re: US News and World Report Top 100 Places to Live 2022

Posted by titmouse

a tree branch above your car

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 7:39 am to Giantkiller

This list is about as useful as their college rankings.

Posted by Bruco

Charlotte, NC

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 7:47 am to titmouse

Green Bay #3

Look, I like my hometown. It was a nice place to grow up but the third best place to live in all of America?

Besides relatively inexpensive housing I can’t fathom a reason to live there. Horrible climate, terrible job market for anyone with a college degree who doesn’t work in healthcare, high taxes, etc.

The population has barely grown in the last 20 years. That doesn’t strike me as one of the most desirable places to live in the entire country.

I’d have to double my salary to move back.

Oh and if Peoria Il is one of the top 50 places to live, America is a total shithole. It’s one of the last places I’d ever live

This post was edited on 5/22/22 at 8:16 am

Posted by FLObserver

Jacksonville

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 8:09 am to Giantkiller

Jax, Fl. #24 . Suck it you Fl. haters

Posted by ELVIS U

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 9:54 am to Giantkiller

San Francisco is #10. Weak list

Posted by Grateful Reb

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:02 am to Giantkiller

San Francisco is #10 so that list is shite.

Posted by Shunface

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:05 am to Giantkiller

I don’t know how much thought they put into this list.

Augusta, GA in the top 80 is highly questionable. One of the bigger shitholes in Georgia. Just because they have the Master’s once a year doesn’t make it a nice town.

Posted by St Augustine

The Pauper of the Surf

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:11 am to Giantkiller

Lol at Flint Michigan being on that list.

Posted by fallguy_1978

Best States #50

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:11 am to UKWildcats

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West by God Virginia is fricking great. But Huntington, Parkersburg, hell even much of Charleston are just meh or complete holes. A lot of poverty in the rural parts but land is cheap and it is absolutely one of the most beautiful states

I spent a fair amount of time in Ripley, WV. I agree that it's beautiful. Meth aside I'd definitely live in WV.

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:15 am to fallguy_1978

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Meth aside I'd definitely live in WV.

Absolutely. I dont' give a shite if there are poor people there. Beautiful state and affordable.

Posted by fallguy_1978

Best States #50

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:15 am to Bruco

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Oh and if Peoria Il is one of the top 50 places to live, America is a total shithole. It’s one of the last places I’d ever live

They must apply some sort of formula without knowing anything about the place. None of this is accurate about BR

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Baton Rouge, the ever-expanding capital of Louisiana, increasingly absorbs the flavor of New Orleans without adopting the bustle of a tourist spot. Warm year-round and located right off the Mississippi River, the metro area moves at a suburban pace while offering the opportunities of a flourishing cultural hub.

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Baton Rouge is continually building to keep up with its growing population, so construction is rampant in some parts of the city.

Posted by fallguy_1978

Best States #50

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:19 am to RogerTheShrubber

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Absolutely. I dont' give a shite if there are poor people there. Beautiful state and affordable.

Nice seasonal weather, great activities for an outdoorsman. I really don't care for cities much anymore anyway. Hell we have plenty of meth heads and heroin addicts in those too.

Posted by Breauxsif

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:20 am to fallguy_1978

The article is making it sound like people are flocking to BR

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Posted by Frank Black

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:23 am to Giantkiller

San Jose and San Francisco in the top 10.

Top 10 for whom? Homeless people? AIDS infested rats?

Posted by Billy Blanks

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:24 am to Giantkiller

Fayetteville in the top 10 yet again.

Posted by fallguy_1978

Best States #50

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:24 am to Breauxsif

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The article is making it sound like people are flocking to BR

The population is slightly lower now than it was 22 years ago

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

Juneau, AK

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:24 am to fallguy_1978

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. Hell we have plenty of meth heads and heroin addicts in those too.

Cities are far worse than the rural areas. They congregate in large herds. Its just easy to hide in a specific neighborhood and pretend those don't exist.

This post was edited on 5/22/22 at 10:25 am

Posted by Bruco

Charlotte, NC

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 10:57 am to Breauxsif

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The article is making it sound like people are flocking to BR

Peoria has all the charm of BR but with a lot of snow and sky high taxes.

I think most of all I love Santa Barbara and Rockford Illinois being adjacent on that list. I get that home prices are a real issue, but come on…..

Posted by StanSmith

Member since May 2018

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Posted on 5/22/22 at 11:21 am to Giantkiller

BR at 93????

Tell me they have not been to BR without telling me they have not been to BR.

I was born and raised in BR and have traveled across much of the US. I can pick out a hundred places I would live and BR is not one of them.