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Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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I for one am incredibly impressed. The Newbury Street pictures are exquisitely nice, I really wish we had architecture like that in Texas, unfortunately, we have a different style. Keeping it real Boston, keeping it real!
I for one am incredibly impressed. The Newbury Street pictures are exquisitely nice, I really wish we had architecture like that in Texas, unfortunately, we have a different style. Keeping it real Boston, keeping it real!
I'm not impressed by either. I like the Newbury design more and it does have MUCH more character though. I wouldn't called the design in TX ugly though; maybe plain and uninspired, but not ugly.
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by jluke65780
I'm kind of hard to impress.
If its a girl, my expectations are pretty high, kind of glad though that I have someone that meets most of them, haha I suppose.
If its a city, its easy to impress me, all a city has to be is friendly, not filled with either hippies or hicks (I especially HATE hippies), a good prospective future, and be different than other cities and I will find it impressive.
Some turn off's for me when it comes to cities are:
- When they use the word "charm" to market anything about themselves. Logically when it comes to my personal interpretation, using the word charm is a signification that a city has no positive attributes and qualities and a handicap word has to be addressed to give it "merits". Same thing with the word unique. I think cities that are different are totally cool, but the word unique is a marketing campaign designated word.
- When they oversell any point, I don't normally like repetition, it shows that the city lacks self esteem and cant market itself. If a city states it has the largest mall in the country in a pamphlet once, I don't want to see it stated ever again in that pamphlet.
- A city that has a lot of pretentiousness, I don't like cocky cities with cocky people. Elegance and sleek build comes from humble and positive qualities, not attributed to inferiority complexes where one must take it upon themselves to "one up" or always take of what blesses their location as if its a miracle. Looks dumb and idiotic.
- Must have a variation in dining, anything short of my expectations is a dropped.
- Don't like seeing an abundance of hippies or hicks, hate both sides of the spectrum the far left blues and the far right reds. Hate them both passionately and equally about the same. Moderation and moderate friendly atmosphere indicates to me (to me at least) that maturity is present, and that coexistence is simpler when both sides are split down the middle in influence. America's about working together, why do you you think the country is so vast and large with an abundance of everything? It's about helping ourselves by helping us all.
That concludes my speech this morning.
Besides that, a city impressing me, its rather easy.
These two (by CSA) are roughly about similar in size, or will be at least in a year or two. Both cities go under the radar and both very respectable and nice cities.
Criteria:
- Weather DAL
- Scenery BOS
- Economy DAL
- Education BOS
- Parks BOS
- Waterfront-TIE(could care less)
- Nightlife-DAL
- Safety-DAL
- Downtown activity-BOS
- Shopping-DAL
- Diversity -DAL
- Housing stock-DAL
- School systems (K-12)-DAL
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities)-BOS
- Mass Transit-DAL
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?)-BOS
- Pace of life-DAL
- Quality of life-DAL
- Cost of living-DAL
- Dining scene-BOS(seafood)
Questions:
- Which one would you rather live in? And why?
Dallas.Boston is too cold,too expensive,not friendly,
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Originally Posted by DANNYY
If its a girl, my expectations are pretty high, kind of glad though that I have someone that meets most of them, haha I suppose.
If its a city, its easy to impress me, all a city has to be is friendly, not filled with either hippies or hicks (I especially HATE hippies), a good prospective future, and be different than other cities and I will find it impressive.
Some turn off's for me when it comes to cities are:
- When they use the word "charm" to market anything about themselves. Logically when it comes to my personal interpretation, using the word charm is a signification that a city has no positive attributes and qualities and a handicap word has to be addressed to give it "merits". Same thing with the word unique. I think cities that are different are totally cool, but the word unique is a marketing campaign designated word.
- When they oversell any point, I don't normally like repetition, it shows that the city lacks self esteem and cant market itself. If a city states it has the largest mall in the country in a pamphlet once, I don't want to see it stated ever again in that pamphlet.
- A city that has a lot of pretentiousness, I don't like cocky cities with cocky people. Elegance and sleek build comes from humble and positive qualities, not attributed to inferiority complexes where one must take it upon themselves to "one up" or always take of what blesses their location as if its a miracle. Looks dumb and idiotic.
- Must have a variation in dining, anything short of my expectations is a dropped.
- Don't like seeing an abundance of hippies or hicks, hate both sides of the spectrum the far left blues and the far right reds. Hate them both passionately and equally about the same. Moderation and moderate friendly atmosphere indicates to me (to me at least) that maturity is present, and that coexistence is simpler when both sides are split down the middle in influence. America's about working together, why do you you think the country is so vast and large with an abundance of everything? It's about helping ourselves by helping us all.
That concludes my speech this morning.
Besides that, a city impressing me, its rather easy.
Danny I wish I could rep you for this as you have articulated your preferences for cities poignantly. Although Dallas is not one of my favorite cities and I even have some strong dislikes for some of it's attributes, one thing that imprinted me the most was the people. I had to go to Dallas due to some tough personal circumstances and the people there were so warm and friendly and treated me very well. That experience had shed some light on what was otherwise a rough time and is something that tugs at my heartstrings and I'll always remember. And at the end of the day it is the people of the city that enrich the experience of traveling the most.
Your criteria for cities can be met where ever you travel as you already have an open mind and a good eye for the real substance of any city. You look beyond the steroetypes. I think we can all learn from that, and I always appreciate what you write on C-D.
Dallas.Boston is too cold,too expensive,not friendly,
Wait...you gave Dallas the advantage in waterfront? With all due respect to Dallas, the Trinity River is alright...but at this time it doesn't utilize the river whatsoever (I am aware of the Trinity River Project), while Boston has one of the nicest harbors in the country along with the Charles River.
You also said Dallas has better mass transit? Come on man...Boston destroys Dallas in every single category for mass transit.
In terms of safety, Boston ranks as the #4 metro in the country (#10 in violent crime), Dallas ranks 15th (#19 in violent crime).
In terms of K-12 schools, Massachusetts is home to arguably the best public school system in the country.
You're usually pretty fair, so I gotta ask: are you drunk, do you hate Boston that much, or are you just joking in parts of your post?
- Weather - Dallas
- Scenery - Boston
- Economy - Tie?
- Education - Boston
- Parks - Boston
- Waterfront - Does Dallas even have a waterfront? Boston
- Nightlife - no idea... probably Boston with all the college kids.
- Safety - Boston
- Downtown activity - Boston
- Shopping - Boston
- Diversity - Tie
- Housing stock - Dallas probably has more housing
- School systems (K-12) - Boston
- Higher education (Colleges & Universities) - Boston
- Mass Transit - Boston
- Niche Industry (What are they for either?)
- Pace of life - Dallas
- Quality of life - Depends on what you like
- Cost of living - Dallas
- Dining scene - Boston
- Which one would you rather live in?
Boston... it is close to ocean, mountains, big cities, etc. Dallas is essentially in the middle of nowhere. I guess it is true, you get what you pay for. That is the reason Boston's cost of living is so much higher.
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