It seems that some members like to refer to nearly every US city as a shithole. The latest have been Akron, and Indianapolis. I can think of a dozen cities MUCH worse. What are the nice cities?

Glenwood Springs in Colorado is one of the best I've been to in the last few years. Followed closely by Charleston SC.

Ft Worth

I think the general rule is that cities as a group are shit holes. The larger, the worse they seem to be. This may be viewed as racist, but those with the larger minority population have a harder time. Related closely to how they vote. The class known as shit holes also have a high crime rate. Maybe because of that.

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Originally posted by oddball:
Ft Worth

Pronounced "Fart Werth". No, I have no connection to the city.

Gilbert Arizona is nice, but according to the city fathers, we're not a City, we're a Town.

For a fast deep dive, I just check if it is run by a Democrat and take it from there. I live in north Texas and you can take a walk at 12 midnight and not be bothered by any hooligans and it is a good sized city.

So, not sure if they really count as cities but

Ft Worth is cool.
Charleston SC is a very nice town.
Miami Beach/New Orleans are both enjoyable, with the right attitude.
San Antonio is very livable as well.

Houston was, not sure if it’s been overrun by Commies or not.

I doubt you'll get an answer. Somebody will be along to disagree about every city that gets named. Every city probably has an undesirable section and that gets extrapolated by some so as to label the entire city undesirable.

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
Glenwood Springs in Colorado is one of the best I've been to in the last few years. Followed closely by Charleston SC.

We lived in Garfield County for quite a few years. I tend to think Glenwood is a little too small to be, what I would call, a city. OTOH, just west of there, 75 miles or so, is Grand Junction. I always thought it was a pretty nice small city.

Aspen, CO?

Pretty much every city has nice parts and shitty parts. And then some people will argue that what one person considers nice is actually shitty. For instance I love Bourbon Street in New Orleans but I’m sure that’s some peoples nightmare. One man’s trash and all that.

For me even some cities that I wouldn’t live in in a million years have some neat parts. Chicago is a perfect example of that. I go there a couple times a year and usually enjoy my trip.


Four cities really blur the line in my book, meaning that the shitty and nice areas are either too intertwined or that even the areas that should be nice are overrun with homeless and trash. Those are NYC (Manhattan specifically) Detroit, LA and SF. I do not enjoy my trips to those cities and don’t tend to venture out that much. Atlanta is on the borderline.

I love where I live now around Sarasota FL. I could do without the humidity but the area is excellent.

all the nice cities I can think of are less than about 150,000 population.

Is money no object ? Is local/state politics a problem. There’s some awesome small towns in CA but at great pain and expense left CA. There’s a bunch of other small towns across the country where I wouldn’t mind living if I didn’t need to work and I had so much money that cost of living was no problem. I really like where I ended up in the FL panhandle. Unincorporated area and a small county. The downside is the county government seems to have some issues.

I was TDY at Hunter Army Airfield for a time way back when, and grew to love Savannah. The food, the culture...dang I like that place. Nowadays, they say that it is the most dangerous city in GA. I was back there two years ago for a conference and stayed downtown. While it has changed some since back then, I still felt safe walking around the whole area...of course, I was armed, so there's that. Like any city over about 100K, it has taken a dive with regard to crime. Heck, I used to walk through Riverfront Park in Spokane, WA at 2AM and think nothing of it. Wouldn't do that nowadays.

It's not just the liberal controlled cities though, it's the country as a whole. We have lost our moral foundation and it is just more evident in larger congregations (that, and of course, liberal policies in those cities). Used to be, the worst that might happen is you'd get beat up and they'd take your money. Now? Some punk will walk up, put a bullet in your head, take what he wants, and walk away like it's any other day.

We're circling the drain, and unless and until we right ourselves, it'll only get worse. Cities first, then everywhere else.

Madison, WI

Tampa, FL

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Madison, WI

Tampa, FL

Madtown is liberal as all get out but I've never had a bad experience while visiting my son there.

Marquette is quite nice, despite being Democrat infested.
Given the times we are now in, I would only consider moving to, or living in, towns with less than 50K in population.

The wife and I were impressed with Boston, at least the north end. Very nice. I'm sure there are some shitty areas though