EPTBest City to live in? - Page 4
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
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Wala.Revolution
7584 Posts
La Jolla, San Diego is still the best place I have ever lived in. I can't choose between that city and Seoul, but that's only because I'm Korean and I like an urban area. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On June 18 2009 01:54 choboPEon wrote: 24/7 Subways to wherever you want to do whatever you want > LA Tokyo trains > NYC trains but tokyo has a crapload of rain | ||
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kroko
Finland2136 Posts
Citys I would recomend, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin, Paris. I would say spanish citys, but they r full of spannish ppl so I wont :/... | ||
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XoXiDe
United States620 Posts
On June 17 2009 01:07 Kennelie wrote: This would be true but it lacks in the sports scene. San Antonio is the closest city with a sports franchise which is the NBA Spurs. Dallas, Texas. We have the most strip clubs from any city. I quote Chris Rock "Dallas has more stripclubs then starbucks." Only if we had $60 dollar bath houses. Checked into that and it seems like I would need roughly $400 bucks. Texas Longhorns | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On June 18 2009 03:05 Cambium wrote: Tokyo trains > NYC trains but tokyo has a crapload of rain Are they 24/7? If so, I believe it. Although we certainly have more track and so they go to a bigger variety of places. Why do you say that? (I've never been to Tokyo) | ||
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FuDDx
United States5008 Posts
On June 18 2009 15:08 choboPEon wrote: Are they 24/7? If so, I believe it. Although we certainly have more track and so they go to a bigger variety of places. Why do you say that? (I've never been to Tokyo) Don't they have people who push you in tighter than sardines in Japan trains? I would hate that.Unless I was a pickpocket. | ||
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John49ers
United States237 Posts
On June 15 2009 07:00 choboPEon wrote: also SF seems quite awesome from all that I've heard from folks who have moved there. SF is very diverse, unique Bay Area culture, great food, 49ers. There are some bad things but other well known cities have their negatives too. | ||
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gLyo
United States2410 Posts
1. Warm/sunny weather for a majority of the year. Rainy winters, hot summers. 2. A nice variety of things to do for fun, e.g. outdoors stuff, parks, theaters, cafes, nearness to usable bodies of water, etc. Two rivers in Portland, Willamette and Columbia, and a couple lakes further out. We have many parks, including the unfathomably immense Forest Park (5000+ acres of forest, literally blocks from downtown). Many, many independent movie theaters, most of which serve beer. More strip clubs and breweries per capita than anywhere in the world. Very lively city during the day, but it pretty much closes at night (except for Old Town). Great music scene, comparable to Brooklyn or Austin. 3. A good diverse foodie culture. This is something I really plan on exploring a lot more after 8 years of cafeteria/dining hall/fast food. We have an okay restaurant scene. Not terribly knowledgeable here. 4. A decent local sports scene to follow. Everybody loves the Blazers, right? We're hopefully getting a MLS team here soon, if they can figure out where to build the stadium. There are also the Beavers (minor league baseball) and the Lumberjax (lacrosse). 5. Asian supermarkets and restaurants in the vicinity would be nice. Sizable Asian presence. There is a Chinatown, but gentrification has largely pushed out most legitimately Chinese/Asian markets out of downtown to the seedier 82nd Ave. 6. Not having to look/pay for parking all the time. Parking isn't hard to find, but you will have to pay for it downtown, though it is cheaper than most cities. Huge benefit though: driving is almost totally unnecessary. Portland has one of the premier public transit systems in the US. It's very easy to live without a car here. Where ever MAX (light rail) won't take you, a bus will. Passes are something like $70 a month. 7. Low crime rate always a plus. Very low crime rate. Only a few "bad" parts of town (NoPo and Lents), and even those pale in comparison to most cities "bad" areas. I feel perfectly safe walking around at any hour. | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On June 18 2009 15:15 FuDDx wrote: Don't they have people who push you in tighter than sardines in Japan trains? I would hate that.Unless I was a pickpocket. Or if you had an Asian fetish, the transit system would work out nicely. | ||
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On June 18 2009 15:08 choboPEon wrote: Are they 24/7? If so, I believe it. Although we certainly have more track and so they go to a bigger variety of places. Why do you say that? (I've never been to Tokyo) They don't smell, they're air conditioned, the power stays on, etc. You could eat off the floor of a Japanese train station. On the flip side, the riders on Japanese trains aren't nearly as interesting as the riders in NYC. I think I'd prefer NYC overall though. Austin is a great choice too. LA fucking sucks. The only people who think LA is great are the people who grew up living there. It's a nasty place, even to visit. If you want SoCal, San Diego is the place to go. | ||
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK, Ireland, Netherlands. Apart from Canada and perhaps the US, I can't imagine myself ever not living in one of these countries. If I had to choose a city in Eastern Europe, it would be Ljublijana, Tartu or Tallinn. For Canada, Victoria, BC, Kingston, Ontario, and Quebec City were all nice places. Perhaps Ottawa as well. Places I've visited where I would certainly not like to live? Moscow, Detroit, Buffalo, anywhere in China. | ||
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Flaccid
8859 Posts
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R3condite
Korea (South)1541 Posts
On June 15 2009 07:00 choboPEon wrote: also SF seems quite awesome from all that I've heard from folks who have moved there. too friggin moist =.= btw korea's trains r just like japan's in terms of cleanliness but both stop going after midnight(ish) IMO Korea and NY are both too cramped to be a good place to live in (hanging out or visting's fine but living in it? ehh, not really) NY has everything good about america and everything good about Korea IMO so it's the best place to live | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On June 18 2009 15:08 choboPEon wrote: Are they 24/7? If so, I believe it. Although we certainly have more track and so they go to a bigger variety of places. Why do you say that? (I've never been to Tokyo) I've lived in both New York and Tokyo, and I'm speaking from experience. Trains stop around 1 AM and resume around 5 AM in Tokyo. This is not a big deal because clubs typically close after the trains resume. Tokyo's system is better because 1) RFID entry: it's so much easier than to swipe a flimsy card, and you can have them on your cellphone. 2) Cost per distance: it just makes so much sense to charge by distance than by entry. 3) Cleanliness: this applies to both trains and stations. This is one main reason why they shut the system down at night: maintenance and cleaning. With the exception of maybe the green lines, NYC trains are filthy, and almost all stations are old and poorly maintained. 4) Trains: the trains in tokyo are much newer and have AC, and most of them have LCD displays indicating stations and arrival times in both Japanese and English. 5) Punctuality: trains are almost never late, and schedules are be easily found online. The same cannot be said about NYC. 6) Frequency: trains on major lines typically come once 2-5 minutes during the day. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On June 19 2009 00:27 Cambium wrote: 5) Punctuality: trains are almost never late, and schedules are be easily found online. The same cannot be said about NYC. Not only that, but Japanese train schedules are much, much easier to read, even if you can't read Japanese. It's probably easier to read the boards in Japan (without knowing Japanese) than to read boards in New York (knowing English.) As for the lateness, I think NYC trains do a decent job of running on time, but Japanese trains are exceptional in this regard. Shinkansens arrive within 10 seconds of their arrival time, and I've heard a rumor that when people commit suicide on the tracks, they send a bill to their families for delaying the trains. o.o | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
1. Moderate weather all year, The winters here are honestly not that bad and it does not snow that much in town, but on the flip side the mountains, which are only half an hour to an hour away get a shit ton of snow late into spring and all of winter. In the summer it rains almost every afternoon, less and less as it get towards august though. The summers here are not too hot but it can get up to 100 degrees. 2. Tons of outdoor activities. Our mountains are amazing for skiing/boarding/snowmobiling and in the summer 4 wheeling, hiking and camping. There are quite a few rivers here too. 3. Downtown Denver has a TON of stuff to do whether you want to go to a club or look at art. I lived literally five minutes walking from the Pepsi Center for a year and it was the shit because I could get anywhere in Denver very quickly. 4. Public transportation. There is a light rail system that is almost complete and it will take you almost anywhere you need to go. Busses run everywhere too and are reliable. 5. As far as food goes we have everything you would want. Not sure about an asian market though.. 6. The Rockies just won 13 games in a row and the Nuggets made it to the semi finals, what more could you want! 7. Parking in Denver sucks dick but anywhere else it is plentiful. Not too surprising.. Cities suck. 8. There is a pretty low rate of crime in Denver, I saw nothing in a year of living there. | ||
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On June 19 2009 00:27 Cambium wrote: I've lived in both New York and Tokyo, and I'm speaking from experience. Trains stop around 1 AM and resume around 5 AM in Tokyo. This is not a big deal because clubs typically close after the trains resume. Tokyo's system is better because 1) RFID entry: it's so much easier than to swipe a flimsy card, and you can have them on your cellphone. 2) Cost per distance: it just makes so much sense to charge by distance than by entry. 3) Cleanliness: this applies to both trains and stations. This is one main reason why they shut the system down at night: maintenance and cleaning. With the exception of maybe the green lines, NYC trains are filthy, and almost all stations are old and poorly maintained. 4) Trains: the trains in tokyo are much newer and have AC, and most of them have LCD displays indicating stations and arrival times in both Japanese and English. 5) Punctuality: trains are almost never late, and schedules are be easily found online. The same cannot be said about NYC. 6) Frequency: trains on major lines typically come once 2-5 minutes during the day. uhhh I like $2 getting me anywhere. Yes yes it is dirty. NY's grime does not phase me, it is part of its character. I don't mind it and it's not as bad as most out of towners make it out to be. Most trains are 99% punctual. I don't know what you're talking about. And the frequency is similar in NYC. On June 18 2009 23:59 R3condite wrote: too friggin moist =.= btw korea's trains r just like japan's in terms of cleanliness but both stop going after midnight(ish) IMO Korea and NY are both too cramped to be a good place to live in (hanging out or visting's fine but living in it? ehh, not really) NY has everything good about america and everything good about Korea IMO so it's the best place to live Maybe midtown manhattan but ny is five boroughs not a small piece of one borough. We've got plenty of wide open space. Not only that, but Japanese train schedules are much, much easier to read, even if you can't read Japanese. It's probably easier to read the boards in Japan (without knowing Japanese) than to read boards in New York (knowing English.) I've never had a problem but I do know that, as a native, I've had time to get used to it. What's so bad about it / what should be improved? Anyway I know NY isn't for everyone but faulting NY's transit system is silly. And anyway, Tokyo's stuff ending @ 1am is a big draw back to me. I really love living in the city that never sleeps. I never have to make a mad rush for the last subway like I do in other cities. | ||
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Spike
United States1392 Posts
SF/Bay Area in particular. Always preferred nocal to socal. | ||
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