Pacific Northwest vs Great Lakes (best, better, compare, America)
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I thought this would be an interesting thread, especially since a comparison between both of these regions hasn't been covered.
My question is: What do you prefer, the major cities of the Pacific Northwest area (Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, and Juneau-AK) or the Great Lakes (Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, and Cleveland) including their metros as well in terms of quality of life, economy, public transportation, political scene, interesting metro cities, weather, natural scenery, day-trips, amenities, and local culture? Still, both are geographically the opposite of each other, yet border large bodies of water.
It seems they have Minnesota in there which would include the Twin cities. Chicago, Toronto and the Twins. Yes, game over in that case. Unless you can't live without mountains of course.
I guess I don't like the big city as much. I try to avoid going into them if at all possible. I been there, done that, seen it, played it, got tired of it. So having big city isn't as a "winner" for me. That means having cute / character small towns and beautiful natural scenery wins it for me. And teh PNW has all those in spades.
Better coffee and donuts too (and food in general). Only things I miss about the midwest are family/friends of course, and chicago style pizza. The rest of it I don't really care.
I guess I don't like the big city as much. I try to avoid going into them if at all possible. I been there, done that, seen it, played it, got tired of it. So having big city isn't as a "winner" for me. That means having cute / character small towns and beautiful natural scenery wins it for me. And teh PNW has all those in spades.
Better coffee and donuts too (and food in general). Only things I miss about the midwest are family/friends of course, and chicago style pizza. The rest of it I don't really care.
Food in general? I dunno but I am pretty sure the variety and quality of cuisine you get in Chicago and Toronto is not as strong in PNW. Not dissing PNW food but Chicago and Toronto are amongst the best cities for food in this world.
It seems they have Minnesota in there which would include the Twin cities. Chicago, Toronto and the Twins. Yes, game over in that case. Unless you can't live without mountains of course.
The Twin Cities are not part of the Great Lakes region, the great lakes have no impact on them.
The PNW by far. The most beautiful section of North America. The cities are great. The scenery is breathtaking. The weather is nicer imo. I'd much rather live in the PNW.
Toronto and Chicago > everywhere in the PNW combined.
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