Chicago in terms of business and residential areas. You have either
extremely expensive places to live, or slums. I'd personally look at
Victoria on Vancouver Island. The place is gorgeous, and had most if
not all the advantages of a large city and almost none of the
disadvantages.
larry
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:02:57 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem with most cities is the disparity of purpose. The downtown
> areas are typically so overwhelmed with business that it doesn't
> support people actually living there. Then the near residential areas
> are either exhorbitantly expensive or absolute slums. Chicago is a
> great example of this.
>
> I'd move to SF or NYC in a heartbeat if I could afford it. Vancouver
> is pretty high on my list as well, but I hear it's hard to move to
> Canada if you're not already a citizen.
>
> Conversely, my partner would like to move to the south of France and
> get some goats.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:58:39 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > My other favorite big cities:
> > - Madrid - my favorite place to party
> > - San Francisco - the only chic, hip, sophisticated, happening U.S. city on the West Coast
> > - Vancouver - more Euro than SF, very walkable
> > - London - but that exchange rate is just murder these days
> > - Rome - magical and chaotic, dirty and loud
> > - Amsterdam - fun, fun, fun. Also totally flat city, great for biking.
> > - Boston - too cold in the winter, I can't live there anymore.
> > - Washington, DC - crime sucks, weather sucks, traffic sucks, but it is still an incredible place to be.
> > - Dublin - Aside from being part Irish, I just think it's a really fun town
> > - Minneapolis/St. Paul* - Great town but that freakish cold is too much for me.
> > Chicago - Same thing as Minn.
>
>
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