The City, love it or hate it. (caution 7 pics)

The City, Love it or Hate it?

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I've been to 49 states and 17 countries so far, and NYC is by far my least favorite place that I've ever been.

Generally speaking, big cities are not for me.
 
stabman said:
New York and Toronto are two places I wouldn't miss if aliens zapped them.:thumbdn:
Both places are so arrogant as to think they're central to the whole damn nation; ick.
Too bad they cannot be shipped off to Antarctica, where they WOULD be the most important cities on the continent.:cool:
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My favorite post in this thread! :D

It IS an interesting observation that large cities often breed arrogance among the citizens. A good friend of mine is from Boston. Occasionally, he'll forget he's in the relative sticks and start to verbally blast away at "country people". "Those country people are so dumb and uneducated. City people have education and civility. City people have common sense, etc."

I casually remind him that it was the urbanized people who most heartily supported Hitler's rise to power :p

As for cities, the biggest I've lived in is Albuquerque. Then, its vast population numbered 550,000 :o 'twas too big for me, as a daily living situation.
 
Ridiculous knife laws notwithstanding, I love the city! But I also love the outdoors, so getting out of the city often is nice.
 
Other than driving through them, or landing in their airports, I've never been in a big city. From what I've seen on tv, I'm glad I haven't been and don't plan on ever being in one!
 
I like cities; lots of people live in them and that means that where I live doesn't have many people. :D

I've never been to NYC and have no desire to visit. I've spent several hours at JFK and that's more than close enough for me. I've been to lots of other big cities, even lived in a huge one for a while, but if I never set foot in one again I won't feel I missed out on anything.
 
I've been lurking in this forum for a few weeks, and have learned quite a bit from the members. I guess this is as good a topic to do my first post. I lived in Chicago and the burbs for 47 yrs. Moved to Florida to help my mother 10yrs. ago. Don't ever intend to go back and indure the Chicago winter. I'm spoiled!! I always heard the brags about how the "country boy" will survive. I've seen both sides...city boys also know how to hunt, fish, and camp with the best of them. I feel the"street wise education" you recieve in a big city, combined with the love of the outdoors, gives one a well rounded perspective. Each invironment has it's +'s and -'s. Now in a small town in Florida, I'm really enjoying the slower paced life. Thanks to all for sharing your vast knowledge!!
John
 
slysir said:
I've been lurking in this forum for a few weeks, and have learned quite a bit from the members. I guess this is as good a topic to do my first post. I lived in Chicago and the burbs for 47 yrs. Moved to Florida to help my mother 10yrs. ago. Don't ever intend to go back and indure the Chicago winter. I'm spoiled!! I always heard the brags about how the "country boy" will survive. I've seen both sides...city boys also know how to hunt, fish, and camp with the best of them. I feel the"street wise education" you recieve in a big city, combined with the love of the outdoors, gives one a well rounded perspective. Each invironment has it's +'s and -'s. Now in a small town in Florida, I'm really enjoying the slower paced life. Thanks to all for sharing your vast knowledge!!
John
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I couldn't agree more:thumbup:

Welcome to the forum:)
 
slysir said:
I've been lurking in this forum for a few weeks, and have learned quite a bit from the members. I guess this is as good a topic to do my first post. I lived in Chicago and the burbs for 47 yrs. Moved to Florida to help my mother 10yrs. ago. Don't ever intend to go back and indure the Chicago winter. I'm spoiled!! I always heard the brags about how the "country boy" will survive. I've seen both sides...city boys also know how to hunt, fish, and camp with the best of them. I feel the"street wise education" you recieve in a big city, combined with the love of the outdoors, gives one a well rounded perspective. Each invironment has it's +'s and -'s. Now in a small town in Florida, I'm really enjoying the slower paced life. Thanks to all for sharing your vast knowledge!!
John
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Great first post and welcome to the forums, just came back from droppin' my cousin off at JFK for his return trip back to Hungary and before he left the last thing he wanted to do was wander around Central Park.

So we drove into the City one last time before we left found a parkin' spot at 73rd and 5th across from the Park, we wandered around for about 4 hours, past the turtle pond and around the Alice in Wonderland statues, back over to the Museum of Natural History and what ever we could find before we left.

It was a nice day and a nice stroll before we all went our separate ways, I'll miss that kid.
 
Welcome to the Knife Nut capital of the WWW Slysir!!!!! :D

What part of Florida are you in, I'm up in the panhandle just a little west of Fort Walton Beach. You play Poker??? :)
 
L6steel said:
Welcome to the Knife Nut capital of the WWW Slysir!!!!! :D

What part of Florida are you in, I'm up in the panhandle just a little west of Fort Walton Beach. You play Poker??? :)
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Far,far away....2 hours south of Orlando....I love to "poker"!!!:p
 
I enjoy going to a city for a short visit... I get greater enjoyment from LEAVING a city after a short visit.

It's sort of like why one enjoys walking across burning coals in your bare feet... you do it because it feels so good when you stop!:D
 
gajinoz said:
I loathe cities, the bigger they are, the less I like them. I don't have a problem with other people liking them, if that's your thing good luck to you but I have no desire to visit them at all.
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What gajinoz said.

NY , Chi-town , SF... no big deal to me.
 
I could never live in NYC, but I visit as often as I can. There is always
something cool to do or see there, and the food is great.

T. Erdelyi said:
So we drove into the City one last time before we left found a parkin' spot at 73rd and 5th across from the Park,
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Now I know that you are BS'ing.
Nobody finds a parking space across from the Park. Nobody.


:D
 
I've decided this thread needs a little balance so, to offset the smogville pictures up above there, here is a bit of something more to my taste.


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NYC is great to visit. Wouldn't ever want to live there.

Unless it was empty of almost all people, except hot naked chicks that we're chasing me around wearing bicycle helmets and knee pads.

Ah, to choose ones matter of death.........
 
Kneepads and bicycle helmets?

I'm not entirely sure I want to know what sort of bizarre fetish that involves but, what the hell, entertain me ....
 
Having been to Budapest about a month ago, that's about as much of a city as I'd need. Sure, NYC is the city to end all cities, but it is generally cost prohibitive and too crowded for most people- the people that stick it out have some sort of (delusional?) dream about living there and suffer (or thrive) for the sake of it. Budapest was a beautiful place, and it was both cosmopolitan and hip, yet approachable. It is expensive as well- perhaps not as bad as Manhattan, but I'm sure it is also rather hard to earn a salary that can keep up with all of those Euro toting tourists. Cities are kingdoms of convienience and human activity, and those that live in them (I live in San Francisco- no exception) pay the price of higher prices, poorer environment, and far too many people for general comfort. New York is just a more extreme version of it all, and the people who live there wouldn't have it any other way.
 
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