Cities/Areas I wouldn't live in:
- NYC/Boston - Strong accents kill me, and this is from someone that grew up in NY State. I love my state, I hate my city. I'd go to visit NYC to see shows and that's about it.
- Most Southern Cities - I love winter, and I love getting all four seasons. I can't handle too much heat/humidity. I turn the AC on whenever it gets up to 80 degrees. They might be beautiful, just not for me.
- LA - The whole "innocent bystander" and "I'm an actor" thing would drive me up the wall.
- Buffalo - I love the Bills, I love the Sabres, but there's just nothing there.
- Toronto - My car was broken into during a 3 day visit there once. I like the city itself, I'm a big fan of musicals/theatre, but I'm really tentative to go back.
Cities that I would live in and not like:
- Washington, DC. I'm going for a career in intelligence, and all roads lead to DC, but I just in general don't really like the city. I'm not looking forward to sweating it out in my business attire during the summers - my parents visited with my brother and his girlfriend a couple of weeks ago, and they about dropped from the heat - even in their "tourist attire." I haven't been there in years though so I can't outright say "I WILL HATE LIVING HERE" or anything.
Cities that I thought I wouldn't like but do:
- Pittsburgh. I thought I would hate it when I moved here. My hometown has about half as many people living in it than the number of people that go to the University of Pittsburgh. But, I live in a really green area, I feel like I live in a smaller town, but you have all the good parts of city living. I like it so far but we'll see. As well as being a fan of the Bills, my PA college education taught me that the Steelers aren't as bad as they seem
. I still don't like the Pirates, and I hate the Penguins, but the Steelers aren't all that bad.
- Wheeling, WV. Not a bad little city. There's certainly more going on there than meets the eye. My brother lives near there and it was alright.
Cities that I will never live in again:
- Erie, PA. I'll visit, I went to college there, but there are just too many crazies around. Every other person walking the streets is a candidate for a mental institute. Anyone that's lived there longer than 6 months would agree. We called them "erieites."
It's all completely subjective, though. What's one person's paradise is another person's hell.