When you think about it, Chicago is the best city to live at.

[Bigsmoke]

no hurricanes, earthquakes, Volcanoes, not really any tornadoes since i've never experienced one in my life.

besides the fact that its 40

[AK47DR91]

You forgot to mention the high crime rate. :lol

[Jailblazers7]

I was in Chicago for an interview the past two days. Great city and def one of the top 5 I'd like to live in after college.

[Duderonomy]

High crime and toll bridges every 5 miles. Chicago is a very liberal city, if you're a conservative type Houston or Fort worth is better bet.

[longhornfan1234]

Easily...but there's too many libs, though. Who cares about the crime rate? Who goes to south/west Chicago? I've never been there in my life.

[Godzuki]

fukk that. snow is the worst and its consistent, not some random event like earthquake. shoveling snow and driving around in that crap, especially if you're not in school anymore where you don't get snow days off unless its real bad, snow has to be the worst thing to deal regularly deal with. cold weather is a huge downside too, that could even be numero uno worst thing to deal with. i f'n hate the cold, and then adding wind on top of that? Chicago could be the worst other than what i hear about the food there. the other thing is thats like a perfect formula to get fat.

[Tarik One]

Best food and food variety on the planet.

[franchise#3]

San Fran says hello

[TaLvsCuaL]

Best food and food variety on the planet.
I do not think so. I bet there are many places in the world where you can eat better. No offense.

[MMM]

Crime is an obvious problem in Chicago but what about corruption???. Must not be fun to run a business and having to deal with corrupt city officials. Although I've heard that Chicago is going through a reforming stage currently.

[no pun intended]

Portland, Oregon.

[jbot]

i got a stepdaughter living there. lots to do but it's stupid if it's not safe enough to even step outside by yourself. no thanks.

[StateOfMind12]

I would think Los Angeles is better but the LA brahs can step up and drop their 2 cents and correct me if I'm wrong.

[ILLsmak]

[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]no hurricanes, earthquakes, Volcanoes, not really any tornadoes since i've never experienced one in my life.

besides the fact that its 40

[christian1923]

Phoenix

[Bigsmoke]

You forgot to mention the high crime rate. :lol

That's mostly the South side

I like near Madison "westside" and its not all that bad. Don't do anything stupid. That's all

[ForeverHeat]

London is the best. Weather unpredictable but never gets too hot or too cold. Free healthcare so you can jump off a building and it wont cost anything to fix your spine. Also I dont think we ever have natural disasters. Crime in some areas but pretty safe overall compared to what Ive heard about some cities in US. Also London has the novelty of being british which your cities dont have. Also we have a lot of stand ouy features which makes it a field day for tourists, eg landmarks, red buses, black cabs, etc. Also extremely diverse so hawt girls frok every background. So I think we are the best.

[MavsSuperFan]

I have never been to Chicago, but I image i would find it too cold.

I have always thought the best place for me to live in America would be Hawaii or somewhere on the west coast. Liberal, high income, low crime rates, etc.

[christian1923]

London is the best. Weather unpredictable but never gets too hot or too cold. Free healthcare so you can jump off a building and it wont cost anything to fix your spine. Also I dont think we ever have natural disasters. Crime in some areas but pretty safe overall compared to what Ive heard about some cities in US. Also London has the novelty of being british which your cities dont have. Also we have a lot of stand ouy features which makes it a field day for tourists, eg landmarks, red buses, black cabs, etc. Also extremely diverse so hawt girls frok every background. So I think we are the best.
Do you guys get nfl Sunday ticket?

[ALBballer]

Best food and food variety on the planet.

No lol. New York by far. And i have lived in both cities.

[RaininTwos]

You like where you live, cool.

[MavsSuperFan]

No lol. New York by far. And i have lived in both cities.

I think I have heard San Fran has the most restaurants and best food variety of any American city.

[MMM]

I would think Los Angeles is better but the LA brahs can step up and drop their 2 cents and correct me if I'm wrong.

LA is in a very arid climate and the already scarce water resources in the region are being depleted. It makes no sense that so many people live there and on top of that the population is increasing at an alarming rate. The same thing can be said about the majority of the southwest in general.

[Overdrive]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Living_Survey

[MetsPackers]

Great city, my older brother actually works at a firm up there and he said he loves it. Tons to do and great people too. Although ive only been to the nice part of chicago.

And wtf is up with the pizza man?!?! Idk if its cause im from new york and all our pizza is bangin, but i got a couple slices in chicago expecting greatness and was like :biggums:

It was actually pretty good, but it almost seemed like a whole different food

[DCL]

chicago weather sucks, crime sucks, downtown looks really worn down, infrastructure is very outdated (was good for 1940, but sucks ass for 2000s). not impressed.

[Bigsmoke]

chicago weather sucks, crime sucks, downtown looks really worn down, infrastructure is very outdated (was good for 1940, but sucks ass for 2000s). not impressed.

downtown?

are u ****ing kicking? ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!


u ever drove down Lake Shore Drive in the summer time?

[DCL]

downtown?

are u ****ing kicking? ITS BEATIFUL!!!


u ever drove down Lake Shore Drive in the summer time?


that section is overrated. even so, it doesn't represent the city because the whole city as a whole could use a face lift.

[JtotheIzzo]

Chicago is great if you haven't been anywhere else.

Its a big world Big Smoke, and you can do much better. I am sure Chicago is nice, but there is better.

[Lamar Doom]

I got a lot of love for Chi but there's no way it's better than NYC, which is basically Chicago's big brother without all the theme restaurants and segregation.

You start throwing other cities in the mix and it feels like apples and oranges.

[pauk]

I have never been in USA, but i heard only great things about San Francisco...

[monkeypox]

Earthquakes aren't a big deal. Been down here in southern california my whole life and lived near the epicenter of the last really big one in the early 90's. Aside from that one there hasn't been an earthquake out here that even closed businesses for a day. Even that one only closed stuff down for two weeks before power and water got restored.

I'm sure there are plenty of reasons why it's not perfect down here, but I wouldn't rate earthquakes that high. I'd take the risk of earthquakes over yearly storms shutting everything down. Consider that my neighbors had a pool party today and some of my friends considered surfing. In November! Every year it's like this and we've only had that one big earthquake that whole time. Pretty good odds I think.

[brantonli]

Easily...but there's too many libs, though. Who cares about the crime rate? Who goes to south/west Chicago? I've never been there in my life.

Hell no, I was at Chicago station (so right in the middle of the city) and my wallet got stolen by 2 black guys. The museums are amazing, architecture nad stuff, but like NYC the metro was ancient. The theft definitely soured Chicago to me.

[JohnnySic]

NYC, LA, San Fran >

[AK47DR91]

There are no beaches around Chicago. Give me Boston and NYC over Chi-town.

By the way, the two best cities to live in North America aren't even in the States, they're in Canada. Toronto and Montreal.

[Dictator]

There are no beaches around Chicago. Give me Boston and NYC over Chi-town.

By the way, the two best cities to live in North America aren't even in the States, they're in Canada. Toronto and Montreal.

:coleman:

[Godzuki]

doesn't make sense to me how people can talk about best cities to live in without factoring in weather. weather is like the basis for why a area is good/bad to live. nobody ever says the Bahamas or Hawaii suck. its like Cali envy with people from the east coast, which is mostly based on weather. it affects so much of what you can do, or your day to day outlook.

[LexiKhan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Living_Survey

Lisbon in the top 50 with the same score-range as Chicago, NY, Barcelona and Madrid? Wasn't expecting it, but the city sure as a kick-ass transport system, safe and good infrastructure along with pretty much half of the country's universities concentrated inside the city.

Too bad this excessive concentration in Lisbon means the depletion of services and population from the rest of the country (except Oporto).

[Balla_Status]

http://www.killmydaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Amazing-Pictures-Of-2011-Chicago-Snow-Storm_01-359x550.jpg

[Go Getter]

There are no beaches around Chicago. Give me Boston and NYC over Chi-town.

By the way, the two best cities to live in North America aren't even in the States, they're in Canada. Toronto and Montreal.
Lol:oldlol:

[Go Getter]

Chicago is great if you haven't been anywhere else.

Its a big world Big Smoke, and you can do much better. I am sure Chicago is nice, but there is better.


So you've never been?:facepalm

[Mach_3]

LOL chicago is the best city to live in? nicca you must be high :roll:

[knickswin]

New York is bigger and has more diverse than Chicago, but it's also much harder to find affordable areas in New York. Chicago also feels less hectic and cleaner.

the crime's really on the south side and the west side. the north is pretty safe.

the weather in Chicago is horrible. it's horribly cold and horribly windy all winter. it won't be consistently warm until July. I'd take Vermont's and New Hampshire's weather over Chicago's weather, that's how bad it is.

If I had a lot of money (and I mean a lot, like a net worth of $10 million+), I'd pick New York hands down, but I think it's a lot easier to live the good life in Chicago than New York for us regular folks.

[blablabla]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Living_Survey
vienna first
suck it homos

[Bigsmoke]

There are no beaches around Chicago. Give me Boston and NYC over Chi-town.

By the way, the two best cities to live in North America aren't even in the States, they're in Canada. Toronto and Montreal.

come'on son. i uploaded photos of myself chilling at Loyola and Foster Beach.

[Bigsmoke]

me and my crew standing out afront of the Bean a few years back

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/chicago.jpg

[Bigsmoke]

who wouldn't want to live here?

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/Chicago-20130512-01776_zpsbee83582.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/Chicago-20130512-01776_zpsbee83582.jpg.html)

[MavsSuperFan]

who wouldn't want to live here?

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/Chicago-20130512-01776_zpsbee83582.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/Chicago-20130512-01776_zpsbee83582.jpg.html)


Thats not a particularly appealing pictures. Looks old and rusty... dilapidated even.

[Shepseskaf]

Give me warm weather, all the time, anytime. I'd pick LA over Chicago if you're just talking about U.S. cities.

[longhornfan1234]

I love Chicago. I wish there wasn't so many libs and union thugs.

[rufuspaul]

I love visiting Chicago. Great town. Glad I don't live there though.

[StocktonFan]

ive lived in both places, barrington hills il, and newport ca...

best place by far is california. cheaper property tax, no tolls, no shitty weather or storms. Earthquakes are overrated imo.

[bmd]

Chicago gets covered in snow. No thanks. That's a deal breaker.

Personally, I'd like to live near a beach. Not a crappy northern beach. I like the white sand beaches in Florida and South Carolina.

I also like living here in Texas. Bunch of cities in a close proximity. Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, and San Antonio are all within a few hours of each other. There is also a great economy, and lots of jobs.

It's also close to New Orleans if you want to party for a weekend.

[MavsSuperFan]

If it weren't for the fact that I have a good job in my chosen career field, and that I wasn't well settled, I would definitely move away from Texas.

I loved visiting california recently and would love to live in san fran or orange county. Also visited Hawaii and really enjoyed Honolulu.

Seattle and vancouver also seem like nice cities.

If it weren't so hard to get citizenship in Austria and holland, Amsterdam and Vienna also seem like lovely places to live.

[Bigsmoke]

Thats not a particularly appealing pictures. Looks old and rusty... dilapidated even.

u think u would see mansions from where i was at on Kedzie?

[chosen_one6]

No place like So Cal. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

[StocktonFan]

Today in chicago: thunderstorms, rain, 71F
Today in LA: Sunny, clear 75F

[irondarts]

Chicago is an awesome city. It's one of my favorite cities to visit.

I don't think I could live there though just because of the weather. Horribly humid in the summer and bitterly cold in the winter.

[chazzy]

women weed and weather

[MMM]

My kind of town
Chicago is

[Dictator]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/1365477267_2_svowi.gif

[Bigsmoke]

Chicago gets covered in snow. No thanks. That's a deal breaker.

Personally, I'd like to live near a beach. Not a crappy northern beach. I like the white sand beaches in Florida and South Carolina.

I also like living here in Texas. Bunch of cities in a close proximity. Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, and San Antonio are all within a few hours of each other. There is also a great economy, and lots of jobs.

It's also close to New Orleans if you want to party for a weekend.

ya'll guys are babies.

Snow doesnt hurt.

[rezznor]

[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]no hurricanes, earthquakes, Volcanoes, not really any tornadoes since i've never experienced one in my life.

besides the fact that its 40

[JMT]

Phoenix

Phoenix blows. It's a transient city with no culture, food or identity of it's own. Summer is hell, and it lasts about 8 months. Add in the lousy air quality and frequent dust storms, and you have a genuine sh!thole. About the only thing it has going for it right now is the glut of cheap homes due to the housing bubble, but that's about wiped out.

Now, move north about 60 miles and AZ is exquisite. Clean air at 5000 ft, affordable housing, little crime, eclectic mix of people. 85-90 with no humidity in the summer, cool weather and a little snow in the winter that melts by noon. Beautiful. But I hate any day that involves going into Phoenix.

[mlh1981]

Where I live works for me, though Chicago is a hell of a city to visit.

[andgar923]

chicago is off the list with shitty weather alone, forget the crime. You can escape the crime, but you can't escape weather.

Los Angeles isn't perfect, but it may be the best.

[ballup]

No beaches that are next to an ocean. It is too inland and the quality of seafood is much lower than cities near the coast.

[Bigsmoke]

we stack up championships here too.

[MavsSuperFan]

we stack up championships here too.

lol there are a lot of cities with more championships. Boston has a great history in all 4 major sports.

NY yankees alone have 27 ships

[Bigsmoke]

these were pics that I took while I was up high at the Willis Tower


http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/1238350_10201124420689799_2026623386_n_zps0e3edaba .jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/1238350_10201124420689799_2026623386_n_zps0e3edaba .jpg.html)

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/565022_10201124200004282_54191945_n_zps70dae8ae.jp g (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/565022_10201124200004282_54191945_n_zps70dae8ae.jp g.html)

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/1150143_10201124254285639_1456689415_n_zpscefacec1 .jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/1150143_10201124254285639_1456689415_n_zpscefacec1 .jpg.html)

http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/994267_10201124208564496_1487598055_n_zps45dfede4. jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/994267_10201124208564496_1487598055_n_zps45dfede4. jpg.html)

[Knicks101]

Skyline looks like ass.

[Bigsmoke]

Skyline looks like ass.

That wasnt the entire skyline


Chicago by far has the illest skylines in the world

[PHX_Phan]

That wasnt the entire skyline


Chicago by far has the illest skylines in the world

:lol

NY>Chi

[nathanjizzle]

im moving to vegas.

[Bigsmoke]

im moving to vegas.

I somewhat wanted to visit there but it look hot....really really hot

[Bigsmoke]

The willis tower support breast cancer month

[KeylessEntry]

The willis tower support breast cancer month

:biggums:

[Bigsmoke]

:biggums:

The antennas are pink

[B-hoop]

http://cursospelainternet.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jovem-aprendiz-RJ.jpg

[Bigsmoke]

http://cursospelainternet.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jovem-aprendiz-RJ.jpg

Where?

[rezznor]

Singapore, London, NYC, LA, Montreal >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chicago

[LJJ]

*image of Rio*

Isn't Rio mostly a crime and poverty infested shithole?

[KeylessEntry]

Isn't Rio mostly a crime and poverty infested shithole?

no

[Burgz V2]

Torontooooo

[rezznor]

no
ranked #9 in murder rate.


10: Cape Town, South Africa= 68 murders per 100 000 since 2000.
9: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil= even though Rio's central municipal murder rate stands at 37 murders per 100 000, it's surrounding metropolitan contains a poorer concentration of citizens resulting in more violent homicides.= 85 murders per 100 000.
9: Cali, Colombia= 85 violent deaths per 100 000 inhabitants.
8: Guatemala City, Guatemala= 90 homicides per 100 000 people.
7: San Salvador, El Salvador= 95 killings per 100 000 people.
6: Kinshasa, D.R. of the Congo= least personal safety out of any metropolitan and city in Africa, ranked by UN forces and Mercer Quality of Life report.= 112 homicides per 100 000.
5: Medellin, Colombia= 116 murders per 100 000
4: San Pedro Sula, Honduras= 120 homicides per 100 000 people.
3: Kingston, Jamaica= 125 homicides per 100 000 inhabitants.
2: Caracas, Venezuela= 130 murders per 100 000 people.
1: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico= 133 homicides per 100 000.

[KeylessEntry]

ranked #9 in murder rate.

That doesnt make it a "crime and poverty infested shithole"

Whats your source for that data anyway? Because I am seeing different numbers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_murder_rate

[LJJ]

That doesnt make it a "crime and poverty infested shithole".

I guess you and I have different standards then. When a large section of the population lives in slums and crime is at a much higher level than the other cities mentioned here, I think that's a fair description. And weren't there riots throughout the summer? Doesn't sound like most of the people in Rio actually are in agreement that they have such a nice life there.

[KeylessEntry]

I guess you and I have different standards then. When a large section of the population lives in slums and crime is at a much higher level than the other cities mentioned here, I think that's a fair description. And weren't there riots throughout the summer? Doesn't sound like most of the people in Rio actually are in agreement that they have such a nice life there.

There werent "riots", there were protests. These protests were due to an unfair increase in bus fares, they were not caused by people thinking that they dont "have a nice life".

Virtually all major Latin American cities have crime and poverty, that doesnt mean they are all shitholes. If poverty and crime makes Rio a shithole, then Chicago is a shithole.

Yes, Rio does have its slums, but it also has the most expensive neighborhoods in all of South America. Rio is a beautiful city full of beautiful people.

[LJJ]

There werent "riots", there were protests. These protests were due to an unfair increase in bus fares, they were not caused by people thinking that they dont "have a nice life".

Virtually all major Latin American cities have crime and poverty, that doesnt mean they are all shitholes. If poverty and crime makes Rio a shithole, then Chicago is a shithole.

Yes, Rio does have its slums, but it also has the most expensive neighborhoods in all of South America. Rio is a beautiful city full of beautiful people.

Yeah... none of this is really selling me.

The fact that what many trustworthy news outlets call a riots are merely "mass-scale protests over municipal services" according to you isn't really selling me Rio as the best city to live in.

The fact that other cities in Latin America also have a huge part of the population living in slums and a huge crime problem doesn't seem very relevant either.

The point is that there are many cities in the world with no true poverty and a negligible crime rate. I'm sure Rio is great to live in if you are rich and you exclusively stay in the rich enclave part of town (just like any big city), but the above mentioned factors make it a far cry from the best in my estimation.

[KeylessEntry]

The point is that there are many cities in the world with no true poverty and a negligible crime rate. I'm sure Rio is great to live in if you are rich and you exclusively stay in the rich enclave part of town (just like any big city), but the above mentioned factors make it a far cry from the best in my estimation.

Even my hometown Portland OR has a few neighborhoods that I would not really want to walk through at night. Exactly which major cities have no poverty and a negligible crime rate? Aside from a few places in northern europe, I cant think of any.

[LJJ]

Even my hometown Portland OR has a few neighborhoods that I would not really want to walk through at night. Exactly which major cities have no poverty and a negligible crime rate?

Are you really putting Portland's bad neighborhoods up there with Rio's slum cities? :wtf:

The city where I live for instance, Amsterdam, there is no real poverty. And bad neighborhoods? At worst some streets where you won't feel comfortable as a woman alone at night, but otherwise not really. And I'm in no way saying this place is the best to live in.

[KeylessEntry]

Are you really putting Portland's bad neighborhoods up there with Rio's slum cities? :wtf:

The city where I live for instance, Amsterdam, there is no real poverty. And bad neighborhoods? At worst some streets where you won't feel comfortable as a woman alone at night, but otherwise not really. And I'm in no way saying this place is the best to live in.

No, I am saying every major city has neighborhoods that are less than ideal. I have visited Mumbai, I have seen and smelled slums before, and while you wont see any true slums like this in Portland, that doesnt mean Portland is perfect. I have never been to Rio, but it seems like a nice city to me, in spite of the crime rate.

[LikeABosh]

Every city has sh.itty areas, Chicago just so happens to be filled with them:oldlol:

[B-hoop]

Are you really putting Portland's bad neighborhoods up there with Rio's slum cities? :wtf:

The city where I live for instance, Amsterdam, there is no real poverty. And bad neighborhoods? At worst some streets where you won't feel comfortable as a woman alone at night, but otherwise not really. And I'm in no way saying this place is the best to live in.

Depends what poverty means to you, if you are going by the real worldwide definition which is living with less than one dollar a day then Rio doesn't have much poverty either, if you mean inequality then yes its a big thing in most big cities (remember occupy wall street?)

Rio has the perfect combination of climate and natural beauty i have ever seen in a city. It has its problems with public transportation (subways are packed during rush hours) but it has the infrastructure of a big city in most areas. An apartment in Rio can cost up to 20 million dollars, its the second or third most expensive city in the world (i think it only loses to Tokyo), which clearly means that a lot of people with money like to live here. Also the job market is growing and most people are employed.

Also women here are just unbelievably hot. :bowdown:

Crime rate is high in the extremely poor areas because of drug wars, most innocent and working people dont get killed because of it. Yes there are still a lot of problems that we have to solve but so do most big cities, and hundreds of years of politicians dragging their feet didnt help either, but overall there has been a huge improvement in the last 10 years, specially considering that most drug lords and gangs have been imprisioned or killed by the police in the last 2-3 years.

[B-hoop]

Yeah... none of this is really selling me.

The fact that what many trustworthy news outlets call a riots are merely "mass-scale protests over municipal services" according to you isn't really selling me Rio as the best city to live in.

The fact that other cities in Latin America also have a huge part of the population living in slums and a huge crime problem doesn't seem very relevant either.

The point is that there are many cities in the world with no true poverty and a negligible crime rate. I'm sure Rio is great to live in if you are rich and you exclusively stay in the rich enclave part of town (just like any big city), but the above mentioned factors make it a far cry from the best in my estimation.

Could you please post a link for the bolded part?

[LJJ]

Could you please post a link for the bolded part?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449400/Brazil-protests-teachers-strike-sees-bombs-thrown-police.html

[Bigsmoke]

ranked #9 in murder rate.

Yuck

[InfiniteBaskets]

I mean if we're just gonna post pictures of Hawaii resorts and assume you can just work remotely or not have to worry about having a job...


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IrvRIh3F8gk/T4RAsR4hbKI/AAAAAAAABm8/e2hW7AVj4gs/s640/1.jpg


http://www.techedon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Male_Island_maldives.jpg

http://www.frogcitycheese.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Conrad-Maldives-Rangali-Island-Ithaa-Undersea-Restaurant.jpg

[Bigsmoke]

[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]no hurricanes, earthquakes, Volcanoes, not really any tornadoes since i've never experienced one in my life.

besides the fact that its 40

[sundizz]

I find it fascinating that people who claim their city (or some city) is the best really seem to be doing it out of some sense of pride, rather than experiences.

I grew up in Silicon Valley and I had the "best" childhood. My parents weren't well off (immigrants), but my sister and I managed to:

-Attend public schools that ranked in the top 5% from elementary through high school.
-Safe enough that we could walk home from school alone as a kid after being 10 years old
-Beautiful weather
-Opportunity to participate in many many extracurriculars (hoops, violin, sax, acting, singing, computer etc)
-Quality people (value effort, education and had a stable family environment)

Now, of course many of those childhood friends live in SF. They claim it's the best city in the world etc etc. I have been living abroad for the past 4 years in various countries. It surprises me how a city like Seoul is basically better in so many ways than San Francisco. Significantly larger (10 mill+ people), significantly better transportation, significantly better cost of living, significantly better safety, significantly less homeless/crazies/etc etc.

A lot of the reasons people "claim" their cities is better is stuff they have never experienced themselves. Most of my friends haven't visited the GG Bridge, Alcatraz, the Presidio, gone to all the great restaurants on Zagat guides, segway'd through Golden Gate Park, visited SF Zoo, taken a Bay Cruise etc etc etc etc.

I did all of that when I visited and stayed in SF for 3 weeks last month (with my foreign visiting gf). It was so fun and amazing. However, none of that stuff is really what makes a city great for living. It simply makes it great for tourism.

The real reasons are the ability/opportunity to find work, progress your career and be close to your family/friends. New York, per what I like, is a better city than any other. However, it doesn't have my family, friends and familiarity of life. Home base should feel like home base.

[outbreak]

I'd think Melbourne and Sydney would be up there for best cities in the world to live in. Very laid back, low crimes rates and even lower violent crimes rates, pretty easy to get jobs, good education, good health care system, reasonable rent if you live in the suburbs. No real natural disasters either. There isn't really any suburbs in Melbourne that are flat out slum areas you can't go to, sure there's some dodgy areas but it's not like how some american suburbs are.

But I agree with above, most people will rate the city they grew up in.

[rezznor]

I find it fascinating that people who claim their city (or some city) is the best really seem to be doing it out of some sense of pride, rather than experiences.

I grew up in Silicon Valley and I had the "best" childhood. My parents weren't well off (immigrants), but my sister and I managed to:

-Attend public schools that ranked in the top 5% from elementary through high school.
-Safe enough that we could walk home from school alone as a kid after being 10 years old
-Beautiful weather
-Opportunity to participate in many many extracurriculars (hoops, violin, sax, acting, singing, computer etc)
-Quality people (value effort, education and had a stable family environment)

Now, of course many of those childhood friends live in SF. They claim it's the best city in the world etc etc. I have been living abroad for the past 4 years in various countries. It surprises me how a city like Seoul is basically better in so many ways than San Francisco. Significantly larger (10 mill+ people), significantly better transportation, significantly better cost of living, significantly better safety, significantly less homeless/crazies/etc etc.

A lot of the reasons people "claim" their cities is better is stuff they have never experienced themselves. Most of my friends haven't visited the GG Bridge, Alcatraz, the Presidio, gone to all the great restaurants on Zagat guides, segway'd through Golden Gate Park, visited SF Zoo, taken a Bay Cruise etc etc etc etc.

I did all of that when I visited and stayed in SF for 3 weeks last month (with my foreign visiting gf). It was so fun and amazing. However, none of that stuff is really what makes a city great for living. It simply makes it great for tourism.

The real reasons are the ability/opportunity to find work, progress your career and be close to your family/friends. New York, per what I like, is a better city than any other. However, it doesn't have my family, friends and familiarity of life. Home base should feel like home base.
well said

[nathanjizzle]

had to stay up at a hotel due to the storm. this was earlier today. $150 view.
http://i44.tinypic.com/29zu040.jpg

[Bigsmoke]

had to stay up at a hotel due to the storm. this was earlier today. $150 view.
http://i44.tinypic.com/29zu040.jpg

Lol I know exactly where u are at

[Bigsmoke]

Yuck


http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w364/MATW88/2014-01-02-13-44-16_zps05b75b55.jpg (http://s1072.photobucket.com/user/MATW88/media/2014-01-02-13-44-16_zps05b75b55.jpg.html)

[Bigsmoke]

Hotels in chicago are only 150 a night?

This ain't San Francisco

[JustinJDW]

Los Angeles/Southern California literally has the best weather and hottest bitches in the entire country. Pretty tough to beat.

Only place in the United States that I think can claim to have hotter bitches is Miami. Anyone think another city has them beat?

[fsvr54]

Los Angeles/Southern California literally has the best weather and hottest bitches in the entire country. Pretty tough to beat.

Only place in the United States that I think can claim to have hotter bitches is Miami. Anyone think another city has them beat?

Miami is king, trust me.

[Bigsmoke]

Miami is king, trust me.

It rains too much too

[Bigsmoke]

Hopefully imma hit LAX sometime next month.

Its been super cold this winter

[El Gato Negro]

I've been to Chicago, it's a toss up between them and NY as to which is the bigger shit hole. you couldn't pay me enough money to live in either one.

[RightToCensor]

Do tourist get complimentary pistols when they come to Chicago?

[KevinNYC]

I've been to Chicago, it's a toss up between them and NY as to which is the bigger shit hole. you couldn't pay me enough money to live in either one.

Where ya from homie?

[Rondo]

Where ya from homie?

With an opinion like that? Clearly California.

[nathanjizzle]

Miami is king, trust me.

nah, im going with san diego.

[oarabbus]

When you think about it, Chicago is the best city to live at.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P0YLtCDXizA/UPjOBMW1V9I/AAAAAAAABDo/X21s_OMx6H0/s1600/jordan_laughing.gif


Seriously though, you cant **** with any of the big cities in Hawaii. Nicest place(s) in the States I've ever been to. If you're talking about LIVING somewhere, nothing compares really (in the US). Otherwise, La Jolla (San Diego), or some of the nicer spinoffs of LA or SF are the nicest... CA baby:pimp:


Los Angeles/Southern California literally has the best weather and hottest bitches in the entire country. Pretty tough to beat.

Only place in the United States that I think can claim to have hotter bitches is Miami. Anyone think another city has them beat?

Yup we do have the cream of the crop finest bitches in the nation, except for Miami. But then you're in fvcking Florida and that sucks ass. Not trying to deal with Florida's archaic laws and judicial system bullsh1t.