what are some underrated cities?

Cities in general are over rated.

Tucson, AZ is hella underrated for the following reasons:

1. Extremely low cost of living

2. One of the sunniest cities in the USA with amazing weather for 8 months of the year

3. Quirky/diverse/artsy college-town feel (thanks U of A)

4. Close proximity to 9,000'+ mountains

5. Over 131 miles of urban trails, with more proposed.

6. Unbelievably great food: Tucson is a UNESCO World City of Gastronomy:

https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/tucson

7. Having a yard full of these bad boys:

https://www.nps.gov/articles/saguaro-cactus-facts.htm

Went there once wrote:

Oklahoma City. Clean, friendly, inexpensive, and very little traffic (at least compared to coastal cities).

I've been there - honestly, it sucked.

There's an awful lot of avoidance techniques in this post.

Omaha?

Oklahoma City?

Anywhere in Wisconsin?

Kansas City?

Da Fuq is there to DO anywhere like that? Snow, cold, storms, I won't even talk about economies and opportunity. There's a a reason MOST OF THE WORLD LIVES NEAR A COASTLINE. But go ahead and make yourself feel better, whatever.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man.

nagoya wrote:

Went there once wrote:

Oklahoma City. Clean, friendly, inexpensive, and very little traffic (at least compared to coastal cities).

I've been there - honestly, it sucked.

Not really - there's a lot of pretty girls there who aren't high on themselves. I'm not the best looking dude around and when I lived in Denver, I couldn't get the time of day from a gal. Lol. I moved to OKC a few years ago and presto...gals are actually showing interest in me. Amazing how different cities affect the way girls act. ?

Quite frankly I’m disgusted by this thread. How has wi gotten this much positive attention. Literally anywhere in Minnesota is better. Sconnie is full of drunks and one of the grossest places I’ve ever been too. And the fact that Milwaukee has beened lauded to the degree it has has solidified my opinion that this forum is full of dong smugglers. In conclusion Minnesota is simply the best place on earth.

formerbosox9yo wrote:

nagoya wrote:

LOL, just LOL at including Boston. Boston is a provincial secondary city.

It's inclusion isn't based on total economic influence, but because it is the very best place to be located in the country for a career in several worthy fields such as education, research, and healthcare. Each of these cities are the best place for a worker in some worthy field. Any other "city" and you aren't living in the best city for what you do, so really shouldn't even be considered in any sort of city debate as they wouldn't be the best place for a person to be.

What about including Seattle? Of course it’s much smaller compared to the cities that you have listed but having two of the top 3 largest companies in the world really helps. Many other tech companies have huge presence in Seattle as well. It is tech focused but if you are in tech, not a bad place for your career.

formerbosox9yo wrote:

Just by discussing these, they are all overrated, because they are not real cities. The only real cities in america, those worth living in if you want to make the most in life (depending on your field of work), are the following:

New York, Boston, DC, LA, SF Bay Area.

LA is not a real city. It's a collection of suburbs. If you cannot tell the difference between LA and the other four, you probably haven't spent enough time in each of them.

Has anyone said El Paso?

Truly America's greatest hidden gem. Don't tell anyone though ... Let's keep this a LRC secret

Ever heard of TNT or DeJeVu??

crete wrote:

Has anyone said El Paso?

Truly America's greatest hidden gem. Don't tell anyone though ... Let's keep this a LRC secret

Eighth post on page one.

crete wrote:

Has anyone said El Paso?

Truly America's greatest hidden gem. Don't tell anyone though ... Let's keep this a LRC secret

It is a gem!...there are great looking and friendly Señoritas down there! Every so often I hop on my raft and float down the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to El Paso. It's tough to leave with so many beautiful Señoritas there.

EasternWash wrote:

Bend Oregon

Just visited there for the first time.

Outstanding place, a runners paradise. Seems that people are catching on, so much new housing.

Birmingham, Alabama. A truly underrated city

There's some really neat book shops and bars and even a vegan restaurant downtown. BBQ as well for more normal tastes. The funny thing is that the downtown is very quiet with few cars, you can basically jaywalk at will whenever. I've really enjoyed every visit there. Also it's layed out amongst hills so the landscape is pretty

KCMO wrote:

Kansas City is where it's at! Plenty of places to run, clean and friendly, best BBQ in the world, Chiefs are on fire, etc.

Not to mention it's the frottage capital of the world.

Ciro wrote:

Bend Oregon

Seems that people are catching on, so much new housing.

Great town with endless outdoor opportunities.

As far as catching on, Bend grew rapidly since the mid 90's. Probably closing in on 100k by now. It is really tough to retain the things that makes somewhere desirable when it grows that fast - see Boulder.

But but globull warning...climate change...extreme weather events!

Tax me, enslave me - please!