Cities with best Quality of Life Forum

[The Zeppelin]

Boise is misunderstood. Durham, however, only gets points because it's near Chapel Hill and Raleigh.

Note: I live in Durham.

[Matthies]

Denver

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I've actually heard that Denver is a great city to live in. Care to elaborate?

Great weather, affordable housing, stuff to do year round, lots of parks, coll downtown and 45 mins to Keystone or 1.15 mins to Vail.

I just wish the best law school in CO wasn't located in Boulder. If only CSU had a law school...

The best law school in Colorado is located in DENVER

[Matthies]

Since I know we all just love USNews.....here's their selection of the "Best Places to Live" for 2009 - --LinkRemoved--

1. Albuquerque, N.M.

This HAS to be a typo, the only place worse in the entire country than ABQ is in the same state, and they call it Gallop. Don't ever go there.

[wardboro]

Since I know we all just love USNews.....here's their selection of the "Best Places to Live" for 2009 - --LinkRemoved--

1. Albuquerque, N.M.
2. Auburn, Ala.
3. Austin, Texas
4. Boise, Idaho
5. Durham, N.C.
6. La Crosse, Wis.
7. Loveland, Colo.
8. San Luis Obispo, Calif.
9. St. Augustine, Fla.
10. Upper St. Clair, Pa.

Seriously, though...Boise?

Wat's taters, precious?

The problem with this whole poll, and TLS in general, however, is that it's mostly the opinion(s) of 21 year-olds. Boise is a nice place to live if you have a family. Good recreation, affordable real estate, good but not great pay relative to the local COL. If you are thinking about school districts and property tax more than microbrews and dance clubs, then Boise isn't a bad place.

There are a lot of places that wouldn't be very exciting to live as a 25 year old unattached first-year associate that would be fine as a 38 year old with a small family.

[Zapatero]

Austin is now added in.

if we're adding cities how about san diego?

Or New York?
Or Miami?
Or Pittsburgh?
Or Baltimore?
Or Annapolis?
etc.

Lawl @ baltimore

Yeah, I went to UG in Baltimore. It's got some nice spots, but that city needs some major work. Agreed on the 'Burgh, though I'm a bit biased. Also, I'm surprised that Charlotte's not on the list.

[robin600]

There's no DC love!

[Kretzy]

As long as you stay away from LoDo, the only quasi-douchey part of downtown, the city proper itself is amazing.

Been here five years only been forced to go down to Lodo a half a dozen imes, hated each one. Douchville, well not as bad as Highlands Ranch, but close

The Ranch is horrendous. I lived in Cap Hill, and even with LoDo only a 5 minute walk away I maybe found myself there 15 times in a year. Almost always to watch the Nuggets or Rockies.

[M51]

One thing to keep in mind is that the type of people who post on TLS prefer to live in cities with as few blacks and Hispanics as possible---the only exception being NYC (and only because you can easily separate yourself from these two groups there) so that is going to be heavily reflected in the voting. It's also the reason cities like Atlanta, Houston, and Miami aren't even in the poll.

lol, you try pretty hard don't you?

+1
that's EXACTLY what I thought when I read that.

I mean if you are white/asian and saying that it really doesn't add any credibility at all---really it just makes it worse.

1. Your statement is not english.

2. I'm not saying there isn't truth to your statement (as I understand it), but to bring that into this thread is 100% you "trying pretty hard" to stir up racial shit. I mean, you can't even deny that it was at least a partial motive. lawduder wasn't attacking your statement, he was attacking you and the caricature that you oftentimes are. It WAS pretty funny, not what you said, but that it was you who said it, in this particular thread. Almost predictable. There's a reason people don't take PETA seriously. And I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be adding credibility to, or what I'm supposed to be making worse. Not every thread is an attack on URMs.

3. The inclusion of some cities on that list shows the OP isn't necessarily being subtly racist. That part of your statement is just unsubstantiated.

[echoi]

Portland is great. 1 hour from the beach or the mountains, 30 minutes from the columbia gorge, awesome food and beer, and for the most part, pretty nice people.

[Scurredsitless1]

Since I know we all just love USNews.....here's their selection of the "Best Places to Live" for 2009 - --LinkRemoved--

1. Albuquerque, N.M.
2. Auburn, Ala.
3. Austin, Texas
4. Boise, Idaho
5. Durham, N.C.
6. La Crosse, Wis.
7. Loveland, Colo.
8. San Luis Obispo, Calif.
9. St. Augustine, Fla.
10. Upper St. Clair, Pa.

Seriously, though...Boise?

Upper St. Clair is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh... Which is much nicer than folks give it credit for...

But Denver is awesome and Philly is a shitthole (NYCs toilet)

[Rocketman11]

Austin is too liberal and too hot.

There's no DC love!

I vote DC don't you worry

[MF248]

Anyone who voted for Philadelphia's an assclown. The city's a dump.

I thought it was always sunny in Philadelphia?

[Matthies]

Damit people vote for Denver we are loosing to Chicago

If u vote for Denver and come out here I'll use my buddy pass to get u a lift tcket <bribes>

[Rocketman11]

Damit people vote for Denver we are loosing to Chicago

If u vote for Denver and come out here I'll use my buddy pass to get u a lift tcket <bribes>

I see someone else voted for Denver to tie it up. I voted for Chicago to spite you.

[Matthies]

Damit people vote for Denver we are loosing to Chicago

If u vote for Denver and come out here I'll use my buddy pass to get u a lift tcket <bribes>

I see someone else voted for Denver to tie it up. I voted for Chicago to spite you.

no skiing for you then

[jms1987]

I'd move to Denver in a heartbeat, but I'm a broke college student stuck in Tennessee

[HerseyChris]

Anyone who voted for Philadelphia's an assclown. The city's a dump.

I thought it was always sunny in Philadelphia?

I hear they do a good job promoting entrepreneurship ideas as well.

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[akowis]

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[hamsterhiatus]

Portland, Seattle, Denver, and Chicago is super cheap for a big city. Seattle is my favorite though.

[of Benito Cereno]

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[UF Gators]

Portland is great. 1 hour from the beach or the mountains, 30 minutes from the columbia gorge, awesome food and beer, and for the most part, pretty nice people.

Portland is filled with smug hipster and smelly hippies. The people are ugly and the weather is shitty. I think Chicago has the best QOL.

[Renzo]

Chicago is the greatest city in the nation. Until winter, when it transforms into one of the outer levels of hell.
SF would be great if they'd institute some sorta homeless people incineration program.
NYC is great for rich people, otherwise it's great, but a colossal hassle.
That leaves Denver FTW.

[ruleser]

Subtle anti-Los Angeles trolling.

I would take LA over SD any day. Yes, SD has cleaner air, etc., but it is tooooo quiet for me. If you are not military, and don't like to sleep early, wrong city. LA has its share a people to resent, be attracted to, pal around with, do active things or just be a loser... and honestly, today was sunny (and I mean LA sunny, not 1 cloud) and about 80-85, no humidity to speak of.

[MC Southstar]

This clown obviously has no idea what he is talking about. The nicest suburbs of Philly are in the Main Line, where Villanova is. South Jersey is a giant McMansion-riddled wasteland.

Rofl, it's true. Being right in between the dirty old NY suburbs of North Jersey and the bum fuck nowhere Delaware knockoff of South Jersey is a pretty decent spot to live (I'm 1 hour from Philly, 1 hour from NY)

But I hear Seattle's nice, if you're rich.

[ruleser]

Chicago is the greatest city in the nation. Until winter, when it transforms into one of the outer levels of hell.
SF would be great if they'd institute some sorta homeless people incineration program.
NYC is great for rich people, otherwise it's great, but a colossal hassle.
That leaves Denver FTW.

When did SF become some homeless ridden?