Which city would you live in?

[Kosmos Mariner]

If you could snap your fingers, rendering money, work, family, and housing not an issue, which of the following cities would you live in and why?

[WillyBrandt]

1. Absolutely nothing compares to NYC

Everytime I take the 40 min ride into the City, that becomes totally clear

[CanuckAmok]

41. New York's Alright...If You Like Saxophones! n/t

[Red_Storm]

55. That is true ...................

Sure it's expensive and noisy and heavily populated but.....then there's all the great things that make NYC what it is, the people, nightlife, culture, food, shopping, parks, and on and on ......

[Kathy in Cambridge]

63. If I were rich, I'd live in NYC.

There is too much temptation shopping-wise here to be poor. Century 21, ABC Home, and Daffy's would render me broke. Not to mention all the restaurants, museums, and other activities. The housing is very expensive (it's expensive in Boston, but you get more for your money). My friends have lived in some real hovels and closets over the year and pay primo $$ to do so. This is probably why NYers go out all the time-most apartments are claustrophobic.

[sleipnir]

77. I'm broke and living in NYC

You learn to deal and stop shopping after a while...I've got a massive space in Astoria, but still pay too much for my midwestern sensibilities.

[alexwcovington]

2. Meh

Minot, North Dakota

[Rowdyboy]

3. New Orleans

n/t

[arewethereyet]

6. here here !

I also like Atlanta

[LastKnight]

18. cant beat the cajun food... or the...

music, parties, clubs, people, atmosphere... shall i go on?

went for a week with a bunch of friends... best place ive been in my life.

-LK

[WillyBrandt]

4. Why isn't Crawford mentioned?

[0rganism]

12. Now *that's* a Really Good Question.

The hypothetical is, all other factors aside, if you can pick a place to live, which one do you pick?

How could someone respond to that question with "Crawford, Texas"?

If ever someone had nearly all the obstacles to his choice of residence removed, it's the shrub. So... why Crawford? It's not like W is a believable rancher. He clearly has no more interest in farming than he does geography. Why is he there? Why does he drag foreign dignitaries to Crawford?

[WillyBrandt]

5. TAMPA!?!?!?

That's the worst place in the world! Talk about the armpit of Florida!

[no_arbusto]

43. No kidding

I have a picture from a church billboard in Tampa that says, no shit, "Terrorism will not ruin America, Liberalism will." That's the general attitude I encountered in my 4 long months there. I could go on and on about Tampa but I won't.

On edit: USFBull2000, you go to USF? That is probably the most rightwing public university in America. That is definitely why my girlfriend chose not to get her PhD there. I remember reading a story when I lived there about some guy who was trying to start a liberal paper on campus and was facing opposition. Is that you by any chance? For those of you that don't know, USF fired an Arab professor because he was a "terrorist".

[no_arbusto]

7. New York for sure.

I've lived in LA, well Riverside actually (so,so), Tampa (too conservative, too many fundies), and currently south of DC (like it so far). Cleveland's pretty cool (close to friends in Akron, home), visited Austin this summer (very cool place), and have never been to any of the other cities.

[Terwilliger]

8. With those choices, I'll say Portland

having only driven through on the interstate

[Creideiki]

9. None of the above

Denver, CO, San Diego, CA, and Santa Fe NM are heading up my current list.

[bubba_fett]

10. what's everyone got against Minneapolis?

Aside from the horrible roads, crime, smell, traffic, lack of public transportation, etc.

C'mon, a train from the Metrodome to the Mall of America! That's useful!

[Syncronaut Seven]

11. Portland?

Wait a minute! I'm already here!

[Kosmos Mariner]

13. You are lucky!

:toast:


:dem:

[0rganism]

14. Yeah, me too.

Bummer that money, work, family, and housing are still issues. But I don't want to move. I like it here. I like rain. Some people choose to live in deserts. That confuses me. I moved out of the desert southwest to Portland, partly because there is water here. It seems rational to live near water. Cities like Pheonix and Las Vegas are Deep Mysteries to me.

[rucky]

76. Mee Three

Portland is the bestest.

[madrchsod]

15. chicago

goldcoast apt. overlooking the lake

[Kosmos Mariner]

26. Maybe in the summer...

Just my opinion, but I wouldn't be near the Lake in the winter. The "Hawk" is fierce! I had my fill.... :-)


:dem:

[FrenchieCat]

16. If this is DU

Why is Berkeley not on the list? Sh*t!

[theoceansnerves]

17. WA

anacortes, washington.

[Ksec]

19. Fla because it stays nice and warm

and winter is really close here.

[SahaleArm]

20. San Francisco or San Diego

Though Seattle is not bad:).

[dwckabal]

25. Another vote for SD!

[Cleita]

21. None.

Thank god I'm a country girl.

[Kosmos Mariner]

24. Then vote for the last option please..

Fly over country, you know, the red states, heartland, apple pie... :-) :-)


:dem:

[AndyTiedye]

32. Not THAT KIND of "country"

There's plenty of out-in-the-sticks in California,
and some of it is even pretty close to San Francisco.

Flyover country is for flying over,
(or possibly taking the train through if you like trains,
or are a Democratic candidate for high office).

If I were to live in a city, it would be San Francisco
(which was oddly absent from the list, particularly since
you were saying regardless of cost).

[Cleita]

33. But I don't live in THAT country.

I like small towns, but not tornado country.

[FloridaJudy]

22. Berkeley, California

My original home town. Full of hell-bent liberals and bookstores. Oh, and the climate is wonderful, and the food is great.

I can't afford it any more, though. The house that sold for $40,000 twenty-five years ago, when I left, is worth over a million today. So much for liberals and environmentalists driving property values down!

[Kosmos Mariner]

30. not enough spaces...

Portland is sort of symbolic for places like San Francisco, Berkeley, parts of Seattle.... Different places, but in the same spirit. :-)


:dem:

[The White Rose]

37. Lived in Berkeley for ten years.

Hard to imagine living anywhere else, but with the INSANE house prices we'll probably have to leave in the not too distant future (adding a second tiny BritDem in March!)

[FrenchieCat]

39. congrat! (n/t)

[Tatiana]

23. Chicago.

Home of the Democratic Machine.

[lulu1967]

27. Favorite City

I dream of living in Cork City, Ireland. I've never been happier than there.

[Speck Tater]

28. Flagstaff, AZ. About the nicest city I've ever visited.

Second place goes to Colorado Springs, CO
Third place to Santa Barbara, CA

[HuckleB]

72. I love Flag...

Lived there for six years, but it's becoming another unplanned sprawling nightmare. It's almost more than I can bear to go and visit anymore. I head straight downtown and stay there. That's the only way to remember the good times.

[canuckagainstBush]

29. .

If I had to live in the US I'd pick Seattle or Portland (OR). Somewhere in the Northwest for sure.

[DEM FAN]

31. Bean Town It Is For Me. I Love That Area.

Don't Like The Cold But I Really Love Boston. I Have Been There 3
Times. :bounce:

[tedoll78]

34. New Orleans!

Woo-hoo!

[jenk]

35. I'm like 20 minutes from NYC

[jsw_81]

36. I love Portland, and I'm moving down there next fall

It's the nicest, cleanest, friendliest city in the country IMO. Plus it's overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic. :)

[xxqqqzme]

38. Albuquerque or

anyplace in New Mexico. It is so beautiful there. I just wish it had an ocean.....I'd even settle 4 a big lake.

[rucky]

78. Tingley Beach?

native 'burquian

[DemBones DemBones]

40. So you're at USF now?

[CanuckAmok]

42. We're partial to Seattle. Love it, actually. n/t

[youngred]

44. what?

No San Fransisco, Washington, Paris, France, Rome, Madrid, Llhasa, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Moscow, Amsterdam Berlin, Sydney or AUckland?

[Kosmos Mariner]

45. sorry, 'Merkin cities only...

:-)


:dem:

[CandyCrim21]

46. I voted for .........

Minneapolis but I really would take Jackson Hole Wyoming over any of those.

[HEyHEY]

47. Omnsk russia

[MSchreader]

48. Detroit

Why move? I love my city.

Martin

[Piperay]

49. Los Angeles...

in the "burbs" along the ocean.

[dolgoruky]

50. Tallinn, Estonia

Unquestionably the most beautiful capital of the Balitic states. It's by the sea, and it's freeeeezing cold in winter. But I love it!

[RebelOne]

51. Hey, you forgot Atlanta, GA

We have the best of everything. But if I were to relocate, it would be anywhere in Colorado.

[Spider Jerusalem]

57. "The best of everything?" lol...

Sorry, Atlanta sucks like an Electrolux. It's a hideous, landlocked corporate city with no culture, horrible traffic, noxious air quality, one of the most historically corrupt governments of any US city (although Shirley Franklin is doing a good job), the sorriest excuse for a public transportation system of any comparable city its size, the worst urban planning and most awful sprawl you'll find anywhere outside LA...need I go on? (And I've lived in the Atlanta area since 1986...I think I'm qualified to have an opinion on this...)

[RebelOne]

80. But I don't live in the city. Yes, the traffic sucks.

I live in Woodstock, north of Atlanta. Believe me, if you had lived in Miami, Fla. most of your life, Atlanta is paradise compared to that hell hole of the South.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

52. DC or NY

nt

[VermontDem2004]

53. Tempe, Arizona

[WoodrowFan]

54. DC, but I already do!

I voted for DC, but hey, I already live here! I'd live in downtown DC as opposed to the Virginia 'burbs if DC were better run (the bureaucracy really is a nightmare) and if it were more affordable.

Why DC?

1) I love cities

2) the Library of Congress and the National Archives for my research.

3) The museums!

4) great bookstores and lots of universities which means the used bookstores have good selections beyond romance novels and "God Books."


Now if we can just get a National League baseball team I'll be even happier!

(Thought about a write-in for Cincinnati so I could see my Reds play, but it's too damn republican)

[felonious thunk]

56. Me too!

I love DC. I've lived in lots of different parts of the DC Metro. I live in Arlington right now, but my favorite place in the entire area is near Cleveland Park. It's more residential, but still has an urban community feel to it. I lived across the street from Politics and Prose a few years ago (talking about great bookstores in the city), where I once saw Clinton picking out some books. Lots of great art museums, along with the Smithsonians, and DC and Arlington are as Democratic as you get.

[Spider Jerusalem]

58. Given my preference, London, Amsterdam or Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Of those listed, New York...although San Francisco would be nice, too.

[Kosmos Mariner]

59. NY finally takes the lead from Portland....can it hold?

:-) :kick:

[midnight armadillo]

60. how i love that dirt water

boston you're my home...

[Noordam]

61. ANY place other than Tampa or Detroit..

Tampa is the Repug city. The Tampa Tribune ONLY will say good thing on the Environment, because Florida ppl as a whole are environment friendly.

[greendog]

62. If I told ya, I'd have ta kill ya

I just spent a year living in the absolute "wildest" place in the lower 48 states. Wolves, grizzly bears, cougers, bobcats, and lynx. A handful of great people. No electricity and few telephones. Beautiful beyond description.

Of course it's in danger of being "loved to death" so I can't tell you where it is. But, if money was no object I'll admit I couldn't resist having a little cabin up there. It's a little too far from civilization to make commuting a reasonable proposition.

I guess I'm not a "city" guy. :)

[Kosmos Mariner]

64. kick

:kick:

[GOPisEvil]

65. I already live in Austin.

Y'all should be here too! Wait...maybe just visit; traffic's bad enough. ;-)

[LynneSin]

66. 110% Philadelphia

Man that city is so underrated but it's just an absolfuckinglutely fabulous town!!!

I'd move there in a heartbeat if I could tolerate the commute to Wilmington

[ironflange]

67. I'd just as soon stay put

But if I had to move, it would be to Portland. Super nice city.

[geniph]

68. Lihue, Kauai

the climate is perfect, to my way of thinking.

[HuckleB]

69. Portland... though I love NYC...

And, as a pure city experience, I'd take NYC over Portland hands down. But, we're talking about a place to live, and it simply takes too long to get out of NYC to get to the type of wilderness areas, the mountains and the coast that I find myself wanting and needing much of the time. Thus, I give the nod to Portland, my home sweet home.

[ComerPerro]

70. How is it, exactly,

That Minnesota gets a mention, but not Chicago, IL??????????

[Kosmos Mariner]

75. personal bias....

:evilgrin:

[mlawson]

71. Why do we have to move??? I like where I am...

Asheville, that is. Nowhere else would suit.

Well, maybe Tamps for January; I hate winter passionately.

[Orthodox Heathen]

73. Monterey CA

Love it there. :loveya:

[Buns_of_Fire]

74. Las Vegas

"What happens here, stays here." My kind of town.

I hesitate to admit this, though. My parents dragged me to Ft. Lauderdale when I was a mere sprout. Then I read that the fastest-growing county in the U.S. was Broward county.

I finally managed to escape to the suburbs of Atlanta. Shortly after I arrived there, I read that the fastest-growing county in the U.S. was now Gwinnett County, Georgia (where I was).

Apparently, a good portion of the population was damned determined to follow me from state to state.

So I went into consulting and lived in nine states over about ten years (just to throw everybody off the track). Then I let the dust settle on me in SW Virginia (where it seems nobody wants to live anymore).

And one fine day, I figure I'll just quietly disappear from here while no one's watching and make my way west. That's the plan. Please don't tell anyone. :-)

[Sting]

79. None of the above...

I hate big city life. I prefer to live in a city with no more than 10-20 thousand people.
Sting