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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2019, 09:20:55 AM »
Hawaii

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Guam

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My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2019, 09:30:00 AM »
anywhere without apes, beaners and pork-deniers


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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2019, 09:43:34 AM »
My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.

I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2019, 10:45:05 AM »
Most are cities with a big university.

So the majority of the population is educated and white.

I'm baffled that Flint isn't on the list

I noticed that too.

I don't know enough about other States to comment on their cities mentioned, but regarding NE and WI; no one outside of the city each had listed would say that's the best city in either state.  

Lincoln is pretty much landlocked.  It has "recreational trails" listed as a highlight.  Sure, if your idea of recreational trails is a fucking long-ass paved sidewalk through the city and suburbs.  Lincoln is a shit-hole overrun by drunk college kids that gets invaded by the rest of the state every Saturday there's a football game at the stadium.

As far as you comment about the population being mostly white.  Kinda true, but illegals in surrounding farming and meat packing don't get counted nor do all of the black athletes, foreign students, and out of state minority students who attend the school.  Per capita, if those things were counted, Lincoln would be the most diverse city in that state by far.  Same goes for Madison, WI.  

I think most learned in elementary U.S. geography were taught to remember MI is shaped more like a left mitten, and WI more like if you traced the outside of a glove.  

If you ask most people that have been to or live in WI the best place, the answer will be some place that is at or close to if you traced from your top left index finger down to your thumb, up and over it, and then back down to your wrist.  Most other lists concur; listing White Fish Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Shorewood, Appleton, etc.


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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2019, 11:11:48 AM »
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...


I've heard San Diego is great.  I've also heard it's super expensive and becoming even more so.

The answer to your question is low costs of housing and living, tons of recreation, good sense of community (everyone deals with that shit together every year), low crime, and changing seasons for activities that are varied as well as new scenery every 3-4 months.  My knowledge is limited I admit, but from what I've read and seen on TV of San Diego, you only have the recreation part it seems.

My question back to you, is why would anyone want to live in a place where the seasons consist of rain and sunny with drought?  I guess you could include earthquake, mudslide, and wild fires as seasons so there's that. :P

When reading the criteria, I though it would be a better list if Demographics was left out.  To me it's racist to include that.  It should be if you removed color and ethnicity; what places then have the best economy, affordable housing, best food choices, most recreational activities for all age groups, lowest taxes, low crime, well managed budget, personal freedom/tolerance, etc.?  To me those should be ranked highest as if you have all of that people from all walks will eventually come there.

I looked closer at their definitions of categories though, and Demographics is fine.  "Social and Civic Capital" needs to go though.  Other than crime, even the site admits it's hard to measure.  Their measures are either subjective and/or require a person to honestly answer (whether they voted) or decide if they want to answer (volunteering).  A lot of people either lie and say they do one/both, or want to keep those things private.

https://livability.com/best-places/ranking-criteria

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2019, 11:15:34 AM »
Fixed.   ;D

"St. Louis has a significantly higher homicide rate than the rest of the U.S. for both whites and blacks and a higher proportion committed by males. As of October 2016, 7 of the homicide suspects were white, 95 black, 0 Hispanic, 0 Asian and only 1 female out of the 102 suspects. In 2016, St. Louis was the most dangerous city in the United States with populations of 100,000 or more, ranking 1st in violent crime and 2nd in property crime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis#Crime

That’s just a function of demographics. There are no Hispanics in St. Louis. The whites who didn’t get out of St.Louis when it went black are surely nasty white trash.



St Louis Demographics
* African American: 49.2%
* White: 43.9% (non-Hispanic: 42.2%)
* Asian: 2.9%
* Native American and Alaska Native: 0.3%
* Two or more races: 2.4%
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 3.5%


This is how it looks on a national level:


Homicide rates by race. (per 100,000 population):
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/08/10/african-american-homicide-rate-nearly-quadruple-national-average-11680

20.9 for blacks (non-Hispanic)

4.9 for Hispanics

2.6 for whites (non-Hispanic)

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #31 on: January 29, 2019, 11:25:50 AM »
That’s just a function of demographics. There are no Hispanics in St. Louis. The whites who didn’t get out of St.Louis when it went black are surely nasty white trash.



St Louis Demographics
* African American: 49.2%
* White: 43.9% (non-Hispanic: 42.2%)
* Asian: 2.9%
* Native American and Alaska Native: 0.3%
* Two or more races: 2.4%
* Hispanic or Latino of any race: 3.5%


This is how it looks on a national level:


Homicide rates by race. (per 100,000 population):
https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/08/10/african-american-homicide-rate-nearly-quadruple-national-average-11680

20.9 for blacks (non-Hispanic)

4.9 for Hispanics

2.6 for whites (non-Hispanic)

Obviously there're a few Hispanics there.  They're just not homicidal, or didn't get caught, but I see what you're saying about demographics.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #32 on: January 29, 2019, 11:42:57 AM »
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”

https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees

Really, two million snakes?... did they count them all?  Sounds like fear propaganda to me.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #33 on: January 29, 2019, 11:55:28 AM »
Why would anyone live in a place where you freeze your balls off for half the year?
My choice is San Diego...


better to be cold than lose or evacuate your home because of a hurricane, earthquake, mudslide, or wildfire

it's funny to me how most people want to live by the beach, considering most people look like shit in a swim suit

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #34 on: January 29, 2019, 12:15:37 PM »
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees


I like snakes,spiders,sharks,crocodiles,wild dogs .....................so  8)

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #35 on: January 29, 2019, 01:52:40 PM »
Looks like a list of places to freeze your balls off.
We have these things called heaters and winter clothes.  I live in the frigid north and am rarely if ever cold.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #36 on: January 29, 2019, 02:13:28 PM »
This list is fucked. Most these places don't even offer residential 1 gig internet  ;D
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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2019, 02:34:21 PM »
I hope you like snakes Coach. Especially brown tree snakes.

“We are face to face with Guam's "nemesis": the brown tree snake. And the forests here are dripping with them.
The US territory, in the western Pacific, is only 50km (30 miles) long and 10km wide, but it is packed with two million snakes.”


https://www.sciencealert.com/guam-s-plague-of-snakes-is-having-a-devastating-impact-on-the-trees

Most of my wife’s family still lives on Guam. Haven’t heard much about tree snakes since they don’t live in the jungles of Guam..lol. I have seen pictures of these giant fucking crabs that latch on to trash cans tho. Freaked me the fuck out...hahah

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2019, 02:53:53 PM »
Most of my wife’s family still lives on Guam. Haven’t heard much about tree snakes since they don’t live in the jungles of Guam..lol. I have seen pictures of these giant fucking crabs that latch on to trash cans tho. Freaked me the fuck out...hahah

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2019, 03:06:27 PM »
One man's trash is another man's dinner.



That’s the pic I saw that freaked me out.....hahahahah.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2019, 03:14:50 PM »
and thats in daylight, imagine going out at night just to throw a trashbag

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2019, 03:16:25 PM »
and thats in daylight, imagine going out at night just to throw a trashbag

Horror movie shit

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2019, 04:14:06 PM »
https://livability.com/best-places/top-100-best-places-to-live/2018

Our 5th annual ranking of the best places to live in America includes familiar names and deserving newcomers.

This year, nearly 2,300 cities were ranked on more than 40 data points measuring economics, housing, amenities, infrastructure, demographics, social and civic capital, education and health care.

#1 Ann Arbor, MI
#2 Manhattan, KS
#3 Corvallis, OR
#4 Iowa City, IA
#5 Charlottesville, VA
#6 Palo Alto, CA
#7 Madison, WI
#8 Santa Cruz, CA
#9 Rochester, MN
#10 Bellevue, WA
#11 Overland Park, KS
#12 Cambridge, MA
#13 Berkeley, CA
#14 Fort Collins, CO
#15 Irvine, CA
#16 Boulder, CO
#17 San Luis Obispo, CA
#18 Davis, CA
#19 Lincoln, NE
#20 Evanston, IL




Beach towns are always a favorite for me.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2019, 05:06:51 PM »
One man's trash is another man's dinner.



No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #44 on: January 29, 2019, 05:08:50 PM »
No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?

25 mg tren EOD and, 100mg test/wk and intermittent fasting with a carb load every 3 days... It's not rocket science ::)

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #45 on: January 29, 2019, 07:05:04 PM »
25 mg tren EOD and, 100mg test/wk and intermittent fasting with a carb load every 3 days... It's not rocket science ::)

25 mg of Tren would hardly do anything to a mouse....lol

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #46 on: January 29, 2019, 07:08:45 PM »
My wife is from Guam. We’re seriously contemplating on moving there.

I plan to visit Kosare/Ponapei & ruins of Nan Madol  8)

Micronesia is so beautiful.

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« Reply #47 on: January 30, 2019, 04:28:06 AM »
No way is that legit....really?  If real what and how much of it does a crab eat to get that size?

It's legit.  Google giant coconut crab.


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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #48 on: January 31, 2019, 02:58:42 PM »
better to be cold than lose or evacuate your home because of a hurricane, earthquake, mudslide, or wildfire

it's funny to me how most people want to live by the beach, considering most people look like shit in a swim suit

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I lived there 20 years and an occasional mild shaking/earthquake is all I experienced. 99.9% of the population experience nothing more than an occasional mild earthquake. You take NBC news to seriously.

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Re: the best places to live in america top-100 list
« Reply #49 on: January 31, 2019, 03:14:03 PM »
Palo Alto? If you’re trying to live next to Silicon Valley’s richest and sit in traffic

Santa Cruz Is a decent place to live (away from the trashy boardwalk) but another city affected by Bay Area tech overcrowding and inflation

San Diego is probably the the best OVERALL spot in CA for weather, things to do, cost (not great), food (great)