I find it rather funny that people keep trashing LA just b/c of the stereotype that we're all actors who wait tables. That's really all it is. A stereotype. I've lived my entire life in CA and have never waited a table in my life nor had any desire to join the theatre. The cities I've lived in have included Los Angeles, San Diego, Compton, Long Beach, Bellflower, Downey, Riverside, and Brea.
What I like best about having lived in such different cities in CA is the fact that not one of these cities is anything like the other (well, except for Bellflower & Downey since they are literally right next to each other). The people vary from city to city. That's what I like in cities. I like diversity but I do understand that diversity is not for everyone.

I don't have any cities I hate simply because I have found both good and bad things about cities. Why waste my time hating a geographical location? There are both good and bad things about living in any cities. To each his own.

Why trash talk a city if you've never been there? It's fine if you've been there, experienced the culture, nightlife, etc. of the city but it's pretty stupid to hate any city just based on stereotypes you have based on watching TV.

So if you haven't been to a city, all of your opinions of it are based on stereotypes that come from watching TV?

[The answer to that question, by the way, is NO.]

Who the eff CARES if somebody trashes your city? That's what I don't get.

This is what I don't get either. No city is perfect (yes, even Pittsburgh has its flaws). I love Boston, but I also know it is not even close to perfect. Same for CT, even though I feel very much at home there.

As far as me, there aren't any places I would rule out. I don't know if I'd like someplace really rural or desolate, though.

I agree that there's good and bad things about every city/state/region. It's that sometimes the bad outweighs the good, and the other way around.

With the internet it's pretty easy to get the dirt on just about any well known city. Check out findyourspot.com. Message boards can also be somewhat reliable if many people say the same things about one place, IMO.

Exactly -- every city has weaknesses. I mean, in some ways Denver is a cow town, fashion backwards, and the police are good for shooting people but not much else. Chicago has pee-smelling alleys, too much humidity, and Cubs fans, LOL. Even so, I dig both. If other people don't, that's cool. And anyway, when people are defensive about cities, it only makes it more fun to talk crap.

Yeah, I don't even try and defend Atlanta much. The only city I attempt to defend is Charleston, because its simply the best city in the country...

Seattle. Been there, done that, figured out why it has the largest suicide rate in the nation because it's freaking depressing! It rains too much for me, and I'm too spoiled by the sweet people in the South. They're just not that friendly up there, not to mention that the cost of living was ridiculously high.

Aside from there, I probably wouldn't live...well, anywhere up north. That's not for me, and I can't drive in the snow.

What part of "LA" did you visit ?

LOL, see, I'm just the opposite. I don't think I could live in the south. I guess I'm a true Yankee, plus I'm chubby and I don't feel like sweating all year round. :o

WHAT?!
If you think it's a cowtown now, you should have been here in 1982.

Seriously - Boston often goes between over-confidence and self-loathing, and CT can't decide whether it wants to be aligned with NY or New England (and they end up annoying both).

LOL. I'm still totally weirded out about all the cowboy stuff here and how people get really excited about the freaking rodeo. Ew.

The whole Rockies = Christian thing bothers me, too. Not that there's anything wrong with being Christian, but they're kind of weird about it. Except Jose Mesa. Jose Mesa is my favorite.

Yeah, but the National Western has a GREAT press open house prior to the Stock Show. Talk about great food and alcohol...

ETA that of all of the cities I've visited (and that's a lot of them), I can't think of many places that didn't have something good to say for itself.

Except maybe Buffalo.

Buffalo chicken subs, and the chicken wings at Anchor Bar.

Been there -- but I don't eat chicken. It's a long story.