What is the best city in America?
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Most people think of the city or area they were born in first.. and if that place really does suck, they think of the most interesting or beautiful place they have visited.
I was born in the Bay Area and I think San Francisco is the best city in America.
I have seen this city through the eyes of a child. And also through the eyes of a teenager and young adult with so many concerts, bands and parties.
This city holds years of experiences just like her hills. There have been both ups and downs, but all of them I cherish. To me... this is the best city in America.
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There are thousands of big and small cities to choose from, each has it's good and bad points and you have to decide what is important to you.
Weather and climate, economic outlook, standard of living, the school system, ethnic makeup, landscape and geography, public transportation, Real Estate outlook and values, cost of living, and more.
You have to decide what is most important to you, and investigate.
A lot can be found online but do not be fooled by pretty pictures.
Scout the online forums where present and past residents post their opinions.
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M$Summers are a little warm, er hot. Winters are wonderful. The beaches have beautiful white sand. The surf there is good. (Not great, but almost perfect for body surfing.)
Plenty of entertainment (An Equity theatre on the beach side as well as a community theatre on the mainland.) A wonderful Center for the Arts.
Plenty of shopping, with a regional mall and an outlet center, both close to I-95. Also, plenty of high end boutique shops and art galleries on the beach side.
Vero beach is "away from it all" but easily accessible to the tourist spots in Florida. Disney World and the other Orlando attractions are a two hour drive away. Miami is less than three hours by car.
There are plenty of restaurants in Vero Beach, seafood, German, Chinese. You name it, they serve it.
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Thanks for the tip. What about Jacksonville or Pensacola?
Morriss003:
re: Jacksonville or Pensacola
I have never lived in either city. Jacksonville is the largest city in the united states. (by area. there is no such thing as "unincorporated duval county" the city and the county share borders.) My mother grew up there and we used to visit my grandmother a lot. Jacksonville gets hot in the summer and cold in the winter. (not as cold as the rest of the country, with the exception of hawaii!) There's a convenient drive to the state capital, and georgia is a short hop on I-95 north. For tourism, jacksonville is close to saint augustine, the oldest "city" in the united states. I am not a big fan of the beaches that far north. the water can be cold one day and warm the next, thanks to the whims of the gulf stream. Jacksonville has an awful lot of "big city" problems, and a horrible smelling paper mill. The saint john's river empties into the atlantic at jacksonville.
Pensacola: I only know from the beaches. so far as I know, pensacola is a nice enough small town. the military facility there brings plenty of service jobs to the area. the beaches there are HUGE, sometimes 400 or 500 feet from the dune crossover boardwalks to the water. again, beautiful white sand beaches. there is next to no surf there at the top of the gulf. (the gulf of mexico, at least in florida, is a big, warm bathtub, the only waves you get are from the wakes of passing speedboats.)
perdido key is a nearby national beach, with a small number of nude beach goers.
if i were thinking of moving to either city, i'd want to visit both first to get the lay of the land.
I think Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida not the United States, by land area, I think the first few are in Alaska. And if you go by population there are plenty that are larger.
bklynjs:
You are correct. Alaska has some really big cities.
Jacksonville, FL at "only" 885 sq mi makes it the largest city (by land area) in the contiguous united states. (And, as you said, the largest in the state of florida.)
Yakutat, AK has 9459 sq mi
Sitka, AK has 2874 sq mi
Juneau, AK has 2717 sq mi
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I actually remember SF before Bart too. I would get on the F bus near Jack London Square in Oakland with my Mom and it would drop us off at the old train and bus depot off of Market Street. I think I was 7 or 8 when I took my last bus trip and started using Bart.
I also remember my first ride on Bart shortly after it opened. They didn't have the tunnel complete to ride across the bay, but I took it out to the Fremont stop and back.
I lived in the city for a while. It was great. Rode the cable car to work at Bank of America, corner of Market and Powell. First time I ever saw a mosque. That was before BART.