I tried to get most all of the larger, more diverse and identifiable cities in our nation in this poll. However, if you like a city that is not listed, though, please post which city it is and why.

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Absolutely Chicago.

 

I don't think I can ever get enough of that city.  I'm actually headed there Friday morning.  Yes, it's love.

San Juan, PR!

Chicago is mine too.

I agree with Chicago. I looooooove that place so much.

 

I haven't traveled much, so it's hard for me to say, but I think Philly is way up on my list, too. Definitely one of my favorite East Coast cities for sure.

 

Nothing can beat the approach to La Guardia, period.

Coin flip; NY or SF.

I love LA!

I love LA!

 

UGH.  I just threw up in my mouth a lil bit!

Philly for me!  if Charleston, SC was up there, I probably would have to go with that.  But out of the choices, Philly.

^Why?? I think LA is a pretty magical place.  The weather, the beaches, great universities, the complexities of the city, shear amount of things to do, the mountains, great museums, the mystique, and the fact that it's just different than any other place on earth make it my favorite city in the US.  Also, I think it is the United State's quintessential city.

I love LA!

 

UGH. I just threw up in my mouth a lil bit!

 

LOL.  It was hard to convey my post right, but it was supposed to sung to the tune of the Randy Newman song of the same name.

 

 

^Why?? I think LA is a pretty magical place.  The weather, the beaches, great universities, the complexities of the city, shear amount of things to do, the mountains, great museums, the mystique, and the fact that it's just different than any other place on earth make it my favorite city in the US.  Also, I think it is the United State's quintessential city.

 

The driving, smog and I'm still pissed that someone stole my damn bike while I was on a coffee run!  Also, west coast people really aren't more progressive as their Great Lakes counterparts although the media tries to make "the coast" so much better.

 

Granted, it's still better than any of those ass backwards, backwoods southern towns listed.

 

funny that madonna channels fellow detroiters the stooges' "i wanna be your dog" (read:  uses same chord progression in a different key) in a song about new york. 

Also, has anyone been to Minneapolis? I've been verrrrrry curious about that city lately. They have a strong design/art community, and the city looks beautiful. However, I know it gets FREEZING during the winter. Thoughts/opinions?

Also, has anyone been to Minneapolis? I've been verrrrrry curious about that city lately. They have a strong design/art community, and the city looks beautiful. However, I know it gets FREEZING during the winter. Thoughts/opinions?

Do you like snow in Oct?

Also, has anyone been to Minneapolis? I've been verrrrrry curious about that city lately. They have a strong design/art community, and the city looks beautiful. However, I know it gets FREEZING during the winter. Thoughts/opinions?

Do you like snow in Oct?

 

I don't really particularly like snow ANYtime. :-D

Then scratch Minn off of the list.  :-)

^Then you probably shouldn't move north unless it's Pacific Northwest (ocean moderates enough in winter to prevent snow).

 

Yeah .. it would be weird living in a climate with no snow whatsoever, though.

 

If Minneapolis gets tons of snow, then I probably wouldn't be able to deal.

Also, has anyone been to Minneapolis? I've been verrrrrry curious about that city lately. They have a strong design/art community, and the city looks beautiful. However, I know it gets FREEZING during the winter. Thoughts/opinions?

 

I was just there last month.  The downtown is very vibrant, with a rather young population.  I saw a lot of people walking and biking everywhere.  However, something about it struck me as...fake, for lack of a better word.  Almost like a really big Crocker Park, but it was the actual downtown.  Lots of chain stores, and restaurants that felt like chains, although I don't know if they were or not.  The old mills along the river were cool, though they were really the only link to the past that I noticed anywhere.  I have also spent time in St. Paul in the winter, and yes it is freezing.  The abundance of outdoor activities is nice in the summer though.

How the hell is Milwaukee not on the list!?!  I'd argue that Milwaukee have THE BEST lakefront out of all the great lakes cities.  The riverwalk is alive and hopping.  The restaurants and bars are unrivaled.  The Third Ward it like a mini-SOHO (really, it's that cool) our former mayor is now the head of the Council for the New Urbanism.  Our transit system SUCKS, but it doesn't really matter because it's probably the most walkable city in the Midwest.  There's plenty of room to grow.  Rents are cheap.  AND, if you ever get bored, there are plenty of cool smaller (80,000-100,000 people) cities surrounding it that are easy to get to and explore...Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Port Washington, Fun Du Lac, Sheboygan.  It's all commected through various transit agencies.

 

Milwaukee kicks ASS!!! 

 

 

...I like Des Moines a lot too.

Looks like us Ohioans, don't like the south! At least I know I don't.

^Then you probably shouldn't move north unless it's Pacific Northwest (ocean moderates enough in winter to prevent snow).

 

Yeah .. it would be weird living in a climate with no snow whatsoever, though.

 

If Minneapolis gets tons of snow, then I probably wouldn't be able to deal.

 

Minny actually gets less snow than Cleveland.  But as we know, Cleveland is an anomoly for average snowfall at this lattitude.  it just is very, very cold winters in Minny

"The average low in January is only 4 degrees!"

 

Gah!! I'll go out for lunch when it's upper teens/low 20s, but I wouldn't be able to stand THAT kind of cold!

^Then you probably shouldn't move north unless it's Pacific Northwest (ocean moderates enough in winter to prevent snow).

 

Yeah .. it would be weird living in a climate with no snow whatsoever, though.

 

If Minneapolis gets tons of snow, then I probably wouldn't be able to deal.

 

Minny actually gets less snow than Cleveland.  But as we know, Cleveland is an anomoly for average snowfall at this lattitude.  it just is very, very cold winters in Minny

The problem is it's so cold the snow never melts and it makes it seem like they get more snow than they do.

Coin flip; NY or SF.

 

I second that

Looks like us Ohioans, don't like the south! At least I know I don't.

 

I like Covington.

I like Covington.

 

San Francisco - I always feel like I'm in an Americanized Europe. 

Who in the hell chose De'twat? :?

San Francisco - I always feel like I'm in an Americanized Europe. 

 

But it has such high smug levels.

New York City is my pick. I miss going there soo much. When I lived in New Jersey, my fam and I would go, and I had a few friends who lived there. It is such a fun place. LA is pretty sweet. Sorry MTS, lol. I haven't been to Chi Town yet, but I have a feeling that when I go, NYC might have some competition.

 

Albuquerque, New Mexico is also freakin' sweet. I was there for one night when my family and I took a cross-country trip in our motorhome. I loved it.

Those Route 66 towns and cities really intrigue me.

San Francisco - I always feel like I'm in an Americanized Europe. 

 

But it has such high smug levels.

 

Maybe I've never talked to enough people there but most I've dealt with have been friendly. 

 

But it has such high smug levels.

Compared to who?

MTS, that graphic is WAY too creepy. 

F#$% East Vs. West!!! Chicago!!!

 

But it has such high smug levels.

Compared to who?

 

Haha, Southpark quote.. look it up.

Washington DC, followed by New York City.

in general :NYC, most compatable mentally/politically: SF. Most livable for me-Seattle

Very tough to choose between New York and Chicago with San Francisco barely missing the 3-way tie. As far as the south is concerned I have to say a really like New Orleans, though I haven't been there since three months before Katrina.

New York City, D.C, Chicago in order. Never been to LA but I think that would probably be my 4th pick. Miami would be a great city if the economy were better.

You either haven't been to NYC or are lying if you say any other city.

You either haven't been to NYC or are lying if you say any other city.

 

I live in NYC, and I fucking hate it.

I LOVE to visit NYC, but I have never wanted to live there. In fact, I think I would be unhappy there. But If I could only visit one more US city for the rest of my life, it would NY, hands down.

How the hell is Milwaukee not on the list!?!  I'd argue that Milwaukee have THE BEST lakefront out of all the great lakes cities.  The riverwalk is alive and hopping.  The restaurants and bars are unrivaled.  The Third Ward it like a mini-SOHO (really, it's that cool) our former mayor is now the head of the Council for the New Urbanism.  Our transit system SUCKS, but it doesn't really matter because it's probably the most walkable city in the Midwest.  There's plenty of room to grow.  Rents are cheap.

 

Hmm...Actually Milwaulkee reminded me of a more culturally diverse Louisville, and coming from me that is a compliment.  Milwaulkee also fits in with that GL regional tradition of labor activism that C-Dawg noted.

 

(oh, I voted Chicago because its my home town, so a bit of bias there.  Louisville, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco would be in the top of my list, and if I had to do a top five Milwaulkee would be on it).

 

 

If push came to shove, I could live in DC.  Although, I hate the south with a passion, I don't consider S. Florida in the same vain as the "traditional" South.  For some reason I feel as though I could live ON Miami Beach, however, that would get real tired, real quick.

 

I would consider Chicago, but its to similar to Cleveland, so that leaves Philadelphia.

 

The West Coast and the South can bite me!

I've only been to half of the cities on that list (currently in St. Louis, which is a very underrated city). I would have to pick NYC as my favorite city though. There is nowhere else in the US that compares. Chicago is a close (and more livable) second. I also like D.C. and L.A. a lot, but I couldn't see myself living in L.A.

Thanks Jeffrey.  Milwaukee is to Chicago what Philly is to NYC.  But Philly has better transit, and Milwaukee is a hell of a lot cleaner.