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How scared should I be to live in Philly?


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don't forget the Ivy League *******s

In fairness, we identified 5 cities we liked.

I would also like to say that Des Moines, Iowa, is a very nice place.

I love San Diego. It's a shame you have to make $750,000 a year to live there.

I actually really like LA too.

And you know what my favorite city in Texas is? Ft. Worth. I was shocked too.

And Columbus OH is probably one of the nicest cities in North America that nobody has been to.

I suspect you went to a different Columbus, Ohio than I did.

Columbus is one of those cities that is nice if you don't actually go into the city. It has great suburbs though.

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I love San Diego. It's a shame you have to make $750' date='000 a year to live there.

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I will be there on Wednesday. :cool:

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I suspect you went to a different Columbus' date=' Ohio than I did.

Columbus is one of those cities that is nice if you don't actually go into the city. It has great suburbs though.[/quote']

you went to the wrong parts

For instance, most people don't know that Columbus has America's finest chef. Not New York, not Chicago.

the women in columbus are smokin' hot too.

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you went to the wrong parts

I hang out with the regular people - the real Americans.

For instance, most people don't know that Columbus has America's finest chef. Not New York, not Chicago.

He works at an Applebees on I-70.

the women in columbus are smokin' hot too.

I think you were in Toledo and someone just told you it was Columbus.

I kid. Columbus seems okay. I have a cousin who is a pharmacist there. He seems to like it, though he is kind of a douchebag so what does he know?

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So...after all this discussion....let's lay odds that the original poster will be murdered within 2 years.

Anyway want that action at 13:1?

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I go to VCU but I visit DU a lot due to athletics and such. The campus is quite nice and honestly DU students are pretty nice. I will say they are very intense about basketball there(Its a small arena though. Like 2500). I've walked through Philly with Redskin stuff on. I might get a few giggles occasionally but nothing really bad.

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You'll hear some **** but nothing really bad SHOULD happen. Up here in Bethlehem there was an incident between an Eagles and Cowboys fan a while back which made the news but other than that it isn't so bad other than some **** talk and stuff like that. Now I'm sure certain parts of philly are worse than others like out at Drexel you'll be fine...if you were around North/South philly you might see stupid **** like vandalism to your car if you have Redskins crap on it or something but I don't think its a big thing.

Now wear Redskins/Nationals/Caps stuff to an Eagles, Phillies, or Flyers game....uhhhhh......bad idea.

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As for people from Mass... there's a reason they're called Mass-holes by everyone in New England. And believe me, if someone from New Hampshire thinks you're an obnoxious ass, well... that's like McD5 calling someone a bull**** artist.

The thing that INSTANTLY turns me off about any city is arrogance. Which is why Boston, for instance, probably tops my list as the last place on earth I would ever live. Not to mention the wonderful climate and reasonable cost of living.

**** you!!! :ols:

Seriously though, arrogant? Maybe back in the 1840s, and maybe when you meet Harvard kids who've gone elsewhere, but I find people here not too arrogant, except maybe about the Pats and Sox.

One thing I actually love about it here is that it's not cool to fawn over celebrities, and it's not OK to flaunt wealth, power or celebrity excessively. If you bump into someone famous you make eye contact, give them a nice "howahya?" and then let the door slam in their face as you walk through it, just like with anybody else.

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I'm surprised that there are as many as a small handful of people on this thread who have managed to have a genuinely bad time in Boston. Such a great city, both to live in and to visit.

But for every great place, you can find a handful of folks who have had a bad time there. Many went in with an open mind; some others didn't. Going to Boston and then complaining about the cold or the driving experience is like going to Phoenix and whining about the heat or the lack of public transportation.

If I could bury Philly under the sea and physically move the entirety of greater Boston into its place, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Despite being more than twice Boston's size, Philly offers maybe half as much. And Philly's provincial weirdness makes Boston look like the cultural center of the planet. I won't even get started on Philly; the two cities are opposites in many ways, and Boston comes out ahead in the great majority of those comparisons.

One major Philly area advantage, though: the suburbs.

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**** you!!! :ols:

not you. you're cool :paranoid:

:silly:

I'm surprised that there are as many as a small handful of people on this thread who have managed to have a genuinely bad time in Boston. Such a great city, both to live in and to visit.

But for every great place, you can find a handful of folks who have had a bad time there. Many went in with an open mind; some others didn't. Going to Boston and then complaining about the cold or the driving experience is like going to Phoenix and whining about the heat or the lack of public transportation.

If I could bury Philly under the sea and physically move the entirety of greater Boston into its place, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Despite being more than twice Boston's size, Philly offers maybe half as much. And Philly's provincial weirdness makes Boston look like the cultural center of the planet. I won't even get started on Philly; the two cities are opposites in many ways, and Boston comes out ahead in the great majority of those comparisons.

One major Philly area advantage, though: the suburbs.

The ES Geographical Homer game. Match up the ES Poster with the region they would **** if it were a woman:

mjah------------------------Ireland, all of Europe really

Corcaigh------------------West Virginia

Predicto-------------------Boston

Joeknows-----------------San Francisco

Major-----------------------Ass-knuckle, Mississippi

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The ES Geographical Homer game. Match up the ES Poster with the region they would **** if it were a woman:

mjah------------------------Ireland, all of Europe really

Corcaigh------------------West Virginia

Predicto-------------------Boston

Joeknows-----------------San Francisco

Major-----------------------Ass-knuckle, Mississippi

It took me a while to even figure out what you were asking.

mjah - Boston. I read the thread.

Corky - Ireland/Europe. He is an elitist who probably makes less than a Starbucks barista.

Predicto - San Francisco because he is a dirty hippie.

JoeKnows - I don't know who that is. Mississippi by process of elimination.

Major - WV, even though he is not really a West Virginian. He just likes the eastern panhandle and Morgantown. That's like claiming to be a Texan because you have a summer house in Galveston.

That last one was just to cause trouble.

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I want to move to Austin, Texas, because I heard the women there were amazing.

They were. :) And it is one of the greatest towns for live music in the U.S. I barely made it out alive as an Alaskan and a Redskins fan (especially given my sense of humor and frequent mode of conduct at the time :pfft:).

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Oh, puns. Is there no situation that you can't improve?

LA is really the only city I've ever been in where it seemed to be that the people were 10 to 15 percent more attractive than anywhere else. Probably because a large number of people 10 to 15 percent than everyone else in their high school move to LA to become famous.

Other cities with "hot" women have "hot" women for two reasons:

1. The culture involves everyone exercising a lot (Denver) and

2. It's warm enough that you don't wear a lot of clothing.

I'm sure Milwaukee is more than capable of producing attractive women. It's just ten degrees in May and every vegetable is covered in cheese.

Having said that, it's probably a lot easier to get laid in Milwaukee - unless you are really handsome like I am.

Colleges work this way as well. There is not that much difference between the pool of candidates for Stanford and the pool of candidates for Yale. It's just that everyone at Stanford lives like a triathlete in training whereas at Yale it rains 325 days a year and you will get shot if you go for a jog.

Seriously, I think going to Stanford automatically causes you to grow 3 inches and lose 5 percent of your body fat. Stanford grads are like Australians. I don't like them.

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