. Nicer part of CT?
Columbia, South Carolina - been there. Reminds me of Baton Rouge, large college city with some sketchy areas, but also some really awesome architecture and great food.
Albany, New York - never been there, but I think rust belty similar to Rochester
Springfield, Massachusetts - never been. Liberal and cold.
RE: Little Rock, I visited for the second time over the holidays. First time was quick in and out at a local university, so my primary impressions are based on my recent visit.
YES, they have a "Little Rock". I saw a sign for it, but its under a bridge on the riverfront. I think it was a small rock outcropping or bluff that French explorers identified the stop on the river by. It was originally Petite Roche, ala Baton Rouge, Des Moines, etc...
BILL CLINTON: The prez library is there an it is a unique building along the riverfront with beautiful grounds.
Green trees: The city is covered in trees, and there are mountains/hills, (some even look a little "volcanic") right in and just outside the city. Google some images.
Little Rock is worth a look. The waterfront and western hills remind me a great deal of the landscape of Austin, my hometown. Their downtown looked ready to burst with new development. LOTS of good stuff happening in that city, lots of good food, etc. It is kind of the "middle of nowhere" as far as the eastern half of the US, but its not all that isolated, especially compared to the real west.
RE: Little Rock, I visited for the second time over the holidays. First time was quick in and out at a local university, so my primary impressions are based on my recent visit.
YES, they have a "Little Rock". I saw a sign for it, but its under a bridge on the riverfront. I think it was a small rock outcropping or bluff that French explorers identified the stop on the river by. It was originally Petite Roche, ala Baton Rouge, Des Moines, etc...
BILL CLINTON: The prez library is there an it is a unique building along the riverfront with beautiful grounds.
Green trees: The city is covered in trees, and there are mountains/hills, (some even look a little "volcanic") right in and just outside the city. Google some images.
Little Rock is worth a look. The waterfront and western hills remind me a great deal of the landscape of Austin, my hometown. Their downtown looked ready to burst with new development. LOTS of good stuff happening in that city, lots of good food, etc. It is kind of the "middle of nowhere" as far as the eastern half of the US, but its not all that isolated, especially compared to the real west.
Thanks for clarifying! I'm sure it is a good place, I just never really hear anything about it. Oh, Jermain Taylor.
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