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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 17:27:27
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Houston and Washington D.C. # 1 and 2... right.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 17:47:37
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I've already escaped a couple on that list and managed to avoid a few of the others... No thanks for me!
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 17:48:50
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Hey
Houston is way more awesome than most people realize.
Lots and lots of great paying jobs. Extremely low cost of living. No taxes. More strip joints than any other city in USA - Including Vegas.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 17:52:32
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Sorry, ol pal. I been to Houston. But only Dean Martin would "go back" to it. And then only metaphorically:-)
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 18:02:46
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And Glenn Campbell to Galveston.
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Rain
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 18:13:35
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10. New York, NY
Arts & Culture Index: 100
Recreation Index: 100
That would make it No 1 in my book. :P
Tourists, cab drivers and people from New Jersey - ;) - probably make NY lose a few points though...
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 18:39:25
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A few years ago Vegas would have been on that list. If it wasn't for it's bad reputation. I guess any place is what you make of it. I'm suprised Denver isn't on there.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 18:59:29
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Yeah, I'd put Denver on that list (or Colorado Springs).
It's been a long time since I was in Houston, but it would not make my list of places I'd want to dream about. I'd take Dallas and San Antonio before Houston.
Seattle's a good choice and Portland, OR is pretty cool in my book.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 19:19:03
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I'm number 6??? And totally surprised. I mean, the tv stations keep calling us "America's Finest City"... And it's CLEAN here (next to LA, it anyway)... But HIP? Hmmm. Maybe I COULD find a manager here. :D
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 19:22:28
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Your city is hip 'cause you're there Julibee. :)
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 20:37:08
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Tourists, cab drivers and people from New Jersey - ;) - probably make NY lose a few points though... I hate visiting places where there are tourists... 
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/23 22:16:20
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I think anyone who attempts to quantify "coolness" is automatically uncool. If had to describe what makes New York "cool," it would probably be something along the lines of the sum total of people, history, attitudes, sights, sounds, dialog, feelings, juxtapositions, and a billion other interacting factors that combine to create a "color" that cannot be seen. But yeah, let's just add up the number of bars and restaurants or whatever.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 05:52:57
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Shirley the answer is Fairbanks
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 08:46:02
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Man one of the worse things for me to do is go
to the dentist. I just hate everything about it.
Going to a city is very much the same.
...thinking about it I realize leaving them is
very much alike too.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 09:03:53
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That's just the list from homes.yahoo.com. To get an official listing, you need to go to losethebackpain.com.
+1 to Colorado Springs
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 09:14:05
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fegh...
My favorites never make it on the list....
One being Jackson Hole WY....
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 09:23:12
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Mesh
That's just the list from homes.yahoo.com. To get an official listing, you need to go to losethebackpain.com.
+1 to Colorado Springs
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 11:44:08
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Jonbouy
Tourists, cab drivers and people from New Jersey - ;) - probably make NY lose a few points though...
I hate visiting places where there are tourists...
LOL I know, seems odd that I would be complaining about "tourists". But trust me, not all tourists were created equal. ;) If you keep your right, don't walk more than two across the sidewalk, or stop in the middle of the sidewalk to take pictures of yourself, and if you're considerate enough move to the side when you need to ponder - you're no longer a "tourist". You're a temporary resident. :) There's 8 millions of us here, there's always someone behind you, there's always someone who'll walk right into your shot (that's one of my favorite sports actually. ;)
post edited by Rain - 2012/08/24 11:45:20
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 13:03:35
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 I like it here.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 14:03:40
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As president of the honorary Old Farts Society heretofore referred to as the OFS. A title I was awarded here. I tend to stay away from anything even slightly considered to be cool. Lancaster County Pennsylvania is a good place for me. I don't want anyone here to know I'm cool.
I never could understand why so many people from all of those cool places come here for the weekend to get away. Cool must get old after awhile.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 14:10:27
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Starise
As president of the honorary Old Farts Society heretofore referred to as the OFS. A title I was awarded here. I tend to stay away from anything even slightly considered to be cool. Lancaster County Pennsylvania is a good place for me. I don't want anyone here to know I'm cool.
I never could understand why so many people from all of those cool places come here for the weekend to get away. Cool must get old after awhile.
Well said Mr. Prez. I suppose the best/coolest things in life are still to be found.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 14:31:59
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Thats the joy of it. Aside from the things we remember and repeatedly enjoy,when you are in the OFS you can enjoy the same things over and over again because you forgot it the last time.
Doesn't it feel good to be a part of this?
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 14:59:17
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Isn't Houston still the murder capitol of America? Or is it Washington, D.C. now? I wonder if it factored into which was #1 and which was #2.
BTW, I'd vote for Homer, Alaska. Except it only qualifies as a "city" in that sparsely-populated state.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 15:08:08
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I believe that Philadelphia, Chicago and Detriot are in the shootout for murder capitol 2012. OF course, NYC leads them all but it seems to get a pass.
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 15:30:33
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spacey
Man one of the worse things for me to do is go
to the dentist. I just hate everything about it.
Going to a city is very much the same.
...thinking about it I realize leaving them is
very much alike too.
I'm exactly the same way. As a matter of fact, I'm really struggling with moving to the Kansas City area. I've been having panic attacks, anxiety attacks, can't sleep at night. And my wife is telling me I have to find a job down there asap as soon as we get moved down there. The roads are so confusing, everything is jam packed together, people are the worst drivers I think I've ever seen anywhere, and I'm from Jersey! The drivers from New York and Delaware used to drive me crazy but they got nothing on these morons. You get on the highway and you pretty much have to floor it or you take your life in to your own hands. People doing 90, weaving across 5 lanes of traffic, whipping you the finger. I wanted to see how the new Google GPS Navigation app worked on my cell, so I didn't use my dashboard GPS the last time I went to Overland Park. It took me a different way I've never been before, all through downtown KC at 4:30 on a Friday. It was the 7th circle of hell. :(
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 15:39:56
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scook
I believe that Philadelphia, Chicago and Detriot are in the shootout for murder capitol 2012. OF course, NYC leads them all but it seems to get a pass.
Actually New York doesn't even come close to cities like Chicago and New Orleans when it comes to murder. Its murder rate is now a fraction of what it was in the 80's and 90's.
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scook
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 15:48:09
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It's no real issue to me but the FBI’s Uniform Crime Statistics for the first six months of 2011 for cities with 250K+ population listed NYC with 277 murders, Chicago with 184, Detroit with 173 and Philadelphia with with 158. I guess I could dig for the last half of 2011 but I am too lazy. My personal memories of NYC are from the 60's and early '70s.
post edited by scook - 2012/08/24 15:52:06
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Re:Coolest cities in USA to live in
2012/08/24 15:54:16
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New York is one of the most densely populated cities, thus you are bound to see a higher overall total of murders. A fairer measure is the per-capita rate, and New York doesn't come anywhere near top. It's way behind the likes of Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Camden, Newark etc.
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