What city to avoid why?

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by Rudey

You're serious? I think Chicago is the only clean big city out there.

NY is great. In fact it's probably the best city filled with the best and brightest. But it's definitely not clean. The good news is that the high rents are forcing the poor people into NJ so the crowds in bars will undoubtedly become much cooler.

-Rudey

Maybe it's because I'm use to Southern cities which, in my opinion, tend to be dirtier and smoggier but I found NYC to be clean. Then again, I've really only been in the tourist areas so that might be why.

[purplewindex]

Its sad but the city isn't going about rebuilding Detroit properly.

I don't live IN Detroit, but rather a suburb outside of it and I must say that the city has done an excellent job in its cleanup efforts. My boyfriend and I spent an afternoon in downtown a couple of weekends ago and it was SUCH a good time. It's a big city so of course it's going to have its faults, but I think it's gotten a much worse reputation than it deserves.

And like somebody else upthread said, not many people live IN downtown other than in the warehouse district or in lofts, whatever. It's actually a beautiful city that's doing a pretty good job in making it look much better.

Sorry. I had to defend my city.

[shinerbock]

The good thing about southern winters is that when it snows, its really pretty. I've always been disappointed up north when it snows (always in the suburbs or cities) because the snow gets piled up and its just disgusting.

Its true, people freak out about an inch of snow down here, but I usually respond that we don't generally start hacking off the tops of fire hydrants when the temperature tops 95.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

There sure is a lot of hating on St Louis.........but I would agree, a year and a half during college was enough for me.

I would have trouble living in most of the middle half of the country. It's either too flat, too cold or too hot in the summer. I have to have my mountains (the REAL kind, not what some of you call mountains) and water. And I don't want hurricanes or tornadoes.

[shinerbock]

So basically, you need THE mountain.