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re: Which cities have the best of both worlds when it comes to city life and outdoors?
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:08 am to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:08 am to LSUTigersVCURams
reading through threads like these that pop up time to time on the OT it's usually pretty clear that 90% of the downvotes most likely come from yoyos that :
- have never traveled outside the south
- think hunting and fishing are the only two activities that can be considered "outdoor"
- love to bash anything that isn't usually affiliated with redneckery/coonassery
- generally hate texas
open your eyes baws, hop on a plane, put some hiking boots on, go check out a national park or two that isn't a swamp.
- have never traveled outside the south
- think hunting and fishing are the only two activities that can be considered "outdoor"
- love to bash anything that isn't usually affiliated with redneckery/coonassery
- generally hate texas
open your eyes baws, hop on a plane, put some hiking boots on, go check out a national park or two that isn't a swamp.
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Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:09 am to TexasTiger34
Came here to upvote your post
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:09 am to al_cajun
Alexandria.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:15 am to TexasTiger34
quote:
that 90% of the downvotes most likely come from yoyos that :
Why do you pay attention to downvotes?
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:27 am to RogerTheShrubber
the correct answer is a decent city just outside Charlotte.
You can have the benefits of being close enough to a very large city that has a huge international airport. You can live in the suburbs if you don't want the city life, but you're still close enough to do the city things. There are lakes all over the general vicinity of Charlotte for fishing, leisure boating, and fun boating. White water rafting isn't far away either.
You're 2-3 hours from the mountains. You're 3 hours to the beach.
You don't have severe seasons but it's hot enough to enjoy summer in the water, and cold enough to get some snow in the winter.
You can have the benefits of being close enough to a very large city that has a huge international airport. You can live in the suburbs if you don't want the city life, but you're still close enough to do the city things. There are lakes all over the general vicinity of Charlotte for fishing, leisure boating, and fun boating. White water rafting isn't far away either.
You're 2-3 hours from the mountains. You're 3 hours to the beach.
You don't have severe seasons but it's hot enough to enjoy summer in the water, and cold enough to get some snow in the winter.
This post was edited on 10/17/18 at 10:29 am
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:27 am to EA6B
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Same with Seattle, you can get off work at five in the winter and still have time to go ski
Only if you have lighted ski slopes, chief. Sun sets around 4:30 PM in Seattle in December, 4:30 to 5:00PM in January, and before 6 PM in February.
And the closest ski slopes to Seattle are between an hour (Snoqualmie) to 2 hours away...
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:30 am to TexasTiger34
One thing I noticed was I didn't see hardly any overweight people in Denver and I am guessing it is due to the amount of outdoor stuff readily available to them. Which is impressive with how good all the food was.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 10:36 am to BRich
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Only if you have lighted ski slopes, chief. Sun sets around 4:30 PM in Seattle in December, 4:30 to 5:00PM in January, and before 6 PM in February.
And the closest ski slopes to Seattle are between an hour (Snoqualmie) to 2 hours away...
They do but Portland>Seattle.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:15 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
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Many of these answers, including Denver, don’t exactly fit.
It’s more ‘what city has a great city life as well as being in close proximity to outdoor adventures. Denver, Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, et al come to mind, but none of those cities REALLY have a ton of outdoor options, they’re just close to great areas that do
huh?
i live in uptown phoenix and i have miles and miles of hiking trails and a mountain preserve five minutes away. the country's largest municipal park (south mountain park, at 17,000 acres) is 10 minutes south of downtown. phoenix, at least, has tons of outdoor actives in town and further afield.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:16 am to al_cajun
Denver and it’s not really close IMO
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:21 am to al_cajun
Atlanta has Six Flags and the big rock mountain and the big lake. Amazing sports city as well
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:44 am to FLTech
quote:
Atlanta
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:48 am to LSUintheNW
I hear Pasadena, CA is great. Close to mountains, beach, desert.
Posted on 10/17/18 at 11:55 am to EA6B
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Hiking/backpacking
Biking
Snow skiing
Rock, and Mountain climbing,
Kayaking
100s of miles of ATV, Jeep, horseback trails on public land.
yeah, well those things require solid land, after all
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:07 pm to al_cajun
Boise
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:42 pm to al_cajun
Knoxville
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:47 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
Why do you pay attention to downvotes?
why pay attention to upvotes? why have votes at all?
why is the sky blue?
Posted on 10/17/18 at 12:51 pm to al_cajun
Washington DC and close areas (Arlington VA, Alexandria VA, Bethesda Maryland)
So many f@#king trees and parks up here that it's like Ferngully, more wooded than Deep South which surprised me. You can be in a bar/restaurant area and walk behind it to a wooded area with trails that stretch for miles, unseen unless you look.
So many f@#king trees and parks up here that it's like Ferngully, more wooded than Deep South which surprised me. You can be in a bar/restaurant area and walk behind it to a wooded area with trails that stretch for miles, unseen unless you look.
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