Most overrated cities list

Mogadishu?

Austin?

Compare Austin to a city that you think is not overrated.

explain yourself wrote:

Austin?

Compare Austin to a city that you think is not overrated.

Waco is much nicer.

Send her back wrote:

Seattle

Portland

NYC

Austin

Any others?

None of those.

Mar-a Lago

Trump Towers

...

Anything owned by Trump

Warren, OH

Sally Vix wrote:

Mogadishu?

It's improved slightly since Mo Farah left

Dublin Ireland, a sh*thole

##1 wrote:

Send her back wrote:

Seattle

Portland

NYC

Austin

Any others?

None of those.

Mar-a Lago

Trump Towers

...

Anything owned by Trump

Don't worry, you could never live in any of those places even if you wanted to. It all works out.

Any city south of the Mason-Dixon and east of the Mississippi.

Send her back wrote:

Seattle

Portland

NYC

Austin

Any others?

None of those above.

But I just can’t get into Boston

Send her back wrote:

Waco is much nicer.

In what ways? Please don't include anything to do with Magnolia.

I don't know about living in a city, but almost every city I've visited I have enjoyed its unique character. You should learn to be more positive.

In big cities, it's often how lucky you are to visit the right areas. I always disliked LA, but I went to visit a cousin that lived there and he showed me there are a lot of great areas. Having a good tour guide is invaluable when visiting a large metropolitan area.

The one city that stood out as a negative for me was Orlando, FL. Maybe I just didn't see the right parts.

I've heard from multiple people that St. Petersburg, Russia is a must see, and it's on my list.

As far as living in a city, I rule out pretty much anywhere hot and humid. You can black out the entire south except for the coasts and most of the midwest. People that live in those regions are out of their minds.

third world cities wrote:

Any city north of the Mason-Dixon and west of the Mississippi.

Fixed it.

explain yourself wrote:

Austin?

Compare Austin to a city that you think is not overrated.

I moved away in 2017 after living in austin for 17 years. I initially came in 2000 as a freshman at UT. It saddens me to see what the city has become. With the oppressive traffic, crazy increasing housing costs ($2500/month for a 1 bedroom apt on South Congress?! A 1950's 2 bedroom house in East Austin for $550k?!), mass influx of really angry and FAR left wingers, the departure of iconic austin restaurants/areas to make way for hotels and chain restaurants, and people "being weird" just to seemingly get noticed and attain likes on Instagram, the beloved city is hardly recognizable. Try to do a tempo at 5:00 pace around Ladybird on a Saturday morning- nope. How about 200m repeats at austin high with hoards of crossfit people doing lunges and stretching in lanes 1 to 3?- nope. Nice easy run in the green belt on a Sunday morning? Same overcrowding situation- dodging pudgy warriors spilling out of their spandex and talking on their phone while tryng to manage their dog negates that. As it became increasingly commercialized, SXSW became a time that I actually scheduled my vacation around to LEAVE the city, rather than take off work to attend the venues.

It's a shame; but everything changes. That's just life. Certainly, the ATX has passed its peak in spades. Overrated? At its current state- yes, significantly so.

Southern Pride wrote:

third world cities wrote:

Any city north of the Mason-Dixon and west of the Mississippi.

Fixed it.

The entire rest of the world disagrees with you.

A lot of places could make this list.

For the hype I think the whole Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle area of North Carolina is pretty overrated. Bunch of Northerners trying to make their mark south of the Mason-Dixon and it's just a mash up of hipster inbreeders without an accent.

Yoga Berra said it best "No one wants to go there anymore it's too crowded".

There is a reason some places are expensive, people want to be there. Supply and demand. If its cheap there is usually a reason why.

Johnny Neb wrote:

Southern Pride wrote:

Fixed it.

The entire rest of the world agrees with you.

Fixed it

if you think most people prefer the South to the West, then you are out of touch with reality. I have never heard one person NOT from the South say they prefer the South.

Interesting logic issue. If a place is "highly rated" (by lots of people, not just a few) then almost by definition lots of people want to be there. If lots of people want to be there then the cost of living goes up as well as congestion. It's hard to have one without the other.

You other point, that the Austin culture has changed for the worse, is more valid in my opinion. Things and people going from genuine, authentic, relaxed, unique and special to contrived, artificial and overly commercial.