What city to avoid why?

Akkus · #1 08-04-2006, 09:51 PM

what big city would u avoid living in and why?

I'd avoid LA for its crime rates, SF for being too expensive and a lot of cities in the east coast for having a cold weather.

shinerbock · #2 08-04-2006, 09:59 PM

The following cities for being disgusting: Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Miami

The following cities for crime: Philly, Houston(lately),Newark, Trenton

I don't think I'd live in LA because I just dislike LA culture. I doubt I'd live in NY either, it just doesnt suit me.

Akkus · #3 08-04-2006, 10:14 PM

Also the weather of the city i'm living is crucially important to me.

DeltAlum · #4 08-04-2006, 10:20 PM

Detroit gets a bad rap. We enjoyed living there. I love New York. LA is OK. San Fran is wonderful.

The three places that pop into my mind as ones where I wouldn't want to live are Miami, Houston and Dallas.

Atlanta is on the borderline.

Buffalo is Gray.

I'm not sure I'd want to move back to Baltimore.

shinerbock · #5 08-04-2006, 10:26 PM

Yeah, I could live in Dallas, NYC is way too, uh, PC/liberal/diversityloving for me. Detroit though, man, my visits there have been horrible. No offense if its your home or something, but it looks like an abandoned junkyard.

sdbeta1 · #6 08-04-2006, 10:33 PM

Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Albuquerque, Oakland, and Des Moines

_Opi_ · #7 08-04-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

diversityloving for me.

WTF

Anyway, the only thing I would agree with you on is Detroit. Some parts are liveable but that's the surburbs, and I don't do suburbs.

I would avoid L.A., Columbus, Minnesota and pretty much any city in the south. I favor east coast cities more, especially NYC. As for Canadian cities, my heart will always be with Toronto but Montreal is also an amazing city.

shinerbock · #8 08-04-2006, 10:35 PM

yes, diversity loving. I don't like places that just thrive on diversity. It doesnt do anything for me. I'm more of an all-American type hometown kinda city. I like eclectic things fine, but NYC is like the worlds melting pot, and I'm not into it.

Somebody mentioned Jacksonville, thats kinda weird. I mean, I don't think I'd wanna live in Florida, but Jacksonville is nice for FL.

Dionysus · #9 08-04-2006, 10:37 PM

I hated Indianoplis (sp?) worth a passion.

KSUViolet06 · #10 08-04-2006, 10:41 PM

Any large city in NJ. Atlantic City, Newark, Camden, I hate them all. So gross.

shinerbock · #11 08-04-2006, 10:42 PM

Cities I really like (not necc could live in)- San Diego, Naples FL, San Francisco, Seattle, Charlotte, Greenville, Charleston, Santa Fe, D.C., Richmond...

DSTRen13 · #12 08-04-2006, 10:43 PM

I don't think I could live in cities in the middle of America, or anywhere too far north (too cold!) ... I could live places on the West Coast, in states along the southern border, and in the South.

I really hated Detroit the times I've passed through it, but maybe I just missed the good parts (?). Odessa, TX, is one of the nastiest smelling and ugliest looking places I've ever been, although everywhere else I've been in Texas has been nice. I've been pretty freaked out by visits to some Southern cities where segregation is still pretty firmly in place - people glared at me in Mobile because I apparently crossed the color line by asking the wrong person for restaurant recommendations

My favorite city is DC. Atlanta is probably second favorite. Still lots more to visit, tho'

shinerbock · #13 08-04-2006, 10:46 PM

Its weird, I'm from Atlanta, and I love parts of it, but it is a bit too "dirty south", if you will, for me. D.C. I absolutely love, it has several distinct parts.

Of course if I lived in D.C., I'd probably live in Gtown or Foggy Bottom or down somewhere like Alexandria (great town).

_Opi_ · #14 08-04-2006, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I really hated Detroit the times I've passed through it, but maybe I just missed the good parts (?).

Downtown area, but it's very small. All the 'burbians come down for football/baseball games, clubs, restaurants, concerts, etc. They are rebuilding the downtown area so it will definately get better within the next few years.

Thrillhouse · #15 08-04-2006, 10:54 PM

Detroit city is gross. Downtown looks like what shinerbock said earlier "an abandoned junkyard" Abandoned buildings, boarded up houses, and vacant/burned out lots galore. The suburbs are as good as any other though. Its sad but the city isn't going about rebuilding Detroit properly. Downtown sports can't save a city.

Other cities I wouldn't wan't to live in are Buffalo, Memphis, and Milwaukee.