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| meriter |
What's the best city you've ever lived in so far? Worst? What's the weather like? Hows the food? Are the people nice? Traffic? If you had a choice to live anywhere where would you go?
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| OrangestO |
Lawton, Oklahoma was the absolute worst.
Toronto and Tampa, FL are my favorites. Too bad they're so far apart :(
From what you were looking for in the previous thread you made and deleted I'd say Tampa would be perfect, minus the four seasons. Everything else on that checklist is there.
It's a great city with a lot to do and see. I don't think I could stand the south, otherwise. I'll miss the beach A LOT if I move back to the Northeast. |
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| tubularbills |
| It's 111F degrees right now in Enid, Oklahoma. this place. |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
It's 111F degrees right now in Enid, Oklahoma. this place. |
I know exactly how you feel. One year was more than enough in that -hole. |
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| tubularbills |
Otherwise, Oklahoma is a weird place. the only exciting thing is the tornadoes. otherwise, it's just kinda bland. I mean, downtown OKC is getting bigger and better....but it's still just kinda....meh. Enid has a population of about 50k.
Other places I've lived include Ames, IA (college). beautiful campus and a lot of really nice people. food was meh; but home grown cattle was good. country living for sure....it was a culture shock from growing up in the Chicago metro area.
After life in Ames I moved to Shreveport, Louisiana. I honestly loved it there. great food, a decent downtown. casino gambling. the river. the boardwalk. overall friendly area, I thought.
Now i'm in Enid....moving to Leesville, Louisiana next friday. it's the smallest place I've ever really lived....about 10k people. in backwoods louisiana. it's not even the bayou, it's just backwoods. excited about the food and some outdoor activities, but otherwise not a fan of the town itself. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
Best Montreal
next best NYC
worst LA i just don't understand anyone that thinks this place is not hell on earth.
second worst Calgary.
oh And Ottawa. Ya ottawa is the worst place in Canada. Basically, i like big cities where you don't need a car. i would like to retire in France when i'm old. |
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| Arbiter |
Best: Newport Beach, CA
Worst: Edmonton, AB
Right now I live in Arlington, VA. I have mixed feelings about it. I really like not needing to own a car, and the area is perfect for advancing my business and financial interests, but on the other hand the climate leaves a lot to be desired (too cold in the winter, too hot in the summer, with precious little in-between), and the people are kind of a mixed bag. I've got commitments here for the next year, but beyond that I'm not yet sure if I'll stay any longer. |
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| Intellekshual |
Best: Zurich, Switzerland. And Montreal, Canada. I loved both places equally, best times of my life.
Worst: Toronto, Canada. Mainly because of the dull, charmless, boring dimwits that live there. The city itself is quite nice, though.
And Orlando, Florida - tropical location minus everything interesting. And well, it's Florida.
Boston sucked ass, too.
I like where I live now, lots of natural beauty and the people are very pleasant.. I don't know where I'd like to live next, I'll worry about that when the time comes. |
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| meriter |
| quote: | Originally posted by OrangestO
Lawton, Oklahoma was the absolute worst.
Toronto and Tampa, FL are my favorites. Too bad they're so far apart :(
From what you were looking for in the previous thread you made and deleted I'd say Tampa would be perfect, minus the four seasons. Everything else on that checklist is there.
It's a great city with a lot to do and see. I don't think I could stand the south, otherwise. I'll miss the beach A LOT if I move back to the Northeast. |
Any particular reason you liked Toronto?
I actually spent some time in the Tampa area when I was young, visited a friend on vacation. I did like it there but I get the sense it's a better place to visit than live
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
Other places I've lived include Ames, IA (college). beautiful campus and a lot of really nice people. food was meh; but home grown cattle was good. country living for sure....it was a culture shock from growing up in the Chicago metro area. |
Yeah I hear that I went to high school in ing nowhere wisconsin after growing up in chicago. One extreme to the other. I've thought about moving to Iowa actually... did a little show in Iowa city a while back and it seemed like a great town, would probably be a lot like living in madison though with the 'really big small town' drama.
SLC is the worst place I've lived so bar besides chicago. It's like twilight zone creepy there, bad place |
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| Blake |
New York and I aren't on such good terms right now. On many accounts it's quite an amazing city, though when you're from here you don't really realize it until you travel to other U.S. cities. For one thing, nothing ever closes, and there's a load to do here. Plus everything is accessible via mass transit, and it's a cultural melting pot, making less culturally diverse places seem really bland by comparison.
The catch IMO is that you really have to be doing quite well for yourself in order to truly enjoy living here. Without gobs of cash, New York can be extremely exasperating. Even with great incomes, people just age faster here. Everyone always has someplace to be, and is always in a hurry to get there. Everyone's defenses are always up, by necessity, but people are usually kind if you go the extra mile to force someone to converse with you. Everything here is a rat-race, even just to do simple things like get a seat on the train. I have to be more aggressive here than I'd be by default, and it's truly exhausting.
I want to move somewhere where people are less on-edge. Somewhere where people are a bit more relaxed, but not slow or backwards. Toronto is one of the cities at the top of my list, as far as relocation is concerned. It's like New York-light. Someplace with no real summer or winter would be great too, so San Diego is also up there with Toronto. I'm dying for a break from this place :eyespop: . |
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| Big Worm |
best: austin
worst: atlanta |
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| OrangestO |
| quote: | Originally posted by meriter
Any particular reason you liked Toronto?
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I was raised there for a good part of my youth. I always appreciated the diversity I was exposed to. Simply put, it's the Canadian version of NYC.
If it wasn't for the career opportunities that NYC has to offer, I'd definitely consider moving back. It offers everything that I'm looking for in a major metropolitan.
Who knows, maybe in time. |
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