Best place in the U.S to live

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Further proof that Minnesota kicks ass, 4 counties in the top 20

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I was born in Minneapolis Minnesota, lived in Egan for about 8 months, then my Dad was re-stationed {Airforce} back to SATX. Been here since age 1 {turned one here anyhow} and have never left other than visiting other states and cities while on Holiday. ---One day I shall "Storm Ride" to the land of my birth, and stand in the place I once was interlocking the then with the now, a time that stood still while I changed/grew, thus I cannot speak with authority on Minnesota, but from my travels so far it is still TEXAS that I will one day set roots in and call "Home". Though I do love New Mexico, Arizona {the bit of it I saw} and Colorado. Chicago was nice, but I wasn't there long enough to be totally correct. NYC is too damn big but I did like the Niagra area/Buffallo.

...it just depends on the person really. The older I get the more claustrophopic I become to mankind's urban/suburban way of doing things and I long to be amongst the outlands. TEXAS is still a good place for this, thus I'd tell someone to bring their ass to The Republic.

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What I like about the MN figures is that the median home values aren't too far off from the median annual income values. I'm not so fond of the weather there, but I'd much rather be cold than be another rat in a matchbox with 10 million other pissed off big city "bigtym3rz".

L.A. is the best place to live,bar none.

You'll learn to appreciate things you'd normally take for granted here,such as parking spaces,clean air,and last but definitely not least,your life.

the whole top 20 is boring as shit, i wouldn't move to any of those places, and it's almost all midwest states where no one lives cause it's boring as shit and there's nothing there, no wonder they say it's better, cause no one lives there. only one entry with a million + population too.....

woot! Dupage made the list.

I only work there though, live in the next county over.

It aint Guantanamo Bay.

no california city. damn.

Meh, I live now in #18 (Hennepin County, the biggest on the list) and I still think the list is bullshit:

"Los Alamos County, N.M., tops the list as the best place to live in terms of quality of living."

New Mexico? The whole state has just one area code: 505. WTF is there to do there? Hump Coyotes? I need city life. I prefer beaches and perfect weather, but I require the elements of living in a cosmopolitan city that the Twin Cities barely provide.

That list is for people who want to live silently and away from anything interesting at all.

Bobak said:

That list is for people who want to live silently and away from anything interesting at all.

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Then why is Dupage county, IL on the list? It's pretty close to Chicago.

I have no idea about the rest of them places though. BUTTROK!

I've already planned to go living in the US once I got my degree
and California is my first choice

still undecided between LA and bay area though

lololololololol

that's like a list of the biggest loser lands in the US.

fuck man.

my top list would would be

Miami
Manhattan
LA
Las Vegas
and DC because I know how to pimp it

fucking pick a place you can enjoy your life in. Not some place you can breath god's good air. You'll have plenty of time for that when you're too old to get an erection.

kaos said:

I've already planned to go living in the US once I got my degree
and California is my first choice

still undecided between LA and bay area though

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the bay area has the shittiest looking women in California. Stick with LA.

B.I.GPSYCHE said:

L.A. is the best place to live,bar none.

You'll learn to appreciate things you'd normally take for granted here,such as parking spaces,clean air,and last but definitely not least,your life.

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If you want a lesson in how shitty life can be, then yeah, LA takes the cake. If you've already learned this lesson, then it's time to move on.

galfordo said:

If you want a lesson in how shitty life can be, then yeah, LA takes the cake. If you've already learned this lesson, then it's time to move on.

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I don't know what your beef is,but L.A. isn't all that bad.

Move on? Where? Bumblefuck,U.S.A ?

Nah,I'll pass.

VA also has 4 on that list......

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Move on? Where? Bumblefuck,U.S.A ?

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*Well some people like to get further away from the whole overrated "Cosmopolitan" $BLING $BLING style of urban/suburbaniana nightmare is all. Bumblefuck U.S.A. sounds good to me as long as there is some mountainous terrain to go hunting in, a desert sloping high into more mountains, or a mishmash of different terrain like TEXAS has. In a day and age where I could for all purposes live ontop of a mesa somewhere {hey the Native Americans did it at Mesa Verde} where I can have all the ammenities of City Living, satellite uplinks to the Internet and TV... AND have the option to be amongst nature at it's best, to me that's worlds better than the smong of City living on a Megalopolis scale where the attitude by the police force is that "There's assholes & citizens" just doesn't sit right with me. Plus in the case of a possible attack or something you're already out in the middle of nowhere but with access to the same intel as anyone else. You call the shots.

...but I could see where some people just need the flashy BLING BLING lifestyle of L.A. or New York City... Chicago... Hong Kong to Tokyo. ---That used to be me from age 12-21, now you couldn't pay me a million + bucks to live in any of those places. Visit, sure! *Have lots of fun, but not for more than a week or two... then it's back to Bumblefuck USA.

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Mercenary X99 said:

*Well some people like to get further away from the whole overrated "Cosmopolitan" $BLING $BLING style of urban/suburbaniana nightmare is all. Bumblefuck U.S.A. sounds good to me as long as there is some mountainous terrain to go hunting in, a desert sloping high into more mountains, or a mishmash of different terrain like TEXAS has. In a day and age where I could for all purposes live ontop of a mesa somewhere {hey the Native Americans did it at Mesa Verde} where I can have all the ammenities of City Living, satellite uplinks to the Internet and TV... AND have the option to be amongst nature at it's best, to me that's worlds better than the smong of City living on a Megalopolis scale where the attitude by the police force is that "There's assholes & citizens" just doesn't sit right with me. Plus in the case of a possible attack or something you're already out in the middle of nowhere but with access to the same intel as anyone else. You call the shots.

...but I could see where some people just need the flashy BLING BLING lifestyle of L.A. or New York City... Chicago... Hong Kong to Tokyo. ---That used to be me from age 12-21, now you couldn't pay me a million + bucks to live in any of those places. Visit, sure! *Have lots of fun, but not for more than a week or two... then it's back to Bumblefuck USA.

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Merc,I hear you on that,but come on,man,city living ain't all that bad. Living the simple life in the sticks ain't all that much better than the so-called "Bling-Bling" lifestyle,often associated with city life.

The "Bling-Bling" lifestyle is EVERYWHERE,these days.

Remember "Bangin' in Little Rock"?

B.I.GPSYCHE said:

Merc,I hear you on that,but come on,man,city living ain't all that bad. Living the simple life in the sticks ain't all that much better than the so-called "Bling-Bling" lifestyle,often associated with city life.

The "Bling-Bling" lifestyle is EVERYWHERE,these days.

Remember "Bangin' in Little Rock"?

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This is true to a point, as some smaller town in America {and I've seen more than a few down here in Texas} have violent crimes committed by wanna be "Gangstas" who are just bored with nothing better to do than act tough and be all XXX Hardcore in their manner of behavior and dress, but while it does happen it's still far and few between, and generally apliccable to "Townships" and what not. ---If you're nearest neighbor is at least a mile or two or even three away... you're on your own for all points of argument. Unless you're doing something truly odd, the Sheriff couldn't give two shits what you're doing and you've got the ammenities of city life at your finger tips, a private arcade in your garage... or Barn like this one dude I know in Uvalde Texas {YES, the dude has an entire barn turned into a private arcade with 152 uprights}. If you have a backstop of sorts and not to close to a town ordance... you can set up a rifle range and shoot on your own property, etcetera. You can see the stars at night under unsmogged skies at night, and be one with nature. Go down to a river or creek and jump in... go nature fucking with teh wife or GF. Hiking into parts unknown assuming a Game Warden hasn't posted up signs to not go a certain way for safety reasons... but I do anyhow, don't need no sum'bitch tellin' me what's best for me... I'll take my chances.

Thus to me there is a bit of a "Difference" in the $BLINGED out city way of living and the Rural/Secluded way of living with the ammenities of Suburbia within your domicile. ---I think it's the reason I love TEXAS so much. The state is spacious to the max, has it's own oil, beaches, desert, forrests, mountains, rolling plains of flatlands and it's cities that can't be avoided. If it were a nation it be the fifth biggest nation on the planet, sadly it's still apart of the Union though. I have no problem with people who want to live stacked up ontop of one another, I just {at age 26} just don't care to partake in that lifestyle and stress anymore is all. Give me a river to skip rocks across the water, go fishing in anyday... and then at night fall I'd Log onto Cyberspace via a Satellite uplink and shoot teh shit with you droogs in here anyhow. ---Don't have the money for my own land yet, but I'm saving up for something like I'm elaborating on.

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I've lived all over the east coast and I have to say that I prefer city life over the rural life by a longshot. Its all about accessibility. I love the fact that I can go to the movies at 2am if I wanted or get pizza even later, or walk to the local import shop. Sure theres some drawbacks such as over crowding in the hotspots like Times Square, but hell, there are plenty of lowkey areas within NYC (ie, almost the whole borough of Staten Island).

But I say get in where you fit in. Peace to the inner city bastard and the rural hick

I can't believe Maricopa county didn't make the top 20.

Clean air
Clean roads
Plenty of space
Great weather

Whats the problem?

B.I.GPSYCHE said:

I don't know what your beef is,but L.A. isn't all that bad.

Move on? Where? Bumblefuck,U.S.A ?

Nah,I'll pass.

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L.A. is too crowded, grungy, overpriced, the traffic is hopelessly congested, and the parking is nonexistent. I don't understand the appeal at all, but some people love it, so whatever works for you.

Anyway, you don't have to live in the mountains of west virginia, nor do you have to live in the heart of NYC. You can strike a balance. A good balance to me is to live within 20-30 minutes of a medium sized city. That way, you're not obligated to always have people in your face, but you can enjoy the night life, events, etc. that a city has to offer, when you feel so inclined.

Yuppies.

Doesn't matter to me where the fuck I live. As long as I have electricity, paved roads, and access to the Internet, I could care less. Everything I like to do could be done in bumblefuck, USA, or in Capital City.