If you HAD to live in a CITY, which one and why?

[iceman]

Meh, Seattle doesn't do it for me at all. The Faux-niceness of the people really fucking grates, among other things. Nice enough place, not for me though.

But, each to his own, said the man who kissed the cow.

[Dexter Rutecki]

ice is right about that, I've actually found that people on the EC are generally nicer than people elsewhere, they just don't use the bullshit fake-nice mannerisms that seem to be required in other places. Sometimes they're brusque, but shit, we're trying to get stuff done! I don't need to preface every minor conversation with 30 seconds of chit-chat about uselessness.

[Natedogg]

I agree with that... SEA is nice cuz like you said, big mountains, better skiing, wilderness, etc... The few times that Ive been to SEA it was boring, not much going on, didnt really even feel like a city. It felt like a place with big empty buildings and lots of wharves. If you want city life, Boston kills SEA in that respect (in my experience).

[telepariah]

Eleven pages of this and not one mention of Sapporo??!?!?!?!?

Food, beer, beautiful women, great university, parks, 7 ski areas in within city limits and oh and about 300 inches of snow in the city at sea level. Did I mention beautiful women?

Barcelona also gets a vote from me for the same reasons plus history but minus snow and skiing in town.

[iceman]

Well most of us probably haven't been to Sapporo, but it sounds pretty cool.

[cj001f]

Well most of us probably haven't been to Sapporo, but it sounds pretty cool.

Run down to Wegmans or Safeway and pick up some.

I'm not big on Aluminum housing.

[willywhit]

I know you can get plenny o' great beer and coffee in Seattle but how are the wings ? I hear the buds are danker than dank, too....

[Tippster]

Meh, Seattle doesn't do it for me at all. The Faux-niceness of the people really fucking grates, among other things. Nice enough place, not for me though...

As a sociopath I find the People equation meaningless. All are beneath me. ALL.

[PlayHarder]

Odd that there's only been one mention of Calgary. That place is really cool, actually.

With all the growth over the last decade, we'd just prefer that more people think Vancouver is the be all and end all of western Canadian cities.

[booner]

I agree with that... SEA is nice cuz like you said, big mountains, better skiing, wilderness, etc... The few times that Ive been to SEA it was boring, not much going on, didnt really even feel like a city. It felt like a place with big empty buildings and lots of wharves. If you want city life, Boston kills SEA in that respect (in my experience).

Who was your tour guide, a fucking nun?...I've spent a third of my life in both places and Boston's nightlife is terrible relative to Seattle. There's no culture in beantown...everyone's the same, you can't wear a hat or sneakers ANYWHERE, the majority of guys are insecure pricks with fake tans, lots of gold, and roid-rage (always a fight everytime I go anywhere), everyone that isn't a prick is an uptight boring snob (ESPECIALLY the women), it's a pain in the ass to get around/park, more expensive....I could go on forever. I love Boston cause I lived around there for a long time, but it shouldn't even be compared to Seattle for anything except traffic

edit:I thought you said NIGHTLIFE not city life....Seattle still kills it

[iceman]

Dude, maybe you should go somewhere besides Daisy Buchanan's some time.

[AbsolutStoli]

if i had to live anywhere, id live in torino. surrounded by good skiing, an hour drive from the beach, great food, beautiful women, great wine, a chance to learn a new language, drive to modena and rent a ferrari...life is beautiful. hop a train to anywhere in europe...awesome.

in the us, id say monterey. beautiful area, great wine, close enough to the beach, near laguna seca, not too far from the skiing. i can deal with commuting on the PCH. heh

[Anxious Mo-Fo]

Run down to Wegmans or Safeway and pick up some.

Interesting... no one's considered the Wegman's factor (best supermarket in North America).

That does it; my vote is for Syracuse.

[Dexter Rutecki]

everyone's the same, you can't wear a hat or sneakers ANYWHERE,

That strikes me as a singularly bizarre criteria for judging a city--the acceptability of wearing hat and sneakers. I'm pissed because I can't walk around everywhere barefoot, like those neanderthals in LA do.

Dude, maybe you should go somewhere besides Daisy Buchanan's some time.

Ha, that place is something else. I was in there (I think with Mildbill?) four years ago, and I swear I've never seen more tall people gathered in a single place. Bill, 6'4"(?), was about average height, and even the girls seemed to average almost 6'. You must be this tall to enter Daisy Buchanan's------>

The best part of that night was Bill being anything but mild later on at some of Newberry Street's best no hats/no sneakers establishments. Oh, and his misty flip into some bushes outside Armani.

[cj001f]

That strikes me as a singularly bizarre criteria for judging a city--the acceptability of wearing hat and sneakers. I'm pissed because I can't walk around everywhere barefoot, like those neanderthals in LA do.

They may be cretins, but they are good looking cretins.

[Ireallyliketoski2]

Who was your tour guide, a fucking nun?...I've spent a third of my life in both places and Boston's nightlife is terrible relative to Seattle. There's no culture in beantown...everyone's the same, you can't wear a hat or sneakers ANYWHERE, the majority of guys are insecure pricks with fake tans, lots of gold, and roid-rage (always a fight everytime I go anywhere), everyone that isn't a prick is an uptight boring snob (ESPECIALLY th.e women), it's a pain in the ass to get around/park, more expensive....I could go on forever. I love Boston cause I lived around there for a long time, but it shouldn't even be compared to Seattle for anything except traffic

edit:I thought you said NIGHTLIFE not city life....Seattle still kills it

Someone never got laid in Boston

[lemon boy]

as somebody from the hinterlands I find the various dress codes in big chitties to be very annoying and they always take me by surprise. Out here, nobody blinks if you show up at a 4* fixed price joint in jeans and birks. No ballcaps in a nightclub? WTF kind of bullshit is that? What the hell is Ron Howard supposed to do?

[shamrockpow]

What the hell is Ron Howard supposed to do?

He goes in the VIP entrance, duh.

Edit: not to say that LB is not a very important person. The folks in some of these cities just don't know it yet...

[cmsummit]

east coast- Burlington, VT or Portland, ME

west- Denver/Boulder

Due to the realization that I could never really live in Denver or any other big city for that matter, I'm gonna have to change my answer.
west- Leadville(yes, it's technically a city)

[Natedogg]

Who was your tour guide, a fucking nun?

Close... BenWA.

...I've spent a third of my life in both places and Boston's nightlife is terrible relative to Seattle. There's no culture in beantown... but it shouldn't even be compared to Seattle for anything except traffic

I feel bad that you missed out. The rare occurrences when I came here to go out before I actually lived here, I thought the same thing--finding a bar that didnt have a dress code was a pain in the ass, and the people were fake, rich uppity metrosexual retards. But when you know where to go, its nothing like that. The people are for the most part laid back and down to earth (insert comparison to NYC). The Irish bars are too numerous to count and shits always going on. SEA was a ghost town when I was there... twice. Take it with a grain of salt.

PS--I love the 'no culture' bit. Thats just laughable. Literally. I laughed. Out loud, even.

[booner]

PS--I love the 'no culture' bit. Thats just laughable. Literally. I laughed. Out loud, even.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I guess that doesn't make much sense...but it's true, relative to sea-town

Probably didn't help that I was hanging out with a bunch of fags that liked the kinds of bars that I hate. I guess I'm just jaded...I always thought Boston was the shit...then I saw the world and lived a little. Now I think it's just an uptight city with too many assholes.
-and yes...I definitely didn't get enough pussy there. I still think the broads there are waaaay to uptight and a pain in the ass.

[Cliff Huckable]

Rideit, the women definately skew my perception. The fact that it is so hot that they walk around practically naked doesn't hurt. I like the fact that it is BIG. Spread out urban sprawl mmmm mmm mmmmmmm. Bigger than LA and I'm pretty sure any other "city" land area wise... (edit: I guess Houston is bigger, but texas sucks)

Nobody walks around in Phoenix.

And Phoenix isn't big in any way except the very worst way. It's not an interesting urban sprawl like NY-to-Philly, it's just boring awful crap. There are interesting places in AZ but none of them are called Phoenix.

And yes, Texas does suck. Weird place:
people seem so nice but it is so racist,
the crime is out of control but it is practically a police state,
the pollution is really really bad but...well, not "but" there, it's just really really bad, and slated to get much worse soon.

[Cliff Huckable]

Odd that there's only been one mention of Calgary. That place is really cool, actually.

I like Calgary a lot. Very nice vibe there, beautiful bridges, river wandering right through the middle of the city... I've only spent three months there and that was in Kensington-Sunnyside, which I've since been told is "as close to Montreal as Calgary will ever get".

The chinooks are like nature's anti-depressant, too! A very cool thing to experience.

I've heard quite a few stories of racism there, though, and that definitely sours things for me. Some of it was just well-meaning ignorance, though, so maybe it's just a matter of increased exposure to other cultures that will help.

ALSO: Calgary is the only city I've ever been to where the multicultural life is in the suburbs rather than downtown.

[funkendrenchman]

You're missing out.
Whatever though- more for me.

I missed out on a lot of good skiing growing up 10 minutes from Philly...

[cramer]

seattle sucks, too much rain. I grew up in portland, only time i liked that area was the winter time and when it snowed. Which it didnt do enough of.

As for texas and racism, i was in houston for 4 months and i found that everyone was pretty fucking cool. 3 buddies from work, cuban, mexican and columbian seemed to own the town. We'd head to clubs downtown and they'd let us bypass the line and be first in the club to get settled in. I was the only white boy with them. Great looking women there. Fake tittied tanned and ready to fuck. I assure you.

San francisco is pretty sweet. I dont know that id move from this area unless it was south. Alot of fags like our buddy who visited the boards today, but that doesnt bother me. I have alot of gay friends. More chicks for the straight guys! You got the beach, mountains, gambling, big city partying and a shitload of pussy here. Show me a better location.

the better one is here.....So my votes san diego. Im a weather guy, i like the sun and chicks that are half naked. Dont think i could do a town where women are always covered until you get them in bed. I like to know what im getting beforehand not after the fact. Love it down there. Like the people, loved the pussy, weather and the beach.