What are the greatest and worst Cities in America?

[coloradodem2005]

For me, I would go with New Orleans, Chicago and Denver for greatest.

For worst, Houston Hands down.

[whirlygigspin]

1. best New york City/San Francisco

worst Pittsburgh/Houston

[durutti]

50. Why Pittsburgh?

It's clean and affordable, and has a low crime rate.

[JVS]

60. Pittsburgh is a nice place, but we could use a better economy

[MarianJack]

2. My 2 Cents!

Greatest, Portland, Maine (a plug for my adopted home state).

Worst, Dallas for 2 reasons. First, 11/22/63. Second, I'm a die hard Philadelphia Eagles fan and hating Dallas is a tradition!

[SiobhanClancy]

17. Portland is my home town...

and it is a great place to live. I miss it so much:(

[Ishoutandscream]

103. Most hated - Philly, for the reason above

The most vile, crude fans in football. Anyone who would cheer a player while lying paralyzed on a football field is downright sick.

One Philly fan said the days of the Dallas obsessions were over. Your post just disqualified that remark.

[MarianJack]

119. Take a Chill Pill!

If you had actually bothered to read my post, I didn't say anything about any individual player. For years, the rivalry was the Eagles/Cowboys. It looks that they have the coach to take them back their glory days now.

Fact 1. The Cowboys and Eagles INTENSIVELY dislike each other. Fact 2. The fans in each city will ALWAYS take joy in the other team losing. I personally didn't say anything about the Michael Irvin incident. They shouldn't have cheered his injury. On the other hand, Irvin pretty much portrayed himself as a jerk during his playing days. Most people getting caught with cocaine in a hotel room would have addressed the cops with something other than "Do you know who I AM?"

Besides, if you had, again, bothered to read my actual post, my PRIMARY reason is 11/22/03. Maybe you could get somebody to tell you the significance of that date!

[jsw_81]

3. Best: Seattle, Portland

Seattle is a glorious, magnificent city that you truly have to see to believe. We have two snowcapped mountain ranges, vast forests, several spectacular bodies of water, and pristine ocean beaches only a short drive from the city. We also have a world-class skyline, three professional sports teams (a big deal in the northwest), and a very mild climate. Plus Seattle is overwhelmingly liberal/Democratic (it went for Gore by over forty points) and very active politically. The only real downside is the horrendous traffic, but that's because so many people want to live here.

Portland is also a wonderful city. It's not as large or as glamorous as its rival to the north (Seattle), but it is definitely well on its way to greatness. It's incredibly clean, very friendly, well-kept, and boasts one of the finest public transportation sytems in the nation. City planners literally come from all fifty states to study Portland, and many consider it to be one of the best planned cities in the nation if not the world. And, as you might imagine, it's overwhelmingly liberal/Democratic. What more could you ask for?

[geniph]

57. Would you hush?!

There's enough people moving here now! We have to keep telling them about how bad the traffic is (true), how grey it often is (true!), and how many people are out of work (also true). Don't tell them the good parts, dammit!

(I'm a native Seattleite, and I always try to convince people they'd hate it here.)

[1a2b3c]

83. yeah no shit

If it helps any i moved cause i was tired of all the traffic and people. When you see all the smog in the horizon you kinda feel like shit for helping ruin a state as pretty as washington.

[ProudGerman]

4. I can tell you with authority that Richmond sucks

I haven't been to enough big cities to have an opinion on greatest though. But you'd be hard pressed to convince me a city sucks more than Richmond.

[MinnFats]

5. among small midwestern (or close) cities....

Worst: Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Casper, Wyoming
hot, dumb, ugly cities.

Best: Traverse City, Michigan, Duluth-Superior, Mn., Wi.
Mainly because there are interesting people and the surrounding countryside is just so dam beautiful.

[SmileyBoy]

38. Sioux Falls sucks, I agree.

I really like the place I'm living in right now: Fargo, ND.

[OneBlueSky]

6. well, I spent a decade in Troy, New York, one year . . .

god, it was awful! . . . in all fairness, I haven't been back since, so for all I know it could now be the pearl of the east coast (rather thand the armpit of the universe, as I remember it) . . .

[Limbought]

10. Boy, did you nail that one!

Troy Sucks!

[smiley_glad_hands]

7. Richmond, Va is The Worst

I hate this place. The Best? Dunno, but I like Savannah,
Va Beach/Norfolk, or any other small to medium sized southern city (not Richmond). Haven't spent too much time on the west coast--Modesto, Ca--wasn't impressed. Don't like the big cities (ie: NY etc..) too many people trying to do too much at the same time--but they are fun to visit though.

[Limbought]

8. The greatest is .......

New York City - "the city so nice they named it twice."

The worst is ....... Chicago - NOT "my kind of town."

[maveric]

9. Best: San Francisco, New York, Boston. Worst: Lawrence MA,

Tampa FL, Dallas TX, Los Angeles CA.

My hometown of Lawrence is the absolute worst I have ever seen.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

74. And getting worse too-Poor Lawrence!

Lots of gangs, drugs, and poverty. It's a sad place.

[straitjacket bush]

11. Best: San Francisco

Worst: Los Angeles

[ldoolin]

12. Seattle, San Francisco, New York...

Greatest: Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Portland, Minneapolis, Boston, Tucson.

Worst: Houston, DFW, Atlanta, Miami, Oklahoma City, Richmond (VA), Los Angeles, Phoenix.

Most Underrated: Chicago, Salt Lake City, Spokane, Nashville, Worcester (MA), Kansas City, Cincinnati.

Most Overrated: Las Vegas, Washington, D.C.

[SiobhanClancy]

13. Best: Boston and San Francisco, Worst:Houston

Just my unbiased opinion:)

[camero]

14. Best and worst

Best: San Diego, Reno, and Rochester,NY.
Worst: Houston, New Orleans, and Philadelphia

When you have driven a big rig, you also get to see the worse parts of towns. My worst list of cities are all dirty from either poor trash collection or poor air quality. My best cities list are all clean cities.

[youngred]

24. Rochester NY makes the best list?!

it has its moments (garbage plates, proximity to Canada, Snow) and its negative times too (construction, bad drivers, Snow, more cloud days than Seattle, no money)

[amandae]

31. My hometown :)

Where I was born and raised, that is :-)

One good thing you have to say about Rochester is that despite the snow the people who clean the roads (the town crews) really do keep them clear and work very hard to do it. My dad did that in Henrietta for about 20 years and all those guys worked hard to keep the streets safe for everyone.

That and the lilacs in the spring :-)

:hi:

[youngred]

39. mine too

well raised from 5-19 but yeah.

The snow crews always do a great job (well except in Greece and Brockport).

The Lilacs aren't bad either, but Rochester just seems to have so much going against it at times :-(

[camero]

37. I think it's a pretty city

The snow is a problem. But summers in Upstate NY are beautiful.

Plus I messed up when I was young and get nostalgic for the place.
Voc rehab was gonna pay to send me to the deaf college up there when I was 18 and I turned it down because I didn't think I could work and still get the scholarship and the fact that since I had always been around hearing people, I would get culture shock.

Really dumb move.

[youngred]

40. I love the snow, its the cold and lack of sun that get me

and Upstate Falls and summers are hard to beat.

[camero]

41. I miss the snow

Haven't seen any in 2 years.

[youngred]

42. now that's harsh!

I'm all depressed (I'm going to school in DC) that they have so little snow here, I couldn't imagine not seeing it for years at a time.

I had such a mood boost when it finally snowed here this week

[camero]

44. That's florida for yah

The winters are nice but it never snows. I was up in Maryland last month but it hadn't snow yet. Originally from MD.

[Wcross]

34. Whoa! Rochester???????

I grew up near there- couldn't wait to move away. It is a darn good place to be FROM!

[curse10]

15. Best: Boston, Denver

Worst: Kansas City, Omaha

[Zero Gravitas]

61. Hey!

Whats wrong with KC? Dontcha like BBQ?

[radwriter0555]

16. Syracuse New York has to be THE ugliest, dirtiest, nastiest, most

depressing city in the USA.

Los Angeles and San Francisco are the BEST. LA because we have the perfect weather climates.

[NashVegas]

52. Most of Upstate NY Could Use a Good Scrubbing

..

[ronnykmarshall]

99. Yeah LA!!!

[fameless]

18. best - Burlington, Boston, San Francisco

worst - Houston

[kanrok]

19. Best: Chicago; Worst: Green Bay

For obvious reasons. All kidding aside, Seattle, San Fran and Chiago are my top 3, in no particular order.

[hlthe2b]

20. Best: Denver, Boston, New York , Honolulu (ok, I just like Hawaii

Seattle, Portland, Chicago

Worst larger city would have to include Richmond, Houston, Dallas, but there are lots of smaller cities that would make that list for me. I also have a love/hate relationship with Atlanta....(and I've lived there on three different occasions, so don't scream, Atlantans)

[brainshrub]

21. My three cents:

Best

• Asheville, NC
  
• Charlotte, NC
  
• Ashland, OR
  
• Portland, OR
  
• New York, NY
  

Worst

• Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  
• Anyplace in South Dakota
  

[ldoolin]

22. S.D.

Sturgis and Rapid City are cool...

[RebelOne]

23. Worst: Miami, Florida

I can say that because I lived there most of my life. I now live in Georgia, north of Atlanta. Though Atlanta is not the best, it is 100% better than that "hell hole of the South."

[DemoTex]

25. Best: Asheville, NC

Worst: Newark, NJ

[G_j]

55. nice place

but I'm partial. Love SF and Burlington Vt. also.
worst? there are a whole lot of 'worst'....

[lotteandollie]

115. I Luv Asheville

I can't comment on the worst.

[theorist]

26. Worst: Little Rock & Atlanta

Best: New York, Charleston(SC)

[jiacinto]

27. Baltimore and Miami as the worst

clearly. They are all scary cities.

[mobuto]

36. What's wrong with Baltimore? Its a real honest city.

It has some horribly poor sections, but so do Washington and Detroit and even, come to mention it, New York. But it has industry, community, cohesion and culture, just the kind that much of the country doesn't have.

I'm less of a fan of Miami, but there's still an awful lot going on there.

Now you mention bad cities, I'll give you bad cities.

Hartford is bad. Flint is bad. Detroit is bad. Gary is bad. Toledo is bad. Houston is bad. Dallas is bad. Louisville is bad. Springfield, Mass is bad. Atlanta is bad. St. Louis is getting worse. And I've just started.

But don't go knocking Balmore.

[Zuni]

80. My dad grew up in Baltimore

and it was a real honest working class city.
Parts of it have been revitalized and parts of it are great. Fells Point has a great bar/club scene. The Downtown area isn't half bad.

Baltimore is an underrated city

[amandae]

28. Kansas City as the worst ... San Diego as the best

San Diego has to be the prettiest city in the U.S. ... with a great climate. Kansas City has so much crime and it's UGLY!

Welcome to DU!!!!

:hi:

[Musashi]

96. Hey! What's the problem with KC?

Kansas City's crime is not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Fifteen years ago, maybe, but things have improved greatly since the 80's. As for calling it ugly, I'll admit that's a pretty subjective thing, but there are huge sections of the city that can be called downright beautiful. It's got some rundown areas, too, but what city doesn't?

Sorry to sound so indignant, but I gotta defend my hometown.

[RedEarth]

124. I agree, KC is a very nice City

I've been there several times and find it a very attractive city...." the city of fountains", oldest shopping center, great food.

[Blade]

29. Best:

St. Paul, MN; St. Cloud, MN
Worst: NYC, LA, Chicago...

[MrsMatt]

46. I'll agree with one of your choices

namely, St Paul as being a great place to live (better than Minneapolis, in my view).

Worst is NOT New York City (I could live there with no reservations); but rather Irvine, CA - they don't call it the "City by the Beige" for nothing (MrMatt & I lived in Santa Ana while MrMatt attended graduate school at UC Irivine, and Irvine was vile).

[roxdog]

30. Best/Worst Towns

Best: Nashville TN
Worst: Washington DC

[Gemini Cat]

32. Worst cities:

Columbus Ohio
Lawrence Ma.
Houston Tx.
Baltimore

Best:
New York
San Francisco
Washington DC (Great food and wonderful book stores and of course, the Smithonian.)
Richmond Va.

[SmileyBoy]

33. (Quality of life) Best: Rochester, MN. Worst: East St. Louis, IL.

There's many factors you could use, but I think the biggest is quality of life.

[citizen snips]

35. Best city

The best city is Miami Flordia.

[HuckleB]

43. Best: Portland, NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Worst:

Houston
Phoenix
Anaheim
LA
Tampa
Atlanta
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Las Vegas

[HuckleB]

47. Portland, OR, to clarify... And, yes, us webfeet know the derivation...

of the name. It could have been Boston, OR, but Portland won out via a coin flip.

[MegaDeuse3080]

72. Houston

What is so bad about Houston I have never been there.

[HuckleB]

84. Have you been to Phoenix?

Same basic problem.

[SiobhanClancy]

45. When you say Portland...

please specify Maine or Oregon. Hint:The one in Oregon was named after the one in Maine:)

[durutti]

48. I don't know.

I've never been any further North than Pennsylvania (where I live), any further South than North Carolina, any further East than Delaware, or any further West than Ohio.

The cities I've most liked are Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and all of Delaware. The ones I've most disliked are all of Virginia, all of North Carolina, and Ocean City, MD.

[thom1102]

49. Worst City: By far Hartford CT

Without a doubt.

[mobuto]

53. Hartford is Godawful

But its not any worse than Gary Indiana or Flint Michigan, and only moderately better than Springfield Mass. And Detroit?

[ikojo]

51. St Louis gets a bad rap in the press but

it's better than where I grew up (Springfield, IL) so I'd rank it as one of America's best cities....

The activist community in STL is strong, if smaller than San Francisco. It takes work to be an activist here because it's not a part of the culture as it seems to be in Northern California.

It's a matter of perspective....I'd love to live in NYC, San Francisco or even Chicago but I find myself in the Lou so I make the best of it.

Living in the Lou is affordable for a single person making a bit above a living wage.

[Zuni]

54. my pix

Best---Annapolis MD, San Diego, Denver, New York

Worst--Jacksonville, Washington DC

[Red_Storm]

56. Best: NYC and Chicago .........

Worst : Kansas City and Detroit

[geniph]

58. Lahaina, Santa Cruz, Hana, Lihue, Key West

San Diego, Eugene, San Francisco, Portland, and (shhh! don't tell anyone - my hometown - Seattle) are my favorites.

The ones I truly disliked: Toledo. Newark. Omaha. Oklahoma City. Houston. Sacramento. Orlando. Anaheim.

The one I expected to dislike, but actually liked a lot: Cleveland! There's a lot to be said for the lake, now that it's not a vat of sewage. Miami, I could go either way - it's a strange, schizophrenic city. Atlanta had pretty horrendous traffic, but was otherwise an interesting place.

I want to see New Orleans and Tucson and Taos. Haven't been to any of them yet.

[Logansquare]

59. Best: too many to choose from; Worst: Houston

.

[bif]

62. Best: Chicago Worse: Detroit-no contest

If you've ever been to Detroit, you'd certainly agree.

[adriennel]

63. I love Detroit!

Honestly, I do!! Urban decay can be beautiful and I've actually always felt safe there.

Have you ever been to Gary, IN? Makes Detroit look like paradise.

[bif]

65. I've driven through Gary on the way to Chicago.

And yes, it does look like a dump. Sort of an ugly version of Wyondotte.

[TopesJunkie]

64. Gotta go with Portland, Oregon as the best --

I'll give nods to Seattle, San Fran, New York, and Portland, Maine, too.

As for the worst, where do I begin? There are so many.

Houston, Phoenix, Miami, Tampa, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, Albuquerque, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and on and on and on. We do know how to screw up the creation of a city, don't we?

[Bluzmann57]

66. Best?

right here in the Quad-Cities of Iowa and Illinois. But then I'm biased. Denver is a nice place too. Worst? Heres a vote for Ft. Worth TX. My ex lives down there and it still ain't far enough away. Cheyenne, Wyoming kinda sucks too. Chicago is a neat place to visit but probably not to live. Too damn big.

[ohiosmith]

67. Best: NY, San Diego, New Orleans. Worst: Philadelphia hands down.

[blueraven95]

68. Best Philly

I can't really think of a worst city, but I have not enjoyed any of the time I've spent in Florida

[LynneSin]

93. I LOVE PHILADELPHIA!!!

Best city in the world!!!!!

[bratcatinok]

69. I like

Houston. Of course, I might be a bit prejudiced because I grew up there.

Dallas is awful. Full of traffic and snobby people.

I love San Antonio. I lived there for 6 years.

The absolute worst to me would be Los Angeles.

[smirkymonkey]

70. Best is NYC, although it is

getting much harder to live here.

Also best: San Francisco, Boston, Burlington, VT (have lived in all, like NYC the best)

Worst: (that I know of) Utica, Rome, Syracuse NY.

[CO Liberal]

71. Colorado Springs Has to be One Of The WORST

Thanks to James Dobson, Ed Bircham, Joel Hefley, and the rest of the right-wing homophobe assholes in the area.

[RebelOne]

101. Yeah, but Steamboat Springs is fabulous.

I was there a few years ago on a ski trip. And I would move there in a heartbeat if there were any jobs available in my field.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

73. Best: Boston, NYC, San Francisco Worst: Grand Rapids, MI Houston

and so many others I have traveled to for work that the list would be endless. If you can't get a green salad (i.e. no iceberg lettuce) or decent martini in a city, it's a living hell IMO.

[VermontDem2004]

75. I don't travel much but will still add to the conversation

The best cities I visited or lived were Flagstaff, Denver, Boulder, I guess Tempe. The worst cities I visited were Apache Junction, Much of Las Vegas, and probaly Loveland because I really don't like the experience.

[ThomWV]

76. Best is Annapolis, Worst is Cleveland

San Diego is real nice too of course and you wouldn't catch me dead in Houston, or any other part of Texas for that matter.

[Zuni]

81. I live in Annapolis

It is a nice city. Very clean, alot of history. Good resturaunts too. great seafood. I live in Eastport, only a few miles from where George Washington resigned as head of the continental army, where Francis Scott Key lived. My mother lives downtown on a street that the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence lived on.

[GOPisEvil]

90. Thanks for judging a place having never visited.

There are parts of Texas that are quite lovely (and liberal). Even parts of Houston. Go figure.

[Township75]

77. Worst = Anything in Rhode Island or LA. Best = Boulder, Pittsburgh, Portln

[Township75]

78. Kick*

*

[LTR]

79. Best - San Francisco, Worst - Detroilet

What a sad, depressing city. Imagine a major city downtown with nothing in it but empty buildings.

Runner-up for worst - Gary, IN

[bif]

82. Detroit blows I agree

I should know. I live here.

[ScreamingMeemie]

94. I am going to have to disagree here. I don't live here by choice, but

Detroit is not the worst city, believe me. There is great culture at the DIA, there is the theater district, there are the ethnic festivals in summertime, Second City....it's a pretty nice town in actuality.

[bif]

106. "Nice place to live but I wouldn't want to visit it."

Is what I always say.

[Capn Sunshine]

85. I'm with you on Houston

what a shithole.Pollution to prove it, # 1 in the USA. The lack of spell check in the general populace is really annoying.The illiteracy rate is near 20%. One in five on the road with you can't read. Portable signs.Damn those are a whole other form of pollution.
No zoning; a junkyard next to a church next to a titty bar next to a house. I have seen this. Oh and every suburb has it's own damn police force so there's like one or two cars of every police appearance every few miles.
I hate Houston.

[Lindsey]

86. Best: L.A., San Francisco and San Diego

I've lived in L.A. (for the past 14 years) and I love it. Obviously the traffic sucks but I've developed some great friendships and relationships, there's ALWAYS so much to do, the weather is perfect, and I just love the creative energy here. It close to the beaches and the mouuntains. People that don't like it haven't been here or haven't given it a chance (imho). The worst city is, without question, Houston. I lived there for five years and I have a brother and sister that live there now. I only go there when someone dies (out of obligation). The weather is horrible (the humidity is almost intolerable and it floods at the drop of a hat), a lot of the people are arrogant rednecks, and it's got to the the UGLIEST town on the planet.

[Hypoxis]

87. San Francisco the worst, San Diego the best

I made the mistake of taking my children to a 49ers game once. I honest to God had never had a worse trip in my life. At most stadiums the fans are cool, but in SF, we had people saying horrible things in front of my kids, people urinating in public, the ATM machines were absolutely filthy, our care got broken into, and most of the people were rude.
In San Diego I saw the opposite. Frendly family-type people. The downtown was clean. No bad language. Just a great deal more class.

[HuckleB]

92. I've had the opposite experience.

[ronnykmarshall]

100. I've lived in both cities.

I enjoyed my time in San Diego, it's great city. But you have a very biased view of SF. You went to a football game at Candle Stick park. THAT is NOT San Francisco and that does not represent the people of San Francisco.

[Loonman]

88. Best: Boston Worst: NYC

n/t

[Loonman]

89. dupe

dupe

[bearfan454]

91. Austin Tx for the greatest for me

Chicago is 2nd. I don't really have a worst unless we can find the most conservative place.

[skippysmom]

95. Hard to choose

But from among the places I have been on vacation:

Best: Boston, Washington DC, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Phoenix, Seattle, Asheville, Portland (ME), Burlington (VT), Providence, Annapolis

Worst: Detroit, Dubuque, Gary, Quad Cities, Rockford, Troy (NY)

Best and worst: NYC. Great place to visit, wouldn't live there in a thousand years.

Of the places I have lived:

Madison, WI is a great city, but I have bad memories associated with it of a lousy relationship and a crappy job market.

Albany, NY isn't bad. Not the prettiest of cities, but an interesting history.

Ditto Hartford, CT (where I grew up). I have fond memories of Christmas shopping there with my mother.

[the_boxer_]

97. Dallas!

as the best. I can't think of a worst.

[Ishoutandscream]

104. God bless you. Prepared to be flamed

We Dallasites are the most hated on this board.

[the_boxer_]

122. Really? Why?

Where are you from (in Dallas) btw?

From Plano here.

[TEXASYANKEE]

111. Well ... not quite.

I've lived in Dallas for 23 years and I do love and enjoy it, but it's far from the best city. It's pretty darned nice, though. I can't think of a "best" at the moment, but San Diego, Toronto, Portland, and Seattle would all rate higher than Dallas (for me).

[ronnykmarshall]

98. Best NYC/SF

But I do love my city ..... LA!


I'm not going pick a worst city. Insulting someone possible home town is tacky.

[tishaLA]

102. Best: LA (natch), Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Philadelphia

Worst: Indianapolis (oh! Does that qualify as a city?), Saint Louis, Oklahoma City, places in Wisconson, Cincinnatti, Pittsburgh.

[corarose]

105. Chicago is the BEST, Cleveland has much to be desired

When we stayed at Swingos Entertainment Hotel we couldn't go out because it was filled with junkies and prostitutes.

I hope Cleveland had been cleaned up by now because I haven't been there in 15 years.

[ronnykmarshall]

107. Swingos??

Bette Midler made that famous in her 1976 concert.

[BigMcLargehuge]

108. Best: New Bedford, MA. Worst, hell I don't know.

Here I am again talking up a place that to virtually all other eyes looks like and has the atmosphere of a 3rd world hellhole. Virtually abandoned by state government and any semblance of employers who offer a living wage, the beauty and history of the city still makes it the most special places to me.

[SiobhanClancy]

114. I love New Bedford,too...

I hope that everyone will visit,and help their economy:)It's a very interesting town!

[BigMcLargehuge]

116. Don't know where you're from or at

but if you ever want to meet up there for a nice bottle of Sagres and some Chourico a bom Biero, drop me a line. I visist family once a month or so.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

127. Falamos Portugues?

Lots of great Portugues food in New Bedford/Fall River. Then again, my city of Cambridge has Casa Portugal, Atasca, Portugalia and many other fine Portuguese restaurants...

[skippysmom]

121. Interviewed for a job there once...

It was nicer than I expected. I really liked the downtown area with all the cobblestone streets.

[skibunny4dean]

109. Worst: SALT LAKE CITY

or anywhere in Utah

[pdx_prog]

110. I lived in New Orleans

for 6 years. I couldn't get used to the smell. If it wasn't piss and beer in the quarter, it was the sulfer smells or the refinery smells. Not a good place to raise kids.....crime is unbelievable, and traffic sucks.

I have to say I love the City....the culture, the food, and the gorgeous Creole women at Roberts (Rho-Bears) on Canal though...:)

Houston sucks....

Detroit sucks x 2....

Dallas SUCKS...

SF is a great city, but it's too expensive..

Chicago....great place to visit...don't want any part of living there though..

Portland rocks.....

[kyrasdad]

112. Best/Worst

Best... Santa Fe, DC, Miami

Worst... NYC, Houston, Boston (for the traffic)

[SmileyBoy]

113. Best: Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco. Worst: Dallas, Detroit, Houston

Honourable mention for best goes to: Denver, Seattle, New York City, Boston.

Honourable mention for worst goes to: Phoenix, Cincinnati, Birmingham

[philosophie_en_rose]

117. Worst? Celebration, Florida

AKA Stepford, USA

[Musashi]

118. kick

kick

[JCMach1]

120. Midland/Odessa, TX- Armpit of the world

:(

If you have ever lived there, you will understand * a little better.

[EmmaP]

123. Loved reading all these...

I haven't traveled a whole heck of a lot, but from the places I've been, I'm going to have to go with Burlington, VT for the best. If I liked big cities, I'd probably go with Boston, MA.

Not sure who would get the nod for worst...there are too many choices...

If we could just get some intelligent, visionary people in charge, my home of Erie, PA could be phenomenal (but, alas, I'm not sure that's ever going to happen).

[bleedingheart]

125. LA and Houston Worst...Pittsburgh and Boulder I like

I live near Pittsburgh and I am fond of my beautiful city.

Boulder I visited years ago in college...

I have been in LA and Houston for business and I disliked both...too big and dirty.

Houston's air can smell like motor oil...ick

[LuCifer]

126. my $0.02

Best: Chicago, Seattle, San Fran, Philly (dirty as hell..at least the west side was in 1999...but still cool), NYC, DC, Baltimore, Orlando (people of South Florida could take a lesson in civility from the O-town folks! As well as how to have public transportation that is actually worth a damn!), I can't think of any others I've been to, so sorry if I left out your cool city!

Worst: Miami/Ft. Lauderdale/West Palm Beach, hands down. Nastiest damn folks on the face of this planet. No natural beauty left, PAVE THE WHOLE DMAN STATE WHILE YER AT IT! And don't start me on how crap the drivers are! Also, Detroit (the people are alright, but damn! the city is a complete demilitarized zone!), Tampa, Cincinatti, Indianapolis, Jacksonville (I take back what I said about Detroit...THIS is the smelliest, dumpiest town I have EVER been to!), Nashville...that should do it!

There I said it, now get the hell outta here,
Lu Cifer