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Boston: Preppy, Important, Intellectual, Accents, Liberal, Worldly
Worcester: Hilly, Blighted, Boring, Foodie, Cheap
Cambridge: People's Republic of Cambridge, Smart, Universities, Pristine, Athletic
Springfield: Casino, Gross, Hispanic, Ugly, Yucky
Quincy: Rough Irish, Improving, Red Line, Hancock, Presidents
Brockton: Ghetto, Hot Cheeto Girls, Gunshots, Blight
Framingham: Brazilian, Mall, Densish?, Awkwardly Placed
Revere: Blue Line, Beach, Syringe, Hoopy Earrings
Lynn: City of Sin, Artsy, Gentrification, Rough, Hoopy Earrings
New Bedford and Fall River: Portuguese, Sadness, The trashy rough women with tattoos and pink hair
Pittsfield: The smaller and whiter Brockton of the Berkshires
Newton: Leafy, Liberal, Loaded, Intelligent, Green Line
Somerville: "Get robbed in Winter Hill, and browse vintage clothing with artisan pretzels in Davis Square!"
Boston - Hub of the universe, kehd.
Worcester - Wormtown could be much nicer.
Springfield - Basketball was invented here.
Cambridge - Cantabrigian has too many syllables.
Lowell - It’s actually pronounced like “lol”.
Brockton - Really large high school.
Lynn - Lynn, Lynn city of sin.
New Bedford - *whale noises*
Quincy - It has a z sound.
Fall River - Mayor arrested then re-elected.
St. Louis- French-founded, sports-loving, red brick neighborhoods
Kansas City- fountains, barbecue, jazz, laid-back heartland
Springfield- white, Christian, family-oriented in Ozarks
Columbia- fast-growing college town, Mizzou Tigers
Independence- Harry Truman, history, museums, parks
Lee’s Summit- large affluent KC bedroom community
O’Fallon- “best place to live” exurb
ALABAMA
Birmingham: iron, steel, and civil rights
Montgomery: state capital, confederate history
Huntsville: rocket city, federal jobs
Mobile: port, historic charm, mardi gras
Tuscaloosa: college town, roll tide
Hoover: leafy green suburb
Dothan: peanuts, cotton, and wiregrass
Auburn: loveliest village on the plains
Albuquerque (561,188) --- Nuevo Hollywood
Las Cruces (104,148) --- Organ Mountains viewpoint, by El Paso
Rio Rancho (101,475) --- City of Vision...really?
Santa Fe (85,502) --- Don't get me started. Touristy.
Roswell (46,977) --- Space Alien retirement community
Farmington (44,044) --- Four Corners & Ship Rock
South Valley (41,011) --- Muy 1950ish
Clovis (38,008) --- Too close to Texas.
Hobbs (37,465) --- Yikes! Even closer!
Alamogordo (32,205) --- White Sands, retired military
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Washington:
Seattle - Totally incompetent city government, homeless crisis, still overpriced and over-rated
Spokane - Scenic, 4 seasons, parks and other outdoor activities, affordable
Tacoma - Gritty, starting to gentrify some, industrial vibe, affordable but prices going up
Vancouver - Portland north, large suburban city, growing fast
Bellevue - Upscale, diverse, good schools, clean downtown, well managed government, regional shopping centers
Kent - High crime, regional justice center, diverse population
Everett - Boeing plant, affordable, high crime, quaint old downtown, diverse population,
Columbus - large college town; suburban layout
Cleveland - cosmopolitan; lake views; transit; poverty
Cincinnati - great urban neighborhoods; hilly; clicky
Toledo - tier below 3C's; glass; quasi-Michigan
Akron - in Cleveland's shadow; rubber; LeBron
Dayton - punches above its weight; aviation
Parma - Cleveland 'burb; very white/ethnic
Canton - Pro Football HOF; otherwise blah
Youngstown - Major decline; PA influenced; mafia
Lorain - Major decline; lake views; Ricans
Columbus - large college town; suburban layout
Cleveland - cosmopolitan; lake views; transit; poverty
Cincinnati - great urban neighborhoods; hilly; clicky
Toledo - tier below 3C's; glass; quasi-Michigan
Akron - in Cleveland's shadow; rubber; LeBron
Dayton - punches above its weight; aviation
Parma - Cleveland 'burb; very white/ethnic
Canton - Pro Football HOF; otherwise blah
Youngstown - Major decline; PA influenced; mafia
Lorain - Major decline; lake views; Ricans
Since 5 words can be picked apart, not bad at all. Obviously you can't realistically pin any city in just five words.
I think you are underselling Columbus a bit short.
Cant really come up with better for Cleveland... though melting pot does fits for Cleveland since it kind of has a mixture of cultures that are found on the east coast (Italians, Ricans, Jews), Great Lakes (eastern European) and traditional Midwest (Germans, including German Catholics ... and I guess blacks would be included her for cities).
I think clicky definitely fits for Cincinnati. It's the most high school oriented city I've experienced... in "where did you go to high school" and overall excitement for HS sports in general... though Canton is up there for high school sports excitement. Old World also definitely describes the basin neighborhoods.
Toledo is spot on although it's more "doesn't know if it wants to be Cleveland or Detroit."
Akron and Dayton, to me are twins in that both are mostly overshadowed by their bigger "neighbors" and part of a larger cultural region while having a stand alone identity... though LeBron and Akron are probably the biggest must on the Ohio list.
Parma, lol. Yeah, that's it.
Canton, add the high school sports obsession along with the HOF.
Youngstown, kind of like Toledo, is more doesn't know if its Pittsburgh or Cleveland. Northside and Warren more Cleveland and Southside more Pittsburgh, which is basically old mafia drawing lines, lol. Decline, unfortunately, is real.
Lorain is one even I forget is top 10 (and have a lot of family there). But Puerto Rican has to be no. 1. Pretty much the only reason people (Ohio and beyond) have heard of it is because of its large Rican population.
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