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03-17-2007, 09:24 AM #276
Don't believe everything you hear. Yes, there are racist assholes everywhere, but I've been in a lot of places with pretty liberal, accepting reputations where racism is far more prevalent than Calgary.
We're just not real big on being politically correct, and there is a difference.
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03-17-2007, 09:30 AM #277
my 2c:
The only only thing good about SLC is its proximity to good skiing. Its just another dirty, boring city.
Vancouver, BC is not in the PNW as someone said; its in the Canadian south-west.
Geneva would be my first choice followed closely by Vancouver.
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03-17-2007, 12:02 PM #278
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03-17-2007, 12:07 PM #279
Plus the train shuts down in boston at midnight.
That just sucks.
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03-17-2007, 12:36 PM #280
Zurich, Salzburg, Innsbruck or Geneva in Europe. Honorable mention to Sofia, Bulgaria. In Canada I would go for Calgary. Vancouver is nice and all but I don't like watching homeless people brawl over bottles, junkies stumbling down the streets, having my car broken into on a regular basis, rain pissing on my head, being stuck in traffic for hours on end and thousands of pretentious pseudo-hippies wearing man purses.
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03-17-2007, 02:27 PM #281
I'd have to say, if I HAD to live in a CITY, then I'd choose some city in China. I.e. Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou. Probably Beijing, even though it's my least favorite of the four, since they've cleaned it up for the Olympics and the pollution is much less there, AND since there's skiing a couple hours drive away.
Fabulous food (if you like authentic Chinese) on every corner, street vendors with delicious grilled veggies and mystery meats, great public transport, all sorts of events going on all the time, friend networks to blow your mind. Always somewhere to go, something to do.
Cost of living = minimal. Easy to get around the country, from the skiing to the Hawaii-like beaches. Lots of expats from all sorts of places, so there's a multicultural aspect to it as well.
Anyway, my $0.02.This touchy-feely Kumbaya shit has got to go.
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03-17-2007, 02:28 PM #282
after reading through this entire thread, most of the votes lean to Vancouver. not surprising considering this:
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Vancouver is the world's most desirable place to live, according to a new survey, while Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby is at the other end of the scale.
The Canadian city, nestled on the Pacific coast, was one of four locations in that country to rank at the top of the Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey, which looked at conditions in 127 cities.
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03-17-2007, 05:21 PM #283
1. Agreed. there is a shameful lack of great museums in Vancouver. The Vancouver Art Gallery is the worst I've ever been in. Just horrible. Curator should be run out of town.
Still, having to going to visit NYC, Paris, etc for culture is much better than living in those places and having to visit Vancouver for fresh air, stunning natural beauty, etc.
I'd LIKE to have great museums at my doorstep every day but I NEED to have fresh air, mountains, ocean, ridiculous amounts of flowers everywhere, green, green, green.
2. What's European on the East Coast? Halifax? St. John? Unique, not Euro in my mind.
3. I also lived in the south of France. I loved it, but Vancouver is still much more desirable. If I couldn't live in Canada, I'd probably head to France, though."Active management in bear markets tends to outperform. Unfortunately, investors are not as elated with relative returns when they are negative. But it does support the argument that active management adds value." -- independent fund analyst Peter Loach
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03-17-2007, 06:54 PM #284
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03-17-2007, 07:00 PM #285Registered User
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seattle sucks, too much rain. I grew up in portland, only time i liked that area was the winter time and when it snowed. Which it didnt do enough of.
And it snows a ton in the winter, at least in the mountains. Although its drizzly a lot the rest of the year, it never really rains hard enough or snows in the valleys to prevent outdoor activities, if you don't mind getting a little wet.
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03-17-2007, 07:14 PM #286
montreal and boston seem pretty euro to me, but maybe your looking at things purely from a metrosexual cosmo kind of way in regards to fashion or something, who knows? Ive always been of the mindset that if fresh air and greenery are important factors, why live in a city at all?
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03-17-2007, 07:22 PM #287
Hey, has anybody mentioned Manila? I mean, no fucking skiing, but, hey, the only good city for skiing is SLC, anyway, and that place sucks, right? I have had the pleasure of visiting an ex pat friend who lives like a king there, and dives and surfs close by. But, most important, Thai girls have nothing on Philipinas. Nothing.
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03-17-2007, 07:43 PM #288
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03-17-2007, 10:01 PM #289
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03-17-2007, 10:05 PM #290
Wow, this thread is 12 pages long already.
I hear Baghdad is nice this time of year.
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03-18-2007, 09:17 AM #291Registered User
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slc or denver
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03-18-2007, 10:28 AM #292Registered User
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Kona, Hawaii.
Skiing on Mauna Kea
http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/ROF.php?name=MaunaKea
Awesome Mountain Biking
7 of 11 climates on the island
Life is good
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03-18-2007, 10:49 AM #293
Just got back from my first time in SLC, looks to be a great place. Mtn biking, skiing, climbing, fishing, hunting, and almost any other outdoor activity. It was smoggy, but the other stuff seems to make up for it.
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03-18-2007, 11:09 AM #294
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03-18-2007, 11:17 AM #295
I know what you mean about Montreal - but I wouldn't call Boston very European. Some nice architecture, though. And Montreal is more Euro-seeming than the rest of NAmerica, but I'd say it's more unique than Euro. [Brilliant but obvious point: I know people refer to it that way, but Montreal is a loooong way from the East Coast.]
Yes, it's nice to give up cities entirely and just live in the wilderness or a small mountain town, but some people have jobs that require being in a city...and besides, the whole point of the thread is which city, right.
And no, I'm not metrosexual - I'm more the-same-clothes-every-day-for-months-at-a-time-kind of guy. I mean, I wash 'em....Last edited by Cliff Huckable; 03-18-2007 at 11:25 AM.
"Active management in bear markets tends to outperform. Unfortunately, investors are not as elated with relative returns when they are negative. But it does support the argument that active management adds value." -- independent fund analyst Peter Loach
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03-18-2007, 08:01 PM #296
I saw the world and then moved to Boston. Although I dont think its the shit (not really sure any city is the shit), its better and more laid back than any I know. Im really surprised you say Boston is too uptight--every city has those people--the rich assholes who think they deserve a better place in the world than anyone else--and to me, Boston has the least amount of those people... To me it feels like much more of a working class town, instead of the high-falootin NYCers.
Whawhawhawhaaaa?????? No outdoors??! Ill concede that the skiing isnt the best (although did you ever go to Northern VT?!?--three/three and a half hours away), but no outdoors?!? Thats ludicrous. I dont even know what else to say other than that is spot-on wrong.
Closer to 1AM. But yeah, it sucks.A fucking show dog with fucking papers
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05-22-2007, 08:53 AM #297
Not much has changed in 30+ years:
Ski edits | http://vimeo.com/user389737/videos
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05-22-2007, 09:14 AM #298
Sydney, Australia
"Stoke your own fire or burn out like the rest"
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05-22-2007, 09:17 AM #299
Munich! Englicher gardens in the summer and at the foot of the Alps year round.
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05-22-2007, 09:21 AM #300
I'll spend the off-season in Santa Barbara and then head back to Mammoth when the snow is falling. Admittedly, SB barely qualifies as a city.
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