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See live theater in world class venues? Stroll to one of many incredible museums? Take a lakefront cruise on a sail boat or power boat? Take in the skyline views from 1,400 ft above the street? Eat at a 5 star restaurant on one corner, then eat off a street vendor cart the next? Visit the Stock Exchange? Pick up a game of beach volleyball?
Stuff like that is what makes Chicago seem more exciting than places like, say, Omaha or Phoenix or Birmingham, etc. Those cities all have unique little things too, and theyre not "boring" per se, they just offer different things.
Being bored is a personal failing, not the problem with one's surroundings. When somebody claims to be bored, it usually stems from laziness and an inability to step outside one's comfort zone. I've lived in Chicago, Cleveland, Baltimore, San Diego, and Birmingham, and none of those places are boring. In fact, I'd argue that Birmingham's more fun than Cleveland.
boring is subjective and when someone uses that word to describe anything, it means they are too small and insecure to acclimate to the environment. When someone says SLC or El Paso or Wichita are boring, they're basically saying that they are insecure in those cities because they have the inability to meet people that will make them 'unbored'. Seriously folks, a city can be dull as HELL but boredom doesn't come from a dull city. Hell, u can be bored in the center of manhattan, the difference is who you meet and get to know. If you fail at that, then ur gonna be bored anywhere.
boring is subjective and when someone uses that word to describe anything, it means they are too small and insecure to acclimate to the environment. When someone says SLC or El Paso or Wichita are boring, they're basically saying that they are insecure in those cities because they have the inability to meet people that will make them 'unbored'. Seriously folks, a city can be dull as HELL but boredom doesn't come from a dull city. Hell, u can be bored in the center of manhattan, the difference is who you meet and get to know. If you fail at that, then ur gonna be bored anywhere.
EXACTLY. I met somebody who lived in LA and claimed it was boring. No lie.
I was reading a thread and someone posted that places like Wichita, Salt Lake City, Tulsa etc.. are boring and have nothing to do.
I have always wonder WHAT exactly people do in places like Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, that make them so unboring?
Ill give pro sports, but then places like Wichita State and Tulsa have some good college sports to watch.
So what exactly do people do in these "non-boring" places that can't be done in the "boring" places?
Typically people who call places "boring" are just misinformed or uneducated about a place, or are the type of people who always need to be "entertained." I can go anywhere and not be bored. I don't understand how anyone can ever be "bored" in a city--living there anyway.
I can see visiting a place and thinking it might be boring. But living somewhere it should never be "boring" unless a city has something one does, that can't be done in this smaller city (pro sports, symphony, high volume bartending, etc.)...
The key to solving "boredom" is involvement. If one is bored after getting involved, then I think that person should look at themselves as the problem.
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What I've learned from C-D people who live on the West Coast is that a city is boring if it is flat and has no mountains or an ocean nearby. Because, you know, they're used to their special West Coast topography and can't conceive that people can possibly have fun without these things. Or something.
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