If we are being honest I think London is pretty overrated. San Francisco is high on the scale as well, with high costs and lots of homeless people. Miami deserves a mention as well. South beach is touristy and overpriced.
On the underrated side of things, Philadelphia doesn’t get much love but is actually lovely. Salt Lake City gets a bad rap because of the Mormons, but it is also very nice. Quebec City is, to me, a hidden gem.
triangle timmy wrote:
I drive a Dodge Stratus wrote:
Bet that book is a real rip-roaring read.
Small towns can be great,.......Suburbia not so much.
Suburbia reminds me of those dead zones in the ocean. It's where people go when they want the anti-social anonymity of the city but also the conformity and lack of artistic and intellectual stimulus of a small town.
You should move to the Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle area. You express just the hipster inbred ideas that fit in so well there. You are a renaissance man and being a renaissance man you know you could also be a woman.
hipster ideas like what? reading?
Don't you have an HOA meeting to go to?
Small towns are amazing, cities are amazing, the suburbs are like Applebee's, the best at absolutely nothing. Most people aren't there because they actually love them, they just end up there out of convenience and then they defend them out of necessity. It's where the non-risk takers end up, coasting through life on a riding lawnmower, trying to convince themselves they are having a great time.
Send her back wrote:
Seattle
Portland
NYC
Austin
Any others?
All of those are pretty good ones; NYC definitely does not belong on your list.
cut that grass to spec Glen! wrote:
triangle timmy wrote:
You should move to the Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle area. You express just the hipster inbred ideas that fit in so well there. You are a renaissance man and being a renaissance man you know you could also be a woman.
hipster ideas like what? reading?
Don't you have an HOA meeting to go to?
Small towns are amazing, cities are amazing, the suburbs are like Applebee's, the best at absolutely nothing. Most people aren't there because they actually love them, they just end up there out of convenience and then they defend them out of necessity. It's where the non-risk takers end up, coasting through life on a riding lawnmower, trying to convince themselves they are having a great time.
Pros and Cons to suburbia. The main thing is that you have to be into what suburbia offers, examples
(1) 3+ car garage to fit daily drivers for you and wife, and your weekend/project car
(2) yard for activities with family
(3) usually tend to be better public school systems
Cons
well... being in the city definitely is a lot more fun..
Jsjsjsjsjsjsjms wrote:
If we are being honest I think London is pretty overrated. San Francisco is high on the scale as well, with high costs and lots of homeless people. Miami deserves a mention as well. South beach is touristy and overpriced.
On the underrated side of things, Philadelphia doesn’t get much love but is actually lovely. Salt Lake City gets a bad rap because of the Mormons, but it is also very nice. Quebec City is, to me, a hidden gem.
Yes, I agree Philly doesn't get the love that it should. Of course it has it's own share of problems, but it has a pretty nice downtown layout, great tourist attractions, good food, etc. Great running on the SRT, miles just fly by. Going to SLC next week so that should be cool to check out. Never been to QC, but Montreal is pretty decent.
A.K.A. Sh!thole States wrote:
third world cities wrote:
Any city south of the Mason-Dixon and east of the Mississippi.
^This. All non-mouth breathers agree. Only inbred yokels who lack critical thinking skills live in the South or East.
Sorry, but Asheville is a great town. Good restaurants, good bars, mountain and general natural beauty, not too sever winters. Only downside is the increasing crowds, but it still hasn't hit critical mass yet.
On War wrote:
Jsjsjsjsjsjsjms wrote:
If we are being honest I think London is pretty overrated. San Francisco is high on the scale as well, with high costs and lots of homeless people. Miami deserves a mention as well. South beach is touristy and overpriced.
On the underrated side of things, Philadelphia doesn’t get much love but is actually lovely. Salt Lake City gets a bad rap because of the Mormons, but it is also very nice. Quebec City is, to me, a hidden gem.
Yes, I agree Philly doesn't get the love that it should. Of course it has it's own share of problems, but it has a pretty nice downtown layout, great tourist attractions, good food, etc. Great running on the SRT, miles just fly by. Going to SLC next week so that should be cool to check out. Never been to QC, but Montreal is pretty decent.
Stop it! Enough NYC and DC trash is already migrating to Philly.
Network Engie wrote:
On War wrote:
Yes, I agree Philly doesn't get the love that it should. Of course it has it's own share of problems, but it has a pretty nice downtown layout, great tourist attractions, good food, etc. Great running on the SRT, miles just fly by. Going to SLC next week so that should be cool to check out. Never been to QC, but Montreal is pretty decent.
Stop it! Enough NYC and DC trash is already migrating to Philly.
+1
Philadelphia is the most underrated major city.
If you get out to the Western suburbs, I would also check out the Chester Valley Trail. At some point, it is supposed to connect to the SRT.
Dallas is my least favorite city that I’ve spent appreciable time in. Zero personality.
I drive a Dodge Stratus wrote:
you have weird values wrote:
Suburbia is bad?
Not in my book
Bet that book is a real rip-roaring read.
Small towns can be great,.......Suburbia not so much.
Suburbia reminds me of those dead zones in the ocean. It's where people go when they want the anti-social anonymity of the city but also the conformity and lack of artistic and intellectual stimulus of a small town.
haha, he think's he's a brilliant artist
LOL
stmsr wrote:
Dallas is my least favorite city that I’ve spent appreciable time in. Zero personality.
Houston is even worse.
ClonedDuck wrote:
cut that grass to spec Glen! wrote:
hipster ideas like what? reading?
Don't you have an HOA meeting to go to?
Small towns are amazing, cities are amazing, the suburbs are like Applebee's, the best at absolutely nothing. Most people aren't there because they actually love them, they just end up there out of convenience and then they defend them out of necessity. It's where the non-risk takers end up, coasting through life on a riding lawnmower, trying to convince themselves they are having a great time.
Pros and Cons to suburbia. The main thing is that you have to be into what suburbia offers, examples
(1) 3+ car garage to fit daily drivers for you and wife, and your weekend/project car
(2) yard for activities with family
(3) usually tend to be better public school systems
Cons
well... being in the city definitely is a lot more fun..
It would be strange to want to live in the suburbs in your 20s
It would be equally strange to NOT want to live in the suburbs past the age of 30 to 35. An old geezer trying to hang out in some filthy hipster bar in the inner city. Kind of sad.
I don't get the love for the entire "Hampton Roads/Tidewater" area. I used to travel there several times a year for work over a long term project, but other than the military being there and the beach (Virginia Beach), what is the draw? The running sucks. It's a pain to get into and out of (both driving or flying). A lot of racial undertones everywhere. Most of the school systems suck. Crime is high in many parts. Huge amounts of lower income. No mass transit to speak of. A heavy rain will cause flooding..a few days of rain and it's massive flooding in many areas. I guess maybe the weather is pretty decent year round?
The very definition of "Suburbia", as pointed out previously is located in this area...Chesapeake, VA. 98% of the city is single family homes (with two car garages) and were constructed after 1995. Almost all chain restaurants, tons of strip malls, no culture, no entertainment, very little in the way of employment from private companies. It's a "city" in name only really. Highly rated schools and relatively low crime, however. When you have to leave the "city" you live in to find any type of fun, you know it's suburbia.
On War wrote:
Jsjsjsjsjsjsjms wrote:
If we are being honest I think London is pretty overrated. San Francisco is high on the scale as well, with high costs and lots of homeless people. Miami deserves a mention as well. South beach is touristy and overpriced.
On the underrated side of things, Philadelphia doesn’t get much love but is actually lovely. Salt Lake City gets a bad rap because of the Mormons, but it is also very nice. Quebec City is, to me, a hidden gem.
Yes, I agree Philly doesn't get the love that it should. Of course it has it's own share of problems, but it has a pretty nice downtown layout, great tourist attractions, good food, etc. Great running on the SRT, miles just fly by. Going to SLC next week so that should be cool to check out. Never been to QC, but Montreal is pretty decent.
I've been to Philadelphia . And I'd say the bad reputation is basically well deserved. Kind of nasty. But maybe some people like that.
is this a troll? wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Kansas City is sh!t from what I’ve seen, Tulsa and Oklahoma City too.
Do you think Oklahoma City and Tulsa are highly rated by those not living there? Or do you not understand the concept of overrated.
To each their own, but none of them impress me, if you enjoy them have at it.
Ciro wrote:
stmsr wrote:
Dallas is my least favorite city that I’ve spent appreciable time in. Zero personality.
Houston is even worse.
Really? I've only spent a weekend here or there in Houston. The only thing that stuck out to me there was the terrible/non-existent zoning. Dallas was just the most bland place....strip malls and restaurants and rinse and repeat.
stmsr wrote:
Ciro wrote:
Houston is even worse.
Really? I've only spent a weekend here or there in Houston. The only thing that stuck out to me there was the terrible/non-existent zoning. Dallas was just the most bland place....strip malls and restaurants and rinse and repeat.
To me Houston is a bigger more humid version of Dallas. Both awful.
stmsr wrote:
Dallas is my least favorite city that I’ve spent appreciable time in. Zero personality.
I think most people agree that Dallas is a bland and ugly city so it it's not really overrated.
For me it's Vancouver (BC) and Buenos Aires. Not a fan of Portland either.
I feel like this is fairly easy, and your list isn't that great.
NYC
Los Angeles
SF (although San Jose and the South Bay is pretty nice)
DC
Basically, coastal places that mostly draw people because of well paying or interesting jobs who wouldn't otherwise want to live there. NYC obviously being the top of the list.
San Fransisco is a complete and total sh!thole.