re: Top 3 Large cities you would live in

Miami
LA
Houston

Denver
Salt Lake City
Vancouver

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Scottsdale - Booming economy, good entertainment/food. NO WINTER

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Wait till you go through a monsoon summer...100 degree heat and rain.

Miami
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
Lincoln/Omaha

1. San Diego(or at least the socal region as a whole)
2. Phoenix/Scottsdale
3. St. Pete

basically I want to be able to golf and play softball year round

San Diego x 3

In the US
1.Nashville
2.Austin
3.Denver

Abroad
1.Auckland (Is my number 1 overall)
2.Prague
3.Barcelona

Dallas, Atlanta, Des Moines

Based on the ones i've visited:

1) Seatlle: Beautiful scenery, educated population, generally fit people, the city is incredibly clean, and I love the rain. I love the PNW and have always wanted to go back and spend more time up there. They have climbable mountains and surfable coast both within an hour from the city. The only downfall is their politics, which you can avoid if you just stay the frick away from the university/downtown scene.

2) Tampa: Beautiful beaches, growing population, growing economy (basically Miami but for white people). About 4 hours from the keys and still access to every major sports event you can think of. It's actually still pretty affordable (especially in the St. Pete area) Cons are that it's in Florida.

3) I can go back and forth on this one. Austin or Boston but i'd have to give the nod to Boston. If you had asked me 10 years ago, it would have been Austin but the California migration has damn near ruined that city. Housing prices have skyrocketed in what used to be fairly affordable. Anyway, i'd give it to Boston because I love Maine in the summer-time. The Cape is solid and their academics are probably the best in the country. The people are educated, good seafood, good beer, generally fit, and can drive down or take the train down to NYC within just a little over 3 hours. Downfall is that the people are fairly rude overall, not complete dicks but generally won't go out of their way to help you either. It's pretty liberal, but can be avoided and the winter weather sucks arse.

Runner-ups: Austin, Denver, Phoenix, Baltimore/DC (sounds crazy but these cities are both awesome) . I like Dallas, but it's just too big. I don't want to live in as big of a city as Houston/Dallas. It's just too much.