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casspaAug 18, 2010
I was under the impression that Providence was all Mafia.
syntaxgsAug 19, 2010
I sorry but That onfienstive tToo peaple That they not aocmite drime
sagagsAug 19, 2010
Translation: I am sorry but that is offensive to the people who do not commit crimes.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Not really "mafia" run anymore, but you still gotta know people to get anything done. So.. same game, different players.
onlyscAug 18, 2010
like the pic of portland... booze
boonhogganbeckAug 19, 2010
I was just visiting in Portland last weekend.
That pic is completely accurate.
good times...
edcrosayAug 19, 2010
It's pretty much what we are good for. Beer, bikes and books.
wifigodAug 19, 2010
Speaking of which, don't miss Baconfest this Saturday! ;-)
craftyguyAug 19, 2010
It's pretty much all there is to do in Portland when it's raining for 10mo out of the year...
:(
charlietunaAug 20, 2010
Portland == strip clubs + slutty white girls
... IMHO
rufiohoAug 18, 2010
All I got to was Providence... didn't want to click to see each city
mquilAug 18, 2010
Surprised by Louisville making the list
mixmastakoozAug 19, 2010
Louisville is a cool town. Love the downtown bar district, museum district, and lots of great bourbon!
smpaisnutrientsAug 19, 2010
yeah louisville is pretty cool. its a lot cleaner then nashville but still dangerous enough to warrant carrying a piece. if you're ever on bardstown road, do yourself a favor and visit cafe 360. its an awesome hookah lounge with the best cheese steak i've ever had.
Closed AccountAug 18, 2010
Aww, I really want to go to Portland, Ore.!
robbiedoAug 19, 2010
Please don't more here!
mychAug 19, 2010
seattle lite
wet, grey, cold, and miserable 10 months of the year
bdbrAug 19, 2010
Oh, please - its only wet and gray 6 months of the year!
Personally I like the dreary winters...makes that Stumptown coffee even more awesome! Beats the hell out of snow. Drives some people completely nuts, though.
whatthefuAug 19, 2010
Starts at 1: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/10-most-underrated-us-cit_n_683872.html#s127102
akamurphAug 19, 2010
wtf? The article says the "15" most underrated cities... the submission starts at #9. I want what FearLoathing is smoking.
yacksAug 19, 2010
Thank you!!! IF YOU ARE GOING TO SUBMIT A SLIDESHOW... START WITH #1!@!!!
kennykljAug 19, 2010
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Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
LOL...
fword07Aug 19, 2010
Callaway, Mn owns Langdon
dtstuff9Aug 19, 2010
Not only is this a slideshow, it starts at 9
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
That's the submitter's bad.
tomleykisAug 19, 2010
So hard to put the entire list in one page.
pmwspenderAug 19, 2010
Sacramento is a s**t city.
antoniukAug 19, 2010
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twwixAug 19, 2010
Apart from the weather, it's pretty f**king lackluster. I am still trying to remember why i moved here.
freebird09Aug 19, 2010
So is Concord NH. What a joke.
testiculeseAug 19, 2010
It stinks too. I was in old city, and while it looked really cool with actual plank wood sidewalks, I just could not get used to the smell.
finalstrikerAug 19, 2010
I said "A" (A)
"L" (L)
"B" (B)
"U" (U)
"querque" (querque)
protogenxlAug 19, 2010
Way back when I was just a little bitty boy living in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement of the house half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop.
You know the place
baronvontitoAug 19, 2010
And as luck would have it, that's exactly when I met the girl of my dreams. Her name was Zelda. She was a calligraphy enthusiast with a slight overbite and hair the color of strained peaches. I'll never forget the first thing she said to me. She said "Hey, you got weasels on your face."
tunaktunakAug 19, 2010
IT'S GOOD FOR YOOOOU!!!!
joauriAug 19, 2010
Aw...dammit. They left off my lovely city of Wichita. Now with less serial killer!
thenicklovinAug 19, 2010
DISCLAIMER: Wichita may contain same amount of serial killer. Wichita is not to be consumed with alcohol. Wichita is not to be confused with Emma Stone from Zombieland. For full nutrition facts please visit www.wichita.gov
oarfanAug 19, 2010
Buried for so many reasons..
wizardajaAug 19, 2010
You should list them. In a slide show.
doncarcharoAug 19, 2010
Make sure to start it at 9.
jeffshaughtAug 19, 2010
Living in both Portland, OR and Grand Rapids, MI, I can tell you that the former is super rad while the latter is way less so. PDX FTW!
robbiedoAug 19, 2010
Unemployment is turrible.
Traffic is awful.
Paul Allen is a douche
It rains 9 months out of the year.
John Conzano
We do have the world's smallest park, an all the bright people creating the future at Intel.
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twodollarsAug 19, 2010
Unemployment is awful, yes.
But:
You think traffic is awful here? Go to LA or Seattle or most any place in the Bay Area. I have family come here from California, Philly, and Chicago and all they ever do is rave about our traffic. I'm glad to have our road / transit system.
jeffshaughtAug 19, 2010
Methinks someone needs to move then.
...just sayin'
robbiedoAug 19, 2010
Trying to discourage people from moving here. Although John Conzano is reason enough to move.
just saying
chiefbandit2200Aug 19, 2010
I live in Grand Rapids, and I was quite surprised to see it on this list... There has been a ton of development downtown in the last 5-10 years, but it's still pretty much just an okay place to live. I do love Lake Michigan though.
jeffshaughtAug 23, 2010
Grand Rapids is in the stranglehold of the Dutch Christian Reform. There needs to be a serious progressive change in order for it to see much growth.
pigtownAug 19, 2010
Providence sucks ass.
Needs more New Orleans and Austin, TX. If you love music (and who doesn't) start in those two places.
joejitsuAug 19, 2010
I used to live in Austin, and really liked it, but it's definitely overrated and not underrated.
lefty2006Aug 19, 2010
Portland!!
aquileriaAug 19, 2010
New York City is famous but it sucks... expensive, dirty, transient populations, crime, corporate, 3x more expensive than any other town/city in NY state, and even it's suburbs are dreary and outdated, the taconic pkwy is like driving on a highway designed for model T's...
iwriteyourmusicAug 19, 2010
You mentioned expensive twice. Bitter that you can't afford it here?
aquileriaAug 22, 2010
I haven't lived there since 1988 when a modest house in queens cost what a modest house in queens should cost. I live in Ulster County now where you can breathe clean air, and only drive to the city when I have to do field investigations there.
pinkfish411Aug 19, 2010
I agree. I've lived in and around NYC for the past few years, and I'd take any of the other cities on the list over it. Sure, there's a lot of stuff to do here, and I'm glad I've spent some time here, but there's no way in hell I'd want to settle down permanently here. Unless you're rich, it's just not worth it, and if I were rich, I'd much rather be nestled up in the mountains somewhere.
alceste1978Aug 19, 2010
Top two reasons this article sucks:
1. Everyone hates slideshows.
2. Baltimore is a actually a s**thole.
greenpushpinsAug 19, 2010
Is it? I've always wanted to check it out but every time I bring it up to someone, I never hear anything good. There must be some pros to living there.
alceste1978Aug 19, 2010
Yes. I only went there once for half-a-day, but....all I remember are sooty brick buildings, a smelly, cold bay, a baseball stadium that I had no interest in walking inside of, and dangerous looking alleyways.
rujtuAug 19, 2010
Baltimore is a great city in the same way D.C. is. One area is amazing; go two blocks and you're in the depths of ghettodom. The key is not to go those two blocks. Follow that simple direction, and you'll love the city.
jj9nerAug 19, 2010
Same with Minneapolis.
*Highly overrated "attractions"
.*Zero nightlife for 20-30 somethings.
*Restaurants are ABOMINATIONS of bland food when compared with a city like Chicago.
*Cold as hell and lots of snow half the year.
*The other half the year is humid as hell (land o' 10,000 lakes) and road construction is EVERYWHERE because winter kills the roads.
*"Minnesota Nice" is largely not a reality. People are much nicer up north and in areas that rely on tourism.
*Traffic is terrible. Not near as bad as Atlanta, but still pretty bad.
*Housing still kinda overpriced considering the next point.
*Salaries aren't very high for a large metro area and we've actually been losing jobs for about 10 years now.
atarioAug 25, 2010
Slideshows are not bad as long as they're AJAXed.
ninjasandshizAug 19, 2010
I've grown up in Pittsburgh, and can't wait to leave.
pyros7Aug 19, 2010
Milwaukee? Beer and Dairy? Sure Miller is based there, but so what? You can get Miller beers anywhere in the country except St. Louis (trust me I've tried, very embarrassing). And the last time I was there I remember seeing a lot more ghettos than milk cows. Rural Wisconsin makes dairy - Milwaukee is a failing rust belt city belt city with all the charm of Detroit.
What the hell was this list based on?
mixmastakoozAug 19, 2010
As a place to visit, I thought it was cool. Good museums. Plenty of sports to watch. One of my favorite restaurants, a spy-themed place called the Safe House, is there. And, great selection of beer at the bars!
painkilla05Aug 19, 2010
Baltimore
Fort Lauderdale
Houston
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Pittsburgh
Portland, Oregon
Providence
Sacramento
Milwaukee
Grand Rapids, MI
Little Rock
Concord, NH
Albuquerque, NM
f**k you slide shows.
richardstabonerAug 19, 2010
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londubhAug 19, 2010
Thank you. Please digg that up. Yeah, I f**king hate slide shows too.
tdubsAug 19, 2010
At least I didn't have reload the page every time (like on maxim.com). I actually found this slide show pretty painless.
goweigusAug 19, 2010
Since when has Portland been underrated?
oxidaneAug 19, 2010
Milwaukee? Come the f**k on... these places are s**t-holes.
kdx200riderAug 19, 2010
Apparently the author has never been to Pittsburgh, yuk.
krazymon2Aug 19, 2010
Yeah I know what you mean between PNC Park, Heinz Field, Consol Energy Center, Carnegie History Museum, The Pittsburgh Zoo, Kennywood, South-Side Drinking, Andy Warhol, The Aviary, the Incline, plus the thousands of students attending Pitt, Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, Point Park, Carlow among others in the surrounding area make Pittsburgh such a bore.
Not to mention it's really cheap to live there because the cost of living is lower than most places. Besides the above mentioned there is a ton to do in the surrounding parks such as bike trails and hiking. Could go on but no point when you are just ignorant about what a great city Pittsburgh really is.
miquonranger031Aug 19, 2010
And who the hell puts fries in a sandwich anyway?! So disgusting.
/s
yacksAug 19, 2010
All that stuff that you can do outside and around the city can be said of any city...except you need to insert their specific activities..
ptbus0Aug 19, 2010
Pittsburghs great minus the Yinzers and the roads. I live in East Liverpool and I make the 110 mile trip to Cleveland whenever I want to ride a roller coaster or grin at a walrus. There's just something I can't stand about this place.
krazymon2Aug 21, 2010
I'm in Beaver :)
mrgerbekAug 19, 2010
Portland is underrated? That's news to us. The steady stream of jobless 20-40 year olds must be for some other reason.
greenpushpinsAug 19, 2010
I definitely thought Portland was one of the popular cities along with Seattle.
rujtuAug 19, 2010
It is: Pot and Nirvana.
kreteAug 19, 2010
san francisco?
covertbadgerAug 19, 2010
I think you have a problem with your brain being missing.
edwarddouglasAug 19, 2010
Where is Detroit. If any city is underrated it has to be the one where you can buy a house for 2,000 dollars.
jsb1984Aug 19, 2010
Memphis says hello.
bshenskyAug 19, 2010
Where is Detroit? If any city is underrated it has to be the one where you can buy a house, tear it down, and start your own farm.
You'll have to, too, since there are no major shopping centers left in the city.
randall814Aug 19, 2010
You can drive 10 minutes to get to one of the many large shopping districts in the burbs.
bshenskyAug 19, 2010
Of course you can. But you don't have to in Boston, San Francisco, New York, Philedelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Houston, Phoenix or Minneapolis.
Ironically, I'm actually rooting for the disassembly of Detroit, not because I hate it, but because I love it. Detroit it dysfunctional by design, whipped apart by the whims of manufacturing trends, booms and busts come and gone, with the population and municipal governance booms and busts that go with it. Most cities never deteriorate so much as to warrant a complete rebuild, but Detroit's very nature mandates that it should - it _must_ - charter one. We've seen so much of this already in the neighborhoods and factorylands that have been turned into brownfields, only to be gobbled up by developers that have raised up new 21st-century-grade cul-de-sac-tinged single-family-homed subdivisions.
My biggest criticisms are manifest in education and mass transit. Without these, the city doesn't stand a chance.
atarioAug 25, 2010
But the downside is you have to live in Detroit.
zenerdiodeAug 19, 2010
Bulls**t.
I lived in Baltimore, Little Rock, and Sacramento. You know how bad those places are? I prefer living in San Jose. Yeah...that bad.
mrmoenAug 19, 2010
You should probably just kill yourself.
zenerdiodeAug 19, 2010
Why bother? An old Vietnamese woman is gonna run me over while running a red light.
/just kidding mom! you're a great driver!
/[whisper] no she's not. be very afraid of old vietnamese women.
korvan504521Aug 19, 2010
Kansas City is meh.
mixmastakoozAug 19, 2010
I think some of the commenters forget that some of these places are nice visit (which seemed to be the focus of the article) but not necessarily optimal places for young people to live. I've visited 10 of the cities on the list, and with the exception of Houston, enjoyed my stay by going to the local attractions and bars. The cities that surprised me when I visited: Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Louisville.
miamiflashfanAug 19, 2010
What exactly surprised you about Milwaukee? I can't think of anything that would make you want to come here unless you're a huge art lover.
mixmastakoozAug 19, 2010
Well, art is great, but I'd love to see a Brewers game, I enjoyed the bars/restaurants downtown, the science museum was cool. I bet there's more to do with outdoor cultural events during the summer. I really liked the Safe House downtown--what a fun dining experience! Don't shortchange Milwaukee. It's a cool place to visit!
miamiflashfanAug 20, 2010
It can be nice during the summer at the lakefront with Summerfest/ ethic festivals, and Miller Park is great, but I don't really think it gives you the full big city experience. And only a small, small percentage of the city is nice, and what you've mentioned above is about all we have to offer.
/pessimistic resident
edubble79Aug 19, 2010
Albuquerque sucks.... tell me something fun to do in Albuquerque???? The balloon festival only happens once a year and thats the only thing thats even remotely cool, I know I am from the area. Santa Fe owns Albuquerque in every way and even thats for old people who are trying to spend thier money before they die.
Denver owns almost every city on this list; We have skiing within an hour during the winter, Summers are sunny and gorgeous with plenty of lakes for water activity. Marijuana is legal (in small quantities) need I say more? The girls live for a warm day when they can skimp it out (they act like they don't know we have 300 days of sun a year). Dude's in Denver are fairly douchey and all the gay fanfare is a bit dizzying but other than the scads and scads of soccor moms texting while driving huge SUV's everywhere, its cool. Boulder is only 30 minutes away (girls and partying everywhere). The best thing about Denver is the drinking scene, we party so huge and we will drink you under the table because we are used to the elevation and you are not, then when we go to your city we will drink you under the table (first few days) since our bodies are used to higher elevation.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
hurricanedcAug 19, 2010
If it's got a bunch of douches then it should be nuked, not placed on a list of good cities.
d3dmAug 19, 2010
I'm not surprised that Houston made the list. The sooner I can get out of Seattle and back to Houston the happier I'll be. This Left Coast lifestyle ain't my cup of tea.
karbrinoAug 19, 2010
Tell me the lifestyle... what different between Seattle and Houston?
acid_jazzAug 19, 2010
You really meant cup of Starbucks, right?
boonhogganbeckAug 19, 2010
I was just visiting in Portland last weekend.
That pic is completely accurate.
good times...
scabnabbitAug 19, 2010
I love Houston, but fair warning: The humidity is insane and so is the traffic.
Love to check out Portland.
Lastly, sorry but Little Rock is kinda s**tty.
austicAug 25, 2010
Funny thing is...it actually has. The only thing that takes away from the city is the trailer-esque style Bill Clinton presidential library.
needcoffeeAug 19, 2010
I'd add Toledo or Columbus Ohio or Pittsburg pa
yacksAug 19, 2010
There is a Pittsburg Pa as well??
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I agree with you about Columbus, it's really awesome down on OSU campus on High Street. Havent spent much time in Toledo, but it looks promising from what I remember.
ptbus0Aug 19, 2010
Yinzers ruin Pittsburgh for me.. I live in between Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Columbus the closest being Pittsburgh by a long shot. Columbus definitely deserves to be on a list like this but I'd say it has one of the top surrounding areas because of the cluster of amazing state, national? parks. I've been trying to go to Hocking Hills forever now.
I actually think Cleveland should be on this list just because of how it's rumored to be the worst place in America yet it's actually just your average typical city that LA and Miami enjoy kicking down the street.
needcoffeeAug 19, 2010
Hocking Hills is wonderful, went on vacation there last year and was probably the most peaceful moment in my life. Let alone all of the wonderful places to go hiking around there.
furdienosferatuAug 19, 2010
I've heard from a lot of my friends who have traveled through Albuquerque that it's cool as s**t.
I'd really like to move to Portland OR though.
bossdj26Aug 19, 2010
Albuquerque isn't cool as s**t, it's just s**t... I've been living in Abq for over 3 years now, and no, people are not the nicest you'll ever meet (like it says on the slide). Say you go to a restaraunt, it's more along the lines of "what do you want, why are you bothering me at my place of work, let me f**k your food up and get it to you sometime next week." Although, in this recent down economy, I'll admit that customer service has really improved, but the town moto is still "Do it tomorrow...".
I love Portland though, born and raised there. People are hella nice in Portland, but we are part snob, too. I'm guessing it stems from a mix of the hippie-culture intertwined with the hipster-culter, which is pretty hard to avoid there. And I f**king miss drinking Rubinator at the Kennedy School...Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
stillhateyouAug 19, 2010
Albuquerque sucks if you dont work at the Labs or Intel, and even then...
antonkoolaidAug 19, 2010
What the hell is going on here?
Why am I the only person that is bothered by the fact this article is CLEARLY 15 CITIES!!
Also, I live in Portland and most breweries per capita isn't the best part. The best part is that gets paired up with having the most strip clubs per capita as well. Best. Combo. Ever.
theword12Aug 19, 2010
f**k cities 15-11, I only want to know about the top 10.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Little Rock, really?
Gang central is underrated?
kicker58Aug 19, 2010
lol maybe they know something about baltimore that i don't know! I live there!!!
ironhideAug 19, 2010
Ah, Portland...no place I'd rather be :) Funny thing is, I moved from Little Rock to here...didn't think it was that great 9 years ago, guess things have improved.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Living in Seattle, My wife and I go to Portland any time we just want to get out of town for a few days. Never have had a bad time there! Love going to Doug Fir, coolest restaurant/lounge in town!
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Iron, have you ever known anyone who stayed at the attached hotel/motel? It looks like they took a 50s hotel and updated it very, very well. I have always wondered what it would be like to stay there but we normally stay downtown.
ironhideAug 21, 2010
Afraid not, I've been to the Fir for a couple of shows but never stayed there.
Closed AccountAug 21, 2010
Well, next time I'm in town I'll stay there and let you know.
Also, there is a New Orleans style restaurant and bar called "Eat, an Oyster Bar" that has a sunday bloody-mary bar that was awesome. Highly suggested if you haven't been. It was in what used to be a pretty bad part of town but had been reworked and is nice now. Take a look if you haven't been and enjoy live jazz. The food was so damn good we took pictures of it!
threddenAug 19, 2010
buried for baltimore...
skyyoAug 19, 2010
I love theses list.
Not one southern city.
Mobile AL for the freaking win.
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
I've been to 30 states, most of their major cities, and I will never leave Minneapolis.
thraxywaxyAug 19, 2010
Burlington, Vermont is my favorite American city.
ripple01Aug 19, 2010
Not going to say it is my favorite American city, but I thought Burlington was a great town when I visited a few years ago. Nice people, downtown area had a nice vibe to it, and that part of Vermont is just beautiful!
thegreatone2009Aug 19, 2010
I love Houston, even with the traffic and amazon-like humidity I still love it :)
crtjerAug 19, 2010
Completely agree with Portland, Oregon. If you like beer, I don't really see a reason not to live in the city. It was a completely different culture and experience. It also has been the "youngest" city I have visited.
kravinAug 19, 2010
Breaking news: Little Rock is a giant assh**e.
amnesianAug 19, 2010
Hello from the Sco!
magic6435Aug 19, 2010
16 pages ... blow me
Closed AccountAug 19, 2010
Butt f**k, Egypt
glbernsAug 19, 2010
What is the Illinois State Redbird doin on the page for little Rock Colorado?
http://www.google.com/images?q=illinois%20state%20redbirds&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=683
herojonAug 19, 2010
Buried as inaccurate. Title is misleading. It's 15 cities not 10.