I have a couple different answers. Kansas City, San Antonio, or Indianapolis. All of them are fairly large, but have a more personal feel than what you would expect in a big city.
@Aljosa23 said:
To live in? No idea. To visit? Definitely New York, from my experience. New York has something for everyone unless you're some anti-social weirdo.
Why, because it's simply the biggest? New York actually screams anti-social more than any other city I have been in.
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Moved to NH recently and love it, I've got downtown Manchester which has plenty to do, and then the beach is 30min away where I can walk the boardwalk and, catch a show (weird al was here not long ago), or go to the old town for the british style pubs
I have a couple different answers. Kansas City, San Antonio, or Indianapolis. All of them are fairly large, but have a more personal feel than what you would expect in a big city.
@Aljosa23 said:
To live in? No idea. To visit? Definitely New York, from my experience. New York has something for everyone unless you're some anti-social weirdo.
Why, because it's simply the biggest? New York actually screams anti-social more than any other city I have been in.
I live in Indy (well, Carmel), and it's a pretty great city. We get a lot of big sports events and the city is clean and safe for a city its size. Getting around town is easy and we're within 5 hours of of a lot of other major cities.
@sukraj: Most of Florida is a pit. Florida isn't called "The South's Trash can" for nothing.
My vote would go to a progressive, cosmopolitan city like San Francisco or Seattle. Seattle would get my vote because it's close to the mountains (I'm an addicted alpine skier).
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Yuck...my brother went to grad school in Tucson and still lives there. He hates it. I visited once and wouldn't want to live there either.
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Yuck...my brother went to grad school in Tucson and still lives there. He hates it. I visited once and wouldn't want to live there either.
My family loves it there. The happier they are, the less they get on my nerves.
Does your brother own a house there or does he rent?
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Yuck...my brother went to grad school in Tucson and still lives there. He hates it. I visited once and wouldn't want to live there either.
My family loves it there. The happier they are, the less they get on my nerves.
Does your brother own a house there or does he rent?
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Yuck...my brother went to grad school in Tucson and still lives there. He hates it. I visited once and wouldn't want to live there either.
My family loves it there. The happier they are, the less they get on my nerves.
Does your brother own a house there or does he rent?
He's done both. He rented and now owns a house.
Usually, it's those who live in the apartments who aren't very fond of Tucson. Tucson tend to be the more "liberal" corner of Arizona. I'm not sure if politics is why your brother hate it. Did your brother say why? How about you? What is your reason for not not liking to live in Tucson?
I already mentioned my family loves Tucson. Personally, I love Carson City, NV. It's right by Lake Tahoe (my old stomping grounds) and historic Virginia City. I also like to occasionally dig for (dinosaur) fossils. There are limestone areas around Carson City that rich in marine fossils.
I live in Miami, Florida and it's honestly a nice place. It's a very suburban and less off a metropolis(the only metropolis-like area is Downtown Miami which is by the coast). It's comfortable and peaceful and very modern too. Very well kept for the most part. Orlando is also really nice. The ugly parts are Northern Florida where it's very empty and sullen.
Tucson Arizona. Why? I dunno. It's a city with a small town feel. It probably has the fewest skyscrapers of any big city I've been to. I'm not a big fan of living in a city. But, I can tolerate Tucson.
Yuck...my brother went to grad school in Tucson and still lives there. He hates it. I visited once and wouldn't want to live there either.
My family loves it there. The happier they are, the less they get on my nerves.
Does your brother own a house there or does he rent?
He's done both. He rented and now owns a house.
Usually, it's those who live in the apartments who aren't very fond of Tucson. Tucson tend to be the more "liberal" corner of Arizona. I'm not sure if politics is why your brother hate it. Did your brother say why? How about you? What is your reason for not not liking to live in Tucson?
I already mentioned my family loves Tucson. Personally, I love Carson City, NV. It's right by Lake Tahoe (my old stomping grounds) and historic Virginia City. I also like to occasionally dig for (dinosaur) fossils. There are limestone areas around Carson City that rich in marine fossils.
I just found the city to be kind of bleak. I'm from the mid west where there's a lot of grass and trees...the color green. Tucson was just too arid. Everyone's yard was stone/sand...everything was too brown for my taste. My brother's biggest gripe is how slowly every drives there. He's constantly complaining about how bad the drivers are.
I'm a big fan of the Tahoe area. I've skied Heavenly, Squaw, and Kirkwood a couple of times each.
I just found the city to be kind of bleak. I'm from the mid west where there's a lot of grass and trees...the color green. Tucson was just too arid. Everyone's yard was stone/sand...everything was too brown for my taste. My brother's biggest gripe is how slowly every drives there. He's constantly complaining about how bad the drivers are.
I'm a big fan of the Tahoe area. I've skied Heavenly, Squaw, and Kirkwood a couple of times each.
Makes sense. In my case, I need to have mountains around me. You could probably guess I wasn't fond of the four years I spent in Oklahoma. Lots of vegetation. But, the area is relatively flat.
Actually, Tucson have plenty of vegetation. They're just not the kind you like.
Ha Ha. I have to laugh because my wife is kind of dirty minded about the cactus:
As for the drivers....... We visited Tucson last year to check on our house there. The drivers there were pretty civilized especially around the areas which have cameras.
Most people do the speed limit because of the cameras. The slow ones are the snowbirds from out of state. Tucson is also a college town. College kids and snowbirds are a bad combination.
Nothing you could do about the snowbirds. After all, they bring in the moolah.
Moved to NH recently and love it, I've got downtown Manchester which has plenty to do, and then the beach is 30min away where I can walk the boardwalk and, catch a show (weird al was here not long ago), or go to the old town for the british style pubs
Just trying to drive (much less park) in Shattle would change your mind about that. :-P
I've never been, so I probably have an idealized vision of the city that doesn't exist. I would love to be that close to the Cascades though.
Seattle used to be great back when most people didn't really know much about it. It wasn't crowded yet. Once it got crowded, forget it. It's just like Las Vegas NV. I used to love to visit Las Vegas back in the 70's when it was still fairly small. Then, everybody decided to move there. Now? Bleh.
Seattle, mild weather year round, not too over-populated, cheaper to live in than where I am now, lots of bookstores (so-Cal is void of bookstores, probably because of its 74% literacy rate), better parks, not everything is like endless roads of strip malls and gated communities, they have legal recreational weed, a great public transit system, they're a (somewhat) short drive to Canada, the traffic isn't nearly as hectic as where I'm at now, and they have good and plentiful and cheap teriyaki which I had no idea didn't exist outside Seattle, it has better internet and cable services than so-Cal.
Seattle, mild weather year round, not too over-populated, cheaper to live in than where I am now, lots of bookstores (so-Cal is void of bookstores, probably because of its 74% literacy rate), better parks, not everything is like endless roads of strip malls and gated communities, they have legal recreational weed, a great public transit system, they're a (somewhat) short drive to Canada, the traffic isn't nearly as hectic as where I'm at now, and they have good and plentiful and cheap teriyaki which I had no idea didn't exist outside Seattle, it has better internet and cable services than so-Cal.
While I don't normally like being in cities, I have to agree with this. Seattle is terrific. My wife and I will most likely end up living just outside of it in 2 years.
She spent 5 years living there in whilst in college and I have always had a blast going there ever since I was a kid.
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