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08-04-2006, 09:51 PM
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What city to avoid why?
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.
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08-04-2006, 09:59 PM
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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.
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08-04-2006, 10:14 PM
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Also the weather of the city i'm living is crucially important to me.
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08-04-2006, 10:20 PM
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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.
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08-04-2006, 10:26 PM
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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.
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08-04-2006, 10:33 PM
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Los Angeles, Jacksonville, Albuquerque, Oakland, and Des Moines
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08-04-2006, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by shinerbock
diversityloving for me.
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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.
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08-04-2006, 10:43 PM
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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' 
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08-07-2006, 09:13 PM
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Cities I'd avoid: Any in the northeastern part of NJ. I grew up in Elizabeth, and let's just say I've had enough. It's overcrowded, smelly, and there are too many highways and turnpikes and parkways and...well, you get the picture.
City I'd love to live in: Boston! I loved it there! It's too expensive for me right now, but maybe one day when I grow up and make more money I can move there, lol.
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08-08-2006, 02:32 AM
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Gary, IN.... I believe it used to be the murder capital of the world. I know its still #1 for crime in the state of Indiana.
Of course, I would also recommend never living in Muncie, IN where I go to school. We are #2 for crime in Indiana (all of these stats coming from my forensic psych professor who worked for the Indianapolis and Muncie police departments).
Plus... unless you are student @ Ball State, Muncie just seems like a really depressing place to live.
I do love Louisville though. I'm from the area and being away has caused me to appreciate it more.
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08-08-2006, 09:14 AM
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I grew up in Elizabeth, and let's just say I've had enough.
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I'm sorry.
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08-08-2006, 02:56 PM
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In general I would NEVER live in the middle of the country, I need access to ocean,well MAYBE I could live in a state with acess to a great lake... BUT NEVER EVER
Detroit EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW its wayy to segregated and has no natural beuty to it AT ALL.
Tuscon- Is this really even a city ? there's not much to do for being a "major" city of Arizona.
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