Nicest Cities in the USA- Midwest? (rent, credit, homes)

[STLCardsBlues1989]

Originally Posted by MichaelinMaryland

Haha alright that was a stretch- maybe that would be more applicable to colleges and parties. But the cultural aspects other than that...any suggestions?

I don't really know. There are other factors that would help us give you suggestions.

I think St. Louis is typically friendly, but not that friendly. Some of the suburbs may be.

[Minnehahapolitan]

I have had people in Minneapolis stop for me as I jaywalk across fairly major city streets.

[john_starks]

i've heard ggod things about minneapolis

but isn't that place freakin cold year round?

[JMT]

Originally Posted by MichaelinMaryland

I just want a major city (urban not rural- good amount of things to do and a lot of people) where nobody will flick me off or honk when I'm driving, if I'm walking down the street they may invite me into their home, and if i'm taking a bus at least one person will offer me a seat next to them, and if i'm standing in line, at least somebody will ask how my day has been going.


I doubt a major city could offer this exactly but I'd like the closest thing possible.

Actually, Knoxville is like that. Check out the Tennessee forum and see what people have to say about Knoxville. It's a fairly big city (700,000 metro) with a big university, but it's very friendly.

I would venture to guess that Lexington KY and Columbia SC would be similar.

[ajf131]

St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cincinnati, or Kansas City are all great options for you. They are very friendly cities from what I've found...in my opinion they are more friendly and certainly more hospitable as far as the weather is concerned than Upper Midwestern cities like Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and the Twin Cities. If you want to go slightly smaller, I'd recommend either Springfield or its nearby neighbor Joplin, Missouri, although these probably cannot be consider major compared to the major ones i just mentioned. They are rapidly growing cities and people from all over are living there. Bottomline...I would look to the Lower Midwest before considering someplace in the Upper Midwest. Especially if you are from Maryland...you will find that Baltimore has an attititude fairly consistent with that of Columbus, Cincinnati, Indy, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

[metro223]

Kansas City or Minneapolis... Omaha, Des Moines, & Madison are good too.

[CortlandGirl79]

What about Cleveland or Pittsburgh??? People in these towns seem pretty friendly from my experience. Cleveland has a a few very nice universities John Carroll, Baldwin-Wallace, and Case Western Reserve. Pittsburgh has Duquesne , Carnegie-Melon, and Pitt. Both cities are very similar when it comes to history and cultural aspects.

[CMDallas]

I think It would be easier to tell us what you interested in and which school you would like to attend (and Basic Grades like GPA and everything...special skills) Then we can fit you up with a place, instead of giving us what you want in a place... If you want to go to the best school possible... There are colleges everywhere and you should put your school criteria first... What do you define as Midwest? is Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Montana Midwest?

[ainulinale]

Originally Posted by MichaelinMaryland

I just want a major city (urban not rural- good amount of things to do and a lot of people) where nobody will flick me off or honk when I'm driving, if I'm walking down the street they may invite me into their home, and if i'm taking a bus at least one person will offer me a seat next to them, and if i'm standing in line, at least somebody will ask how my day has been going.

I actually had someone invite me into their house in Pittsburgh when I was taking pictures of the neighborhood...although, he was actually from Brooklyn. You can find nice people in even the nastiest of cities.

[Sunnydee]

I think Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Indy, St. Louis, and Lexington would fill the bill.