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re: Name your top 5 dull cities with a lack of identity

Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:52 pm to
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:52 pm to
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Riverwalk


Dirty tourist trap

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Alamo


Meh

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downtown


Didn't poke around there too much.

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Sea World and Six Flags


Didn't go to either.


Honestly, I wasn't there long enough to form a solid opinion on it. Reading other posts I realize I overlooked both Indianapolis and Oklahoma City, which are better choices.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43478 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:53 pm to
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Newport is awesome


That's where my butler spends his summers.



Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79506 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:53 pm to
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I think Houston has much more of a local identity and culture than Dallas does. Dallas is the Texas city that seems lacking in identity to me where almost nobody is from there.



I think this is true but I think there are plenty of natives in Dallas proper.

The legitimate pitch for Dallas is "ok we may not have much in the way of distinctive character, but we have tons of shite here and a lot of it is pretty nice"
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29458 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:53 pm to
I like OKC well enough
Posted by Boo Krewe
Member since Apr 2015
9810 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:53 pm to
Orlando had a lot to offer, explore more
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79506 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:54 pm to
Memphis, Jackson and Montgomery are shitholes

But being a shithole is an identity of sorts. I think they're a different category than sprawling, soulless places like Phoenix or whatever
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43478 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:54 pm to
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It's a Tennessee Williams quote that New Orleans people hang on to from back when it was a great city.



Ah ok.

Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:54 pm to
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What is their identity?


Their current identity is loud, obnoxious girls there for a bachelorette party.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
66133 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:55 pm to
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Wichita, KS maybe?


Plain Jane for sure.

I'll add Topeka as one of the most boring state caps there is. Not to mention being stuck out in no man's land between Lawrence and Manhattan. I like KC ok but KS as a whole is sleepy.
Posted by dsides
Member since Jan 2013
5450 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:58 pm to
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Except TPC Sawgrass is in Ponte Vedra Beach....


which is basically part of Jacksonville metro
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
49102 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 3:59 pm to
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Definitely still applicable with the locals

New Orleans was one of the economic engines of the South at some point. That's certainly no longer the case. It is certainly not dull or lacking an identity though.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26927 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:00 pm to
But it isn't Jacksonville. Just saying.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12889 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:00 pm to
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My list

1. Houston Texas


I get the Houston hate. I used to think that too back when I was in O&G and used to come here for work all the time. Then I moved here and it really changed my mind. I always say its a terrible place to visit but a great place to live. Out of all the places I've lived its my favorite (Nola, BR, Slidell, Monroe, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Midland, Conroe) Not to say that's a stellar list.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101938 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:00 pm to
Houston
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Sacramento
Jacksonville
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
49102 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:00 pm to
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The legitimate pitch for Dallas is "ok we may not have much in the way of distinctive character, but we have tons of shite here and a lot of it is pretty nice"

Dallas always reminded me if you took a couple of million people from L.A. and dropped them off in North Texas to start a city. I haven't spent a lot of time there in the past 20 years though. Fort Worth always had a lot more character to me.
Posted by dsides
Member since Jan 2013
5450 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:01 pm to
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But it isn't Jacksonville. Just saying.


that's like saying metairie isn't part of NOLA
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
263209 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:02 pm to
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lacking an identity though.


"Identity" is overrated. NO is the poster child for that assessment.
Posted by lazy
Member since Jun 2020
1594 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:02 pm to
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Baton Rouge get shite on here relentlessly and rightfully so, but they in no way are dull with no identity.


Baton Rouge is a generic gulf coast refinery town.
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36825 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:03 pm to
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ut it isn't Jacksonville. Just saying.




It’s 30-45 minutes from most parts of town. Which is my beef with it, everything cool about the town is 30 minutes away. It makes Houston feel centralized.

Jacksonville beach is about as far from downtown Jacksonville as Galveston is to houston, albeit JB is a million times nicer.
Posted by TheeRealCarolina
Member since Aug 2018
17925 posts
Posted on 12/15/20 at 4:04 pm to
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Oklahoma City and Indy are perfectly nice towns. I've spent time in both and appreciate them. But they are bland and don't really have an identity.


Indy is probably the best/safest city north of the Mason-Dixon. Has a little bit of everything and they have a couple of suburbs that are regularly in the top 50 places to live in the US.
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