Chicago or Atlanta - City Preference Forum

[reformed calvinist]

No contest. Chicago is an objectively awesome city. If Doomberg gave me a lifetime ban from New York, Chicago would be my next stop. After that, Denver or the West Coast.

[reformed calvinist]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was almost certain that Chicago was in the midwest.

wut.

Geography notwithstanding, Chicago has pretty much avoided the decades-long decay of rustbelt cities in its region (Cleveland, Detroit, et al)

[reformed calvinist]

I will admit I've never been to Atlanta, so my impressions could be totally wrong, but I would not want to live there, for the following reasons:

1. All four seasons? Really? You call a low of 34 in January winter? As a cross-country-skiing New Englander, I don't think this would work for me. And I'm pretty sure I'd melt in the summer.

2. Seems very suburban-sprawl-y, which I would hate. I maintain that any place that requires the use of a car should not get to call itself a city -- its just a bunch of suburbs smushed together. I enjoy driving, but I never want to have to drive. I should be able to walk to everything I need on a daily basis.

But as I said, never been there, so perhaps I am wrong.

You need a car in Los Angeles. Is it not a city?

I think this is an overly literal reading of his comment. For people who hate urban sprawl, places like NYC feel like more of a "real" city than LA.

[romothesavior]

As for your comment about New Orleans' food scene, I think I'll yield to Travel + Leisure, which just named it the top food city in the country.

The Five Guys near Emory, I'll give it that.

[Pricer]

As for your comment about New Orleans' food scene, I think I'll yield to Travel + Leisure, which just named it the top food city in the country.

The Five Guys near Emory, I'll give it that.

You're confusing Atlanta and New Orleans.