What do you love about your chosen city of residence?

[English]

Flic1, that's a beautiful picture.

 

[V2pls10]

SLC here. This time of year where else can you ski half a day then come down in the valley and hit 9 holes of golf. We have 7 National parks. There is nothing like southern Utah. It surely isn't perfect. Home is where the heart is. I layover on Maui, have friends in all corners of this country. We really have no real extremes. It get's cold in the winter but not like Chicago. (was based there 6 years). It gets hot here but not uncomfortable. Springs and falls are just about perfect. That goes without saying. Springs and falls are great everywhwere. Now having said all that........I'm moving to Phoenix this fall LOL. Go figure.

CIAO
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[Pedro]

Houston, TX

The only thing I like about it is that i don't have to commute....

 

[English]

I wish I could drive 30 minutes to awesome skiing like my friend that lives in Salt Lake. He goes almost every morning. I have to airline to really good skiing and it takes 2 hours plus a 30 minute drive. BUMMER!

 

[psysicx]

English I will trade you in a heart beat.I ski raced at Snowbird and I would take Mt High over it in a minute.Not many states you can surf in the morning and ski in the after

 

[English]

Mountain High is lame. 30 seconds and you're at the bottom waiting to get on the lift. I went there once, never again. It's worth it to airline someplace decent, where I can get a few minute's run and a couple thousand feet drop before resting on the lift.

The day is too short to waste on Mountain High and the SoCal resorts, IMHO. Even the drive to Mammoth is worth it.

 

[psysicx]

I had a blast at Mt High.Especially since there are a lot of beaters in that area and you just blast by them.Mammoth is better then all the resorts in SLC.

 

[i'mbatman]

It feels odd to walk in Manhattan and not make eye contact with people.

I guess if your from NYC you just don't expect people to do that. I'll never forget when I went to college in Florida, the very first day i was in a walmart parkin glot and some random lady walking past me said "hi there" as we were passing. I about had a heart attack and died. It just freaked me out! I was shocked that people said hi to those they din't know down there. I've since learned that most people do that everywhere and NY is just a different world altogether.

 

[citdrver]

Chicago

Despite what he Capt. Megadeth said about my lovely town it really is a nice place to live, and here is why:

• Great Nieghborhoods (small town feel in a big city)
• Food-Any food from just about any ethnicity you can think of
• Lots to do from bars to other stuff that I cant spell or afford
• Great Downtown (the Loop)
• Good Transit
• Two airports- for the days when I commuted (only a few weeks I think, its all kinda of a blur)
• People - very friendly

The reasons I agree with the good capt:

Winter- well what can you say?......is there a good one?
Traffic - Sucks
Cost - it sure aint cheap from gas, taxes and you want to actually live somewhere too??

I dig this town, but it is also home so I may be a bit biased...............NAH!
Go Cubbies

 

[Steve]

I guess if your from NYC you just don't expect people to do that. I'll never forget when I went to college in Florida, the very first day i was in a walmart parkin glot and some random lady walking past me said "hi there" as we were passing. I about had a heart attack and died. It just freaked me out! I was shocked that people said hi to those they din't know down there. I've since learned that most people do that everywhere and NY is just a different world altogether.

Agreed.

NYC Con's: Lots of dirty pinko liberals and high cost of living.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Mammoth is better then all the resorts in SLC.

If you never leave the groomed trails, perhaps. But come on, Sierra cement vs, rocky mountain cold smoke powder? No comparison.

 

[rvsm410]

East Central Florida...Melbourne, Titusville...

Pro's: Great weather Year round, 4 week winters hardly ever below freezing, Great Golf, still the Cheapest homes in the state ( but this is changing fast) 40 mile to MCO and Orlando, 20 miles from Cocoa Beach, nice beaches pretty women, The Kennedy Space center launches..no state income taxes..decent school system. Tons of flight training of every type...Low crime rates..T-ville nice family setting..beautiful sunrises and sunsets....Great water sports year round, supper fishing, and home to one of the largest cruise ship ports on the east coast...day trip gambling 3 miles off the coast..

Cons: Hurricanes and more hurricanes......too many people in Merritt Island and Cocoa Beach, too many blue hairs...slow drivers that will drive you to kick your dog! not enough culture, have to go to Orlando for that...roll the side walks up at 8pm.... Not enough for the kids to stay out of trouble....

 

[flx757]

If you never leave the groomed trails, perhaps. But come on, Sierra cement vs, rocky mountain cold smoke powder? No comparison.

You said it bro (or maybe it's bruddah...What do I know? I'm from the mainland...). But Colorado is "home", home, even if my "home" now is Seattle.

 

[Stinkbug]

Good stuff

Any UPS/FEDEX people want to chime in...curious about Louisville and Memphis...thanks all for the replies and keep 'em coming.

 

[HiFlyChick]

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I've gotta chime in here as the token Canadian - I live in a small city (about 300,000) in a small province on the east coast and I like it!

We do get the cold snowy winters, but you can find true wilderness around here in a lot of places - something that I miss when I drive down the US east coast (south of Maine anyway). The ocean is the big drawing card for me - I could never live inland - I was born on the ocean and I'll always live on the ocean.

I think a lot of southerners find our weather harsh, but I guess that I like variety. While the ocean never gets warm up here, as least it breeds hardiness to swim in it : )

If you're talking friendliness - we're a pretty friendly lot, although the province of Newfoundland would take the cake for the nicest people anywhere. I like NYC to visit, but I don't think that I could ever live there either - around here you hold doors for the people behind you at the mall, and chat with the person in front of you in line at the supermarket. Relatively low crime rate, but my husband is a little too trusting and leaves the keys to his car sitting between the seats when we park at the FBO at the international airport (CYHZ) that we fly out of. He's never had it stolen yet, but I still think it's pushing it.

 

[poor2thecore]

The "OC"

I have lived in the "OC" for a large portion of my life. I hate it with a passion. I'm counting the days until I leave this place.

Cons - Extremely expensive (bought a house in 00' for 260K now worth 600K for an idea). The people are the ruddest I've seen and look down on you if you drive a Chevy truck and not a Beemer or Benze. The OC area is being overrun by illegals and it is starting to stink! The schools are horrible, and the traffic is never-ending. It's basically your big city with an even bigger price tag.

Pros - Lot's of SUN! Great weather yearround for flying. Great for young singles looking to have a good time; just get daddy to write you a check.

Don't get me wrong SoCal is a great place if you like the big city are single and looking for fun, have expensive taste, enjoy fancy eating, the beach, etc etc.

Although, this redneck country-boy would give it all up in a heartbeat for 10 acres in rural Texas hillcountry or central Georgia, a great church, an old Chevy truck, and a glass of sweet tea, some fried chicken and NASCAR on the TV set.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Although, this redneck country-boy would give it all up in a heartbeat for 10 acres in rural Texas hillcountry or central Georgia, a great church, an old Chevy truck, and a glass of sweet tea, some fried chicken and NASCAR on the TV set.

Shall we throw in a toothless fat bitch for good measure?

 

[Mr. Irrelevant]

Shall we throw in a toothless fat bitch for good measure?

If he moves to those aformentioned areas you won't have to throw one in!

Now if he'd like a cold bitch with that menu, possibly I could send one down from Boston. That would be number one on the list of cons from the Boston area.

2. Super Expensive, a good home costs 500k. Rent for a one bedroom apt about $1000 a month, outside of the city. In the city, about $1500.
3. City wasn't planned so it's takes people years to learn how to drive in it.
4. Traffic sucks but has improved in the last few years.
5. As Goose said, people tend to always be in a rush, makes their driving pretty bad.

Pros
1. The Sox, even if you hate them, as long as you're a baseball fan summer won't be boring.
2. There is plenty to do, sports, museums, history, top-notch food, mountains and beaches both two hours away.
3. Higher education is solid if you have kids.
4. Portland, Maine isn't far away. Great drinking town.
5. 3 Super Bowls out of 4 years. Even better when the Pats start 9-1, play some 6-4 team those idiot announcers talk up and then go in as underdogs and beat the piss out of.

It's a college town but realize that means ice queens in training! I'm leaving for whereever else this career takes me. Only place I'd consider in the New England area is Maine. Still near the big city but out in the country at the same time(except bad summer traffic).

Mr. I.

 

[bssthound]

A lot of folks have weighed in with what looks like a lot of great places. It just proves that just about every place has something going for it. Since the the thread is asking the place I prefer I have to say my little hometown in Mississippi. Vector4fun's hometown sounds like a first cousin to mine. Everyone knows you, which ain't always a good thing. It was when my father died, though. Everybody in town showed up at mom's house that day, bringing food. That's a southern phenomenon. You don't have to cook for days after a funeral. Another plus: my family has a few hundred acres with a 2000' strip; now all I need is an airplane.

I went through F-4 training in Boise, Idaho. At the time Boise was the best kept secret in the country. GREAT lookin' girls, plenty to do outside, super downtown, and rippin' around the desert in the F-4 phantom. What a great time!! I don't know, however, how Californicated Boise has become since then.

 

[poor2thecore]

Shall we throw in a toothless fat bitch for good measure?

Nah, you can keep your wife. She needs all the love she can get.