What's your favorite city in the U.S.?

Mine: San Francisco.

BUT Home is home.....
Norfolk, Va.

Can you see the battle ship USS Wisconsin?
(Perpendicular to the cruise ship, and right of it)
....it could blow up my apartment building from there!

Night, all! :hi:

NYC or San Francisco. I love them both for different reasons.

I was at Pu'u honua O'honaunau today and there is a ki'i(Carved imaged, Hawaiian for "tiki") of Hunter Thompson there. I swear it is the spitting image of Dr Gonzo. I don't know if the carver was paying homage to HST or if it is a coincidence but it is amazing.

http://www.nps.gov/puho/


(Only pic of it I could find on the web, doesn't do it justice.)

been a while, though...

And that kind of looks like it was carved using a Ralph Steadman drawing as a model, from what I can see of it (just needs a cigarette holder...heh)

On page 20-21 of The Curse of Lono there is a Ralph Steadman print of the temple at Honaunau. The pic is pretty accurate, the tiki that he drew of Thompson is in the position that the tiki I saw today was in, however the real Thompson tiki doesn't have the "marlin headdress". If you are ever on the Big Island you should check it out.

it's my hometown

yours too

check out the sign

http://www.charlescity.govoffice.com/

I don't see a sign, just a US flag. :shrug:

http://www.charlescity.govoffice.com/vertical/Sites/{A0BCD124-E4DA-4FBD-BCE7-39962EAEA9B2}/uploads/{B7B757DB-FC61-4257-A401-CF5908BF58F5}.JPG

vicious gay DU love triangle.

I was informed of it in my "What did I miss?" thread.

Apparently, JP Gray got the clap and then you killed the guy who gave it to him.

Not unfair, I suppose.

is a terrible experience. It's filled with traffic and idiotic trucks. You know it's a crappy driving experience when someone from NJ thinks it's terrible and that driving in NJ is comparatively wonderful. Except for the driving part, I do like the eastern portion of CT though.

Edited to add that I just realized you're probably talking about HEyHEY's theory. Oh well, I'm distracted by PeeWee Herman's Fun House. I think it's even more fun now than when I was a kid.

And congratulations on the fish.

You must feel good inside.

Well, it's near San Francisco. :shrug:

as I type.

just to see the places Hitchcock filmed it. Nothin'.

Only local place they used was the old schoolhouse in Bodega, not Bodega Bay. It's a few miles inland.

x(

Still, it's a picturesque little town. Gas station still had the old-fashioned pumps.

constructed for the film. Bodega Bay has never looked like that. Like you said, the schoolhouse is the only structure still recognizable.

Or, at least, it was. Sigh.

of neglect. Or already dead.

I think it's arguably the most European city in America and all the cute Irish bartenders...

I imagine the French influence as being quite strong, but there are huge parts of Boston where you could swear you were in Ireland or Italy.

Think Buenos Aires, Santiago and Rio mixed together. But I don't find Boston to be European at all, so what do I know.

Boston has only a few small locations within it that might pass for European (Com Ave down in BackBay for instance) could be European, but otherwise....no. Somerville? Medford? Southie? Brookline? Cambridge? Not European at all.

only by the Atlantic Ocean. (Taken from the introduction to 'A Confederacy of Dunces' by John Kennedy O'Toole.

Of all the cities I have really spent some time in.

so much personality, so much attitude :thumbsup:

They don't call it the "San Francisco of the midwest" for nothing.

n/t

I couldn't wait to get back to Jersey.

Lived there for six weeks. I prefer to be in the Outlands.

Hell, I can barely call myself native because neither of my parents were born there.

Of course, they'll be spending a day at our house in NJ, then they're getting transported up to our CT house. I honestly have no idea how we're going to fit everyone into our CT house, because it's pretty much a cabin. I have a funny feeling I'm going to end up sleeping on the porch or my Jeep. Regardless, I'm going up for the beach, boats, and fishing not for elderly Republican family friends.

It's a matter of perspective, I guess! LOL

I had to spend a week in Secaucus, NJ and it sucked. Everyone else was also from out of state, so I kept having to explain that the majority of Jersey did not look like Secaucus.

...gotta go with the hometown. Seattle would be a very, very close 2nd.

or Lead in South Dakota.

Followed by Rockville, Indiana. Big cities suck.

Orlando--I just love the whole fantasy playland feel of the region.

San Antonio is a little-known gem. The River Walk, El Mercado, the missions, the cultural feel of the city, the amusement parks, the cuisine.

Santa Fe's a little commercial, but the southwest artist feel is still there. There are a couple of towns around it that are less commercialized, like Madrid or Taos.

(Not that it's "better" than NYC, San Francisco, etc.)

But it's the city most Texans visit if they are vacationing inside the State. About a century older than other Texas cities (El Paso is a whole other subject), culture abounds. (Not just "high culture.") There were many early German settlers--not just Spanish/Mexican. Hence the beer. Hence the accordions in Tejano music. (Visit the Institute of Texan Cultures.)

The River Walk is commercial yet charming--you can eat, drink & shop or just wander. San Antonio's Conservation Society has been stopping bulldozers since 1924. Several fine museums & an interesting art scene. I love the Missions--including the Alamo; it had a long history before That Battle. And it's right downtown--next door to the Menger Hotel.

San Antonio is hot in the summer--but a bit drier than humid Houston. And it's on the edge of the Hill Country--delightful to someone raised on the billiard-table flatness of the Coastal Prairie.

So I can definitely understand the attraction to the Hill Country. I'm in Austin, so in some ways I'm right on the edge of it. Austin is great city, too, but it doesn't seem right to nominate the one you live in.

Appreciate any suggestions-we're staying just off the Riverwalk.

We're staying at a nice b&b right on the riverwalk so I'm really excited! Would welcome any suggestions.

as well as so many inventions and other great stuff it would make your headspin.

Try air powered flight and the pop-top beer can for starters.

I love my city, even in the sad shape she sees herself in at the present time.

No Smoke, No Drink, No____

NYC is like nowhere else. Portland is as European as it gets in the US.

It'sd the city different. Doublas Adams, in his book "The Salmon of doubt", claims that if you haven't been to Santa Fe, you are an idiot.

But then there's always Goldendale, too

Atlanta is home...

and this coming from a country girl at heart...

I guess next would be New Orleans and Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

It depends if Im in the mood for mountains or oceans.

For a big city I guess Boston.

:popcorn:

And Fremont is the coolest neighbourhood in the coolest city in the U.S. Where else in the US can you find a statue of Lenin?




And here's the troll

then after that, Ann Arbor, Chicago, and San Francisco.

:evilgrin: :puke:

just got back from there.

On to Toronto!

Chicago too

San Francisco too

Boston too

Great restaurants, great history, middle class lifestyle - it's got it all.

Good to see some Philly pride.. wish there was more of it. I live in the Philly area. :hi:

I love it here. :hi:

Philly has a lot of nice qualities.. have to fix that murder problem they are having, though.

Sigh.

I miss my home! :cry:

I went to high school in Tacoma so I guess that would be my favorite.

Welcome to Cedar Bluff Alabama
located on the hub of Weiss Lake the
"Crappie Capital of the World"

I've been to prettier places. I've been to nicer places. I've been to cheaper places.

New York City still wins.

I was underwhelmed.

San Francisco seemed much more vibrant and glamorous to me. New York was disappointing. I like London, Paris, and Rome better, too.

Still prefer NYC. It's not about the glamour. I'm convinced that many people visiting NYC are underwhelmed because it's a place that you really need to be familiar with. Tourists manage to be pretty segregated from the interesting parts of the city, which is fine by me.

Casco Bay...enough said...

can't beat this

... so I'm not sure.

But of the ones I have, San Francisco would have to be the winner.

And I get to live here too.

it's a great place.

Its worth it!

Balboa Park, parts of Mission Bay, and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. I don't love the crowds and traffic and high cost though. If it was uncrowded and lower in cost, it would be paradise.

However I also feel the same way you do about the not so nice things.

I like to go on hikes in the Lagunas and the Cuyamacas, and often do so with the Sierra Club. The Cuyamacas look a lot different after the fires in October 2003.

I am also happy about living in San Diego.

Because what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Unless I tell everyone what I did.

LoL

For the name alone. :evilgrin:

I just got home from 5 days in St. Louis and I am THRILLED to be HOME.

I've never been so happy to see LA in my life. I'm from the midwest (I've only lived in LA for 10 months), but I could not wait to come back.

And, I'm sorry St. Louisians, but...your city is BORING. I tried. I really did. But :boring:

we got it all!

to name a few.

Ukiah, CA & San Francisco, CA

Just so you know.

city in the U.S. Northern California is god's country. I know there are pockets of freepers in places such as Mill Valley, Ukia, and Redding, but overall anything north of San Francisco is a good place to be. Especially close to the coast (west of the 101).

And not all assholes are FReepers.

I resemble that remark!

Elias and Bud being the other two.

...and I'm comfortable knowing there are at least two non-assholes in Arcata. :rofl:

Amongst big cities: Denver.

Like a home away from home to me.

I have lived in some seriously cool places all around the world, but Louisiana will always be home and my favorite!

Go NYC!

I've been to many of the major cities and I can honestly say I've found something to like and appreciate about them all (except one but I won't mention it :) ) but Boston is by far my favorite.

Sophisticated, but not to large, diverse but full of tradition, historical but with plenty of opportunity to find cutting edge culture.

Of course I'm biased as I'm from the area but still it's my favorite.

Has more than what I need for a good day's fun. :donut: :donut:

:popcorn:

Sin City, wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

San Fran ranks #1 on my list of cities that I'd like to visit. Something about the people of San Francisco that I have met just gives me the most relaxed openminded and coolest vibe I have ever felt. New York City would be second on my list, but only because I haven't been able to keep up with any great new punk bands form that infamous punk scene of theirs. Maybe they really tie.

Never been there. Kind of like Ireland. I just know I would love it.

Anchorage feels like home, though.