Anxiety said:

OMG, I didn't even think to look for celebs. My friend and I were too busy getting drunk and having our picture taken ourselves. Someone please warn me if I show up on the Peaches site holding TWO drinks in my hands.

AnckSuNamun said:

I have no idea It's right out of Pulp Fiction: "Ohio is so strange, the Wal-Mart had clothes on the left but in California the clothes are on the right."

NDRU said:

Shocker!

sextonseven said:

Knitting Factory? You live in L.A.?

live4lust said:

No. There's also a Knitting Factory in NYC: http://www.prince.org/msg/8/230261

Imago said:

Have you ever been there? I have and I hate it. I am married with 2 kids and would want a play for them to play. Plus the weather is a big deterrent. It's really rainy and it never gets really warm which I like. Plus, it's kinda dirty with lots of bums.

sextonseven said:

That in addition to dirty, expensive, crime, unfriendly people...

The one redeeming quality about Portland is that it has an AWESOME public transportation system.

hokie1 said:

New York is actually one of the safest big cities in the U.S. Crime was a problem for the old New York in the 80s. And there are lots of friendly people here. Just ask someone how to get somewhere in the subway--you'll get ten people dying to give you directions. Speaking of which the subway runs 24 hours a day so you can get to any place at any time. The only negative really is the cost to live here.

sextonseven said:

I've only visited NY several times and I'm sure you know better than me because you live there. The expense thing is a big turn off. Once in college I drove my car into Manhattan and parked on the street. The city blocks are so huge and I didn't see the "NO PARKING" sign. After I returned to my car it was gone and I thought someone had stolen it. After a lot of asking around I realized it had been towed. It cost me a fortune to take a cab to the impound place and then over 100 dollars to get it out. People were not friendly and a bunch of fights broke out at the impound place. It was a scary experience for a 21 year old girl from Virginia. That's my bad NYC story.

CarrieLee said:

Ditto. I've always been no further than an hour from the ocean and frankly, you can't step down once you've had it.

Personally, as an American, I'd much rather expatriate.

I don't have any continued desires of living here like that. There's no need for me to put down nor belittle any other American city when they all kind of blend into each other anyway. I'd much rather come to the U.S. on occasion and do my thing elsewhere. Outside of all this. But, hey, it-is-what-it-is.

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sextonseven said:

i've always wanted to go there. but now i'm further away than ever from actually doing that. maybe when young frankenstein opens on broadway.

jizzinparis said:

Yeah, I'm from Cleveland - it sux!

Rhondab said:

Yeah, it's not all that.

SaraWright10 said:

God, this is soo sad that I'm agreeing with everybody who said either Cleveland or Ohio.

SaraWright10 said:

psychodelicide said:

haha! well if it didn't suck so much you wouldn't have to.

karmatornado said:

Salt Lake City is actually a really nice place to live. I supposed my view may be slanted as I was surrounded by a bunch of university people, but I loved it there.

My list will look like CarrieMPLS's. I would never want to live in the following states:

California
South Dakota
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Iowa
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
West Virginia
New Jersey
Ohio

SaraWright10 said:

Not to mention, no decent paying jobs for anybody. That's why I'm getting the hell out of there.

california is paradise and anyone who thinks otherwise SUCKS.

SaraWright10 said:

That's for sure!

evenstar3 said:

My Top 3 Cities:

Cleveland, OH (I'm working to get out of here, it sux that bad).
Erie, PA (Small, boring town, not one damn thing to do.)
Detroit, MI (Yeah, I know Prince likes it there, but it's just too ghetto for me).

psychodelicide said:

i almost went to college there. thank god i visited the campus first

evenstar3 said:

my mom went to school there--many moons ago.

live4lust said:

erie reminds me of all the small towns in stephen king novels.

Stay away from Eerie,Indiana


It's eerie there.

Sorry...I'm a suburbanite. Don't know what it's like to actually live IN a city.
I love NY....great place to visit, but I don't see myself living there.

BUT...if I had to disqualify 3 cities to live in, I guess it would be;
- Anchorage, Alaska (too cold)
- Phoenix, Arizona (too hot)
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (too many tornadoes!)

hokie1 said:

I agree with nyc. Why would i want to pay 1200 a month to live in someone's basement?

evenstar3 said:

Yeah, it's old and creepy.