Can't even begin to explain, those who know know, those who doesn't - I feel y'all too
2. NEW ORLEANS
Bomb all the way around, the vibe and the culture is my shit
3. MIAMI
NOTE: This is only on some "head to Miami for the weekend" type ish, I'd never live in Miami - maybe not N.O. either for that matter. I lived in NY for 4-5 years and loved the shit out of it (with its obvious downsides). Considering moving to LA now, but noooot feeling LA like that tbh
i love Chicago, even before i ever visited i was kinda obsessed with it. first time i visited it just hit me. theres a feeling there i haven't gotten anywhere else.
i haven't visited NY, LA or Miami so can't really compare.
I'd rather visit and live in Chicago than London or Brussels tho.
I have a soft spot for Detroit and the overall area is awesome. would definitely live there again.
3. DC. I like the idea of DC a lot. Never liked the layout tho.
I haven’t been to the Bay, Chicago or N.O.
Heard good things about all of them. That Chicago winter tho... nah
Real talk, LA is number 2 just because I got people in the industry out there so it’s always a good time and the weed is insane.
I’m real fond of smaller cities like Richmond and Pittsburgh too.
ATL traffic rules it out but I love the blackness of that city.
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12. "Miami, Miami, and Miami*" In response to Reply # 0
*but only at night when you can actually drive and not be stuck in horrendous traffic with the worst drivers in America.
Ok on the real it would have to be
1- MIA- beaches, weather, scenery, food 2- NYC- don't need a car, city never sleeps, will never run out of things to do 3- LAX- weather, food, caters to whatever scene you're into
honorable mention to NOLA for having the best food in America
17. "what cities haven't peaked yet?" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Feb-21-18 06:20 PM by dba_BAD
like most folks from nyc, or the bay, or wherever will tell you 'yeah it's great, but it will never be as great as it was, my favorite neighborhoods are gone, there was this other golden era, gentrification' etc etc
are there cool cities that haven't crossed that threshold yet?
is that whole line of thinking more grounded in nostalgia than practical insight, and things are on the whole, better, in most of these places, regardless of how the natives tell it?
edit: i'm an oakland native and this town has turned for the worse imo, just to clarify
27. "RE: what cities haven't peaked yet?" In response to Reply # 17
I've seen some really cool shit happening in the Twin Cities..
apparently real estate agents have seen the same.... lol
But the place is unique for the midwest imo. if you utilize both cities.
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21. "I've lived all over the country, New York is the only "city" in the USA," In response to Reply # 0
the rest are a bunch of suburbs strewn together.
If most people have to drive to work. That ain't a city. If you can't walk down the street to get groceries. That ain't a city. Can't hop on a train and get wherever you need to go within reason, 24-7. Not a city.
Lots of negatives here, but the overall concept is far superior to the rest of the country's cities.
I've never lived in Chicago but I imagine it might be similar.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79545 posts
Wed Feb-21-18 10:22 PM
25. "Boston, DC, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland, Denver, etc" In response to Reply # 21
They all have trains, lite rail, grocery stores fam.
NYC or nothing in 2018? Really
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79545 posts
Thu Feb-22-18 06:57 AM
33. "I know what he is getting at. " In response to Reply # 29
NYC over everything is corny tho
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55. "it's not better, just different" In response to Reply # 33
I like Austin and Atlanta the best out of the places I've lived. But what's the thing people in those complain about the most? Lack of great transit and having to sit in traffic all of the time. I just imagine all of the places I've lived having proper transit and how much better they would be, it would be a game changer.
34. "You can EASILY live in DC without a car. MANY people do." In response to Reply # 29
We survived just fine with ONE car for YEARS and the only reason we had that car is to hit the highway for trips back home to NC & Detroit.....and we didn't even live IN DC when we had that, we live in Arlington,VA.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79545 posts
Thu Feb-22-18 08:45 AM
36. "If you live downtown you can live in plenty of US cities without a car" In response to Reply # 34
I lived in Philly in center city. Walked to work and walked past 2 grocers on the way home.
Pittsburgh as well. Cold as shit but you can live in the city without a car. They don’t have a huge subway but the city busses used to be extremely reliable.
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38. "Nope. I've gone years without a car here in Philly" In response to Reply # 29 Thu Feb-22-18 09:31 AM by flipnile
>>They all have trains, lite rail, grocery stores fam. >> >>NYC or nothing in 2018? Really > >they do, but you still kind of need a car
For several years I bike commuted to downtown and back. I ride a mototcycle into work now, but on bad days I take the train. I can walk to two markets in less than 10 minutes.
53. "Never said it was better, in fact I think a year or so of living here wi..." In response to Reply # 51
enough for me. I grew up in Austin, went to college in DC, and lived in Atlanta and SoCal. Pretty decent perspective IMO. There's a laundry list of shit I don't like about NYC(food is incredibly overrated if you're not rich), but the thing they got right was the transpo/infrastructure. It's a joke to think about how American cities were planned/laid out. Car culture ruins the quality of life once a city gets to a certain population/size.
61. "RE: LA getting more 'metropolitan' since you lived out there has ironica..." In response to Reply # 58
LA traffic is worse because they arent actually trying to solve the problem.. more lanes on 405 just means more cars not less...
Also the fact most people cant afford to live near their job has made the issue huge.
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26. "RE: Rate your top 3 cities in the US" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Feb-21-18 11:09 PM by double 0
NY - Proper city. You can't fall into culture anywhere easier (in US)
LA - Multiple small cities smacked up against each other. It is properly appreciated in a dream-like state. If NY is litmus test for grit, LA is litmus for imagination.. if you can dream it you "could" be it. Stand on MY Hollywood broke as fuck overlooking the city and you will imagine you can do anything.
NO - (shouldnt even count as US tbh) Culturally Iconic albeit incredibly specific.
Cities I enjoy as well, CHI, St Paul, Seattle, Denver, PHL
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46. "Nah. I rather enjoy the authenticity of the city here" In response to Reply # 43
"Cool" cities always seem to be a code word for "social scene." Seems like many things are based around consumerism/events. If one is into that then cool, but I'd rather create my own stuff than go watch someone show off theirs. I'd have probably loved NYC fresh outta college tho, TBH.
One thing that stuck out to me is that in NYC it's "meet me at XYZ," while in Philly it's "come by the crib."
The one thing I do like about NYC is all of the transplant women up there, and coming from Philly they are ridiculously easy to talk to (partly because of the aggressive culture here)
47. "Oh aight, I got you" In response to Reply # 46
You got a point. From what I see from Philly and hear from music coming outta there, it's like you have the freedom to do shit the way you want it, how you want it, and not have it dictated to you by all the marketing motherfuckers that want to cram the latest hot neighborhood or music or 'scene' down your throat. The difference is there is an actual full blown industry here of people getting paid to make shit hot.
>"Cool" cities always seem to be a code word for "social >scene." Seems like many things are based around >consumerism/events. If one is into that then cool, but I'd >rather create my own stuff than go watch someone show off >theirs. I'd have probably loved NYC fresh outta college tho, >TBH. > >One thing that stuck out to me is that in NYC it's "meet me at >XYZ," while in Philly it's "come by the crib."
True to an extent, I feel native NY'ers will open their crib to chill. Transplants tend to live in shittier quarters due to coming here later, having mad roommates, small cramped spaces, and there is way more space outside of your personal space to congregate at.
>The one thing I do like about NYC is all of the transplant >women up there, and coming from Philly they are ridiculously >easy to talk to (partly because of the aggressive culture >here)
Yeah it's a plus to be a hub for the rest of the country, because you do get some variety.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79545 posts
Thu Feb-22-18 10:20 AM
44. "I loved Philly. Not really a fan of the Philly attitudes" In response to Reply # 40
but the actual city lay out was great and the COL was perfect.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79545 posts
Fri Feb-23-18 12:29 AM
64. "Haha... typical Philly shit tho" In response to Reply # 59
When we lived in Philly I took my wife to NYC for the first time. She was surprised how “nice” the people were compared to Philly.
My theory was that people in NYC were too busy to get into petty shit but Philly heads spent all day looking for reasons to argue cause they didn’t have shit else to do.
The amount of arguments I would get into in Phillly over dumb shit was damn near comedy.
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Miami - It's home so I'm biased. The beach is always nearby. Tropical weather. Rich in art. Cultural melting pot. My favorite sports teams. Downside: crime and hurricanes
DC - Cool ass city. Good food. Rich in culture. Some family there. Downside: crime
Chicago - Family there. Always something to do there. Good comedy scene. Downside: crime and that got damn HAWK
49. "I haven't been to enough "big ones" to answer honestly." In response to Reply # 0
Chicago is home, so that's #1.
Brooklyn is my second home, so that's #2
I had some GREAT times in ATL, but I saw it through the eyes of a visitor, so that doesn't count, right?
Same with Memphis and Miami. Kicked it, and loved every minute of it, but I haven't spent enough time there to qualify it as a favorite. Most of my trips are to small towns to see relatives, etc.
I haven't been to LA yet, but I'd imagine it's cool there too.
it sort of mirrors the famed 20 mil felton estate as its junior, but in some ways I actually prefer it - it's only a couple minutes up into the hills, whereas the felton estate is perched at the top - a winding drive away from everything - which is dope as an escape, but not really how I'd like to live with children:
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Mon Feb-26-18 07:39 AM
69. "This is pretty good" In response to Reply # 68
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