Favorite Major City

[FightingIrishLover7]

Well....

I'm moving to Seattle two weeks from today.
So hopefully Seattle is? Haha

 

[Booslum31]

Have you left your state?

OK...I lied. Never thought that I'd land here but work brought me here. It truly does suck...but there are a lot of really good people here.

 

[STLDomer]

So true on San Diego.

San Diego and Charleston are my two favorite US cities. I'm also a big fan of San Francisco (overrated by people who love there), Chicago (overrated by people who live there), DC (see Chicago and San Fran), and Portland.

Haters guide to major cities:
NYC is literally the worst city in the country. Worst people, smells awful, dirty, expensive as all hell, and poor weather. Any food that is decent costs you a full paycheck and you have to know a guy to get into the place. And you better like paying $12 for a beer. Also, ugly populous.

Los Angeles is the spread out, warmer version of NYC. What a miserable shithole.

Baltimore is great. Truly awesome place. And then you get shot and/or robbed.

Philly. No explanation necessary. Only major city where it's own residents know it sucks and admit it.

San Diego and NYC are my favorites. I've been to NYC 4 times in the last 5 years and your experience has not been mine at all.

I'm amused by all the Chicago area people saying Chicago.

 

[Rack Em]

This is one of my favorite videos out there.

"This train is carrying jobs out of Cleveland."

"Our economy is based on LeBron James."

- That's from the 2nd video though

 

[Irish2155]

The joke is on you man. Charleston is not a big city. Unless of course you mean Charleston, WV then I agree....

Watched ND vs MSU in 2006 from Charleston, WV. I thought I was going to mobbed when we pulled off that comeback. People in WV absolutely hate ND.

 

[Rack Em]

San Diego and NYC are my favorites. I've been to NYC 4 times in the last 5 years and your experience has not been mine at all.

I'm amused by all the Chicago area people saying Chicago.

Chicago takes it up the butt.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

Denver, San Francisco, Miami. The only major city I've been to that I really hated was Houston.

 

[Whiskeyjack]

I'm a big fan of East St. Louis. I just like to do hoodrat stuff with my friends.

So is Latarian Milton destined to end up like Rack 'Em Willie?

 

[IrishLax]

Some people absolutely love NYC. A lot of my best friends live there now and wouldn't dream of being anywhere else. Which is great, because I use this inexplicable flaw in judgement to trim my Godparents list for any future children I may have.

In my life, I've been to NYC probably 15-20 times. It's a short drive up 95. I've been there for pleasure, I've been there for business. I've been there for weekends, and I've been there for weeks. I have family up there, too.

The thing about NYC is that you first have to accept that you're trapped in a maze of buildings like a fucking lab rat. It's all dirty and smells... I don't even know how to describe the stench. Urine mixed with moldy pizza? No city reeks like NYC. There is no green anywhere save that pathetic excuse for a park.

Everything in Manhattan is expensive. Everything. The saving grace of going to NYC is that when you get back DC prices seem reasonable.

Are there hot girls? Sure, there are hot girls in every city... that's not even what I was talking about though. But there are a ton of just straight ugly, horrible human beings in NYC. The scum of the freaking planet. NYC has literally the worst people anywhere this side of Kandahar.

If we do want to talk about girls, the ones that ARE attractive are all either:
1. Crazy.
2. Unapproachable bitches/snobs.
3. Already on the dick of some asshole finance bro.

 

[koonja]

I've never been to California so that might change my pick.

But as is, South Beach, bringing the heat, uh.

 

[Wild Bill]

So true on San Diego.

San Diego and Charleston are my two favorite US cities. I'm also a big fan of San Francisco (overrated by people who love there), Chicago (overrated by people who live there), DC (see Chicago and San Fran), and Portland.

San Diego and NYC are my favorites. I've been to NYC 4 times in the last 5 years and your experience has not been mine at all.

I'm amused by all the Chicago area people saying Chicago.

I can't say I completely disagree with Lax. Chicago is a bit overrated by the residents, but it is as good as advertised in the summer.

Not a bad place to be a young, single professional, though. It's relatively affordable and it's a pussy buffet.

Great hockey too.

 

[wizards8507]

It's relatively affordable and it's a pussy buffet.

Classy.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

SD LA SF = good times.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Some people absolutely love NYC. A lot of my best friends live there now and wouldn't dream of being anywhere else. Which is great, because I use this inexplicable flaw in judgement to trim my Godparents list for any future children I may have.

In my life, I've been to NYC probably 15-20 times. It's a short drive up 95. I've been there for pleasure, I've been there for business. I've been there for weekends, and I've been there for weeks. I have family up there, too.

The thing about NYC is that you first have to accept that you're trapped in a maze of buildings like a fucking lab rat. It's all dirty and smells... I don't even know how to describe the stench. Urine mixed with moldy pizza? No city reeks like NYC. There is no green anywhere save that pathetic excuse for a park.

Everything in Manhattan is expensive. Everything. The saving grace of going to NYC is that when you get back DC prices seem reasonable.

Are there hot girls? Sure, there are hot girls in every city... that's not even what I was talking about though. But there are a ton of just straight ugly, horrible human beings in NYC. The scum of the freaking planet. NYC has literally the worst people anywhere this side of Kandahar.

If we do want to talk about girls, the ones that ARE attractive are all either:
1. Crazy.
2. Unapproachable bitches/snobs.
3. Already on the dick of some asshole finance bro.

Try Boston lol

 

[Whiskeyjack]

If we do want to talk about girls, the ones that ARE attractive are all either:
1. Crazy.
2. Unapproachable bitches/snobs.
3. Already on the dick of some asshole finance bro.

One of my best friends from high school is that guy. And the line for his dick is a mile long. I shit you not. He's spent the last 7 years making up for all the tail he didn't get at our all-male Jesuit high school, but now he's burned out and looking to settle down. Unfortunately for him, finding wife material in NYC is damn near impossible. The city is virtually childless (seriously, you'd get fewer weird looks riding a unicorn than you will walking around with a kid), and everyone there is focused on their own careers, self-fulfillment, individualistic bullshit, etc. He's considering a move to Chicago to increase his chances of finding an acceptable mate.

 

[Wild Bill]

Classy.

I didn't come to an anonymous forum to be judged by a libertarian nut job.

 

[Emcee77]

San Diego and NYC are my favorites. I've been to NYC 4 times in the last 5 years and your experience has not been mine at all.

I'm amused by all the Chicago area people saying Chicago.

I demand to be taken seriously! (Seriously.)

I did not grow up in Chicago or anywhere near there, so I don't think I'm biased.

I lived in D.C. for two years and have traveled to numerous other American big cities, especially Boston, NYC, San Fran, Philadelphia, and some others that have been mentioned in this thread, such as Charlotte and Baltimore, as well as some others, such as Denver and Seattle, that frequently come up in conversations like this but haven't yet in this thread unless I missed it, and I have traveled widely in Western Europe, especially in France and Italy ---- in short, while I haven't been everywhere, I have traveled enough to have a frame of reference.

And Chicago is my favorite major city. It is like a much more manageable, friendlier, cleaner version of NYC. There's lots of culture and things to do -- museums, theaters, comedy, film, dining, boozing -- but it's easier to get around due to the lack of geographical obstructions. Winters are admittedly brutal, but summers are incredibly PLEASANT. Unlike where I grew up in Virginia, where in summer you don't want to be outside unless you are at the pool, in summer in Chicago you actually WANT to be outside all the time because it isn't unbearably hot, which makes for an amazingly vibrant culture of street festivals and other activities, not to mention convenient water fun in/on the lake. Chicagoans say all the time that Chicago summers are so fun that they actually get anxiety because they don't know what fun thing to do and what fun thing to say no to. And (this is more of a personal thing) I just like the people in Chicago. I get more of a let's-hang-out vibe and less of a are-you-cool-enough-to-hang-out-with-me vibe from people I meet here than when I lived on the East Coast.

So, I think it's a serious contender.

I'm also a big fan of San Francisco (overrated by people who love there), Chicago (overrated by people who live there), DC (see Chicago and San Fran), and Portland.

Well, that's fair enough. To each his own and all that.

 

[Jackalope1977]

Pittsburgh, Chicago, Portland. All awesome.

 

[wizards8507]

One of my best friends from high school is that guy. And the line for his dick is a mile long. I shit you not. He's spent the last 7 years making up for all the tail he didn't get at our all-male Jesuit high school, but now he's burned out and looking to settle down. Unfortunately for him, finding wife material in NYC is damn near impossible. The city is virtually childless (seriously, you'd get fewer weird looks riding a unicorn than you will walking around with a child), and everyone there is focused on their own careers, self-fulfillment, individualistic bullshit, etc. He's considering a move to Chicago to increase his chances of finding an acceptable mate.

Every problem you just outlined with New York is exactly my experience with people from Chicago, with the added problem of the inferiority complex that comes from being not New York. The finance bros who couldn't get into Wall Street are the finance bros that populate Chicago.

I also can't stand people from the Chicago suburbs. They think they're so urban because they're "from Chicago," but they actually live 45 minutes away (without traffic). I grew up 45 minutes from Boston and I didn't even live in the same state. YOU'RE NOT FROM CHICAGO.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

One of my best friends from high school is that guy. And the line for his dick is a mile long. I shit you not. He's spent the last 7 years making up for all the tail he didn't get at our all-male Jesuit high school, but now he's burned out and looking to settle down. Unfortunately for him, finding wife material in NYC is damn near impossible. The city is virtually childless (seriously, you'd get fewer weird looks riding a unicorn than you will walking around with a kid), and everyone there is focused on their own careers, self-fulfillment, individualistic bullshit, etc. He's considering a move to Chicago to increase his chances of finding an acceptable mate.

If I were your buddy, I'd make a move right up 95 and get a sweet place in Boston's north end. Big money/ finance sector.

Tell him to grab some FRS/ Red Bull/ 5 hour energy if he's burned out and Boston will be his playground. 250,000 college students in the city. I'd say 60% roughly are female. Do the math lol

 

[koonja]

One vote for LA from my dead homie, Tupac.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

I didn't come to an anonymous forum to be judged by a libertarian nut job.

Be classy and get your filling at a classy food establishment not a buffet.

 

[irishog77]

There's nothing worse than city snobs either. Like the people who live and work in D.C. that look down upon people who live in Alexandria or anywhere else outside the city. The people that live in Santa Monica that look down upon people living in the OC. The people living downtown in San Francisco that look down upon people living outside the city. And so on and so forth.

Nashville is starting to get that now. Drives me nuts. Especially coming from people who are transients and have been here like a week.

 

[GoIrish41]

Baltimore. It's a screwed up town but it's perfect for me. I love the food, the water, and how unpretentious it is compared to its neighbor D.C.

Do you live in Baltimore?

 

[wizards8507]

I didn't come to an anonymous forum to be judged by a libertarian nut job.

I take it from your italics that you DID, in fact, come to an anonymous forum to be judged by a libertarian nut job.

EDIT: My real answer would be Boston or Nashville. I've only been to Baltimore once for my sister's graduation but I liked it quite a bit.

 

[Jebediah Springfield]

There's nothing worse than city snobs either. Like the people who live and work in D.C. that look down upon people who live in Alexandria or anywhere else outside the city. The people that live in Santa Monica that look down upon people living in the OC. The people living downtown in San Francisco that look down upon people living outside the city. And so on and so forth.

Nashville is starting to get that now. Drives me nuts. Especially coming from people who are transients and have been here like a week.

Country snobs can be just as annoying

 

[tussin]

I love living in Philly. It's a great city.

 

[irishog77]

There's nothing worse than city snobs either. Like the people who live and work in D.C. that look down upon people who live in Alexandria or anywhere else outside the city. The people that live in Santa Monica that look down upon people living in the OC. The people living downtown in San Francisco that look down upon people living outside the city. And so on and so forth.

Nashville is starting to get that now. Drives me nuts. Especially coming from people who are transients and have been here like a week.

Case in point:

Every problem you just outlined with New York is exactly my experience with people from Chicago, with the added problem of the inferiority complex that comes from being not New York. The finance bros who couldn't get into Wall Street are the finance bros that populate Chicago.

I also can't stand people from the Chicago suburbs. They think they're so urban because they're "from Chicago," but they actually live 45 minutes away (without traffic). I grew up 45 minutes from Boston and I didn't even live in the same state. YOU'RE NOT FROM CHICAGO.

 

[wizards8507]

If I were your buddy, I'd make a move right up 95 and get a sweet place in Boston's north end. Big money/ finance sector.

He can get a sweet 800 square foot condo for the low low price of only $579,000.

 

[STLDomer]

I also can't stand people from the Chicago suburbs. They think they're so urban because they're "from Chicago," but they actually live 45 minutes away (without traffic). I grew up 45 minutes from Boston and I didn't even live in the same state. YOU'RE NOT FROM CHICAGO.

I think Chicago is a great city I just can't stand the arrogance people from the Chicago area have over it. Most of my friends are from the Chicago area, Cleveland or New England and I run into exactly the above all the time.