San Francisco. Tragic what it became when you remember it he good times

Anonymous wrote:The whole state of Wisconsin.

Really? I spent 6 years in Wisconsin while doing my PhD at UW-Madison and was always finding charming and/or fun spots. I hate a lot of what has happened to the state in the past decade thanks to Scott Walker and right wing extremism, but many areas are still great. Madison is lovely. Parts of Milwaukee are really cool. Whitefish Bay is one of the prettiest suburbs I've been to. I'd happily live there. Cedarburg is charming. Lake Geneva is a playground for wealthy Chicagoans and their vacation homes. Door County is a more low-key vacation spot but very charming. The southwestern part of the state felt like a mini Vermont to me. Yea there are some depressing and ugly parts. (Don't get me started on Racine.) But you could say that for every state, no?

Where did you go in WI and when?

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Anonymous wrote:Albany, GA
Warner Robins, GA
Ajo, AZ
Huntington, WV
Meridian, MS

well, i can guess what you do for a living. you're not wrong btw, those places are the pits.

I would have picked a different career had I known.

what is the career?

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Anonymous wrote: Took a trip to go rafting on the New River in West Virginia when I was in my mid-twenties. I felt like I was in a third world country - there were literal tin shacks on the side of the road. It was shocking.

I actually live in Morgantown now (city in WV) and it’s really funny to see people from “north central WV” - where I am - take pains to distinguish themselves from “southern West Virginians.”

(I think WV generally sucks BTW. Husband brought me here and we make so much comparative to the COL it feels stupid to move, but honestly some stereotypes are kind of true and I am so lonely.)

I've only been to Morgantown once, in 1981, and I found it depressing. I guess it's better now?

Morgantown has changed drastically in the past 20 years, much like any other up and coming mid-sized city in the U.S. It pales in comparison to the poverty stricken areas (OP is a whiner). I recently purchased a place in the eastern panhandle...tons of people coming out this way from D.C. Yes, there are a lot of shacks and run down places but I have been amazed at the friendliness of the locals and the beauty of the landscape, not to mention plenty of outdoor activities. I foresee this area changing a lot in the future as more people move in.

Canon City, CO.

Everyone there is prison-adjacent in some way. Either they work there or did time there. The only jobs are fast food, retail, and prison-industrial complex. It's dry, desolate, and ugly.

Its only redeeming feature is it's close to places that aren't as terrible as it it.

The whole state of Wisconsin.

Have you ever been to Door County? Madison? There are lots of nice smaller towns as well.

Another vote for Niagara Falls. Half the town is just boarded up buildings. Apparently the new casinos being built aren’t giving anything back to the town. It’s sad that The state of NY let this happen to the town.

I know this will be unpopular but I’ve always found Boston to be depressing.

Anonymous wrote:Erie pa.

We just stayed in Erie - in the newish waterfront development which was nice - and Presque Island was beautiful, but the town of Erie seemed very sad. Lots of shelters and addiction/ rehab centers.

The whole state of Wisconsin.

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Anonymous wrote:Albany, GA
Warner Robins, GA
Ajo, AZ
Huntington, WV
Meridian, MS

well, i can guess what you do for a living. you're not wrong btw, those places are the pits.

I would have picked a different career had I known.

Atlantic City

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Anonymous wrote:Downtown St Louis in the mid 2000s. Went there for a AAAS conference and had never seen a US city like it, such a shell of former greatness. I don’t know if it’s still that way but I can’t stop thinking about it.

The area around the park is really shined up nicely. Try it again if you can.

I had never been to St. Louis before, and admittedly we didn't see all that much of the city, but we recently went to STL to tour Wash U with our dd and I couldn't believe how gorgeous the campus and the area surrounding it were. Beautiful leafy neighborhoods with grand, well-kept old homes. Good restaurants. We strolled through Forest Park and loved it. I'm sure there are crappy neighborhoods in St. Louis but at least parts of the city are very vibrant and nice.

Isn’t Wash U outside of the city?

It's across the street. The main campus is in University City and the medical campus is in the City of St. Louis, but they sit on either side of Forest Park, and the the western border of the park is the city limit.

Anonymous wrote:Albany, GA
Warner Robins, GA
Ajo, AZ
Huntington, WV
Meridian, MS

well, i can guess what you do for a living. you're not wrong btw, those places are the pits.

Albany, GA
Warner Robins, GA
Ajo, AZ
Huntington, WV
Meridian, MS

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Anonymous wrote:Downtown St Louis in the mid 2000s. Went there for a AAAS conference and had never seen a US city like it, such a shell of former greatness. I don’t know if it’s still that way but I can’t stop thinking about it.

The area around the park is really shined up nicely. Try it again if you can.

I had never been to St. Louis before, and admittedly we didn't see all that much of the city, but we recently went to STL to tour Wash U with our dd and I couldn't believe how gorgeous the campus and the area surrounding it were. Beautiful leafy neighborhoods with grand, well-kept old homes. Good restaurants. We strolled through Forest Park and loved it. I'm sure there are crappy neighborhoods in St. Louis but at least parts of the city are very vibrant and nice.

Isn’t Wash U outside of the city?

It’s set right on the border. The eastern edge of the main campus borders the city limits. However, the City proper is very small. St Louis County is much larger and still very dense where it abuts the city. Its not downtown, but still very much “St Louis”