Underrated US Cities - Page 14

Louisville KY

Lafayette LA

OJ Simpson would agree

atlanta. how shitty it is is woefully underrated

^^^ +1, also Charlotte NC...annoying local accent, mind-boggling traffic and sweaty summers. Every time I think of the South, I have a vision of Dolly Parton look-alikes convention and Nascar

There are some pretty nice towns in the South, which are not filled with filthy rednecks. I've been pretty happy living in Athens GA for the last couple years. It's not really a "city", only 100k people, but it's a good place to live.

You're right about Athens: it is very nice, indeed

I'm not surprised no one's mentioned it yet, but Charleston, West Virginia is beautiful. Anyone else been there? I was only there for a day, and could definitely see how it could get boring. Other than that I'd say that Birmingham, AL and Montgomery, AL are both underrated.

You might, if you go to the warehouse district in Raleigh. And there are a couple converted tobacco buildings dt as well. I looked at 2 of them when i was considering buying there a few years ago.

No, Raleigh's warehouse district (the gayborhood) was mostly built in the mid 20th century. They aren't very decorative.

It is really nothing like Durham's turn of the century tobacco warehouses (which are of a more consistent architectural style as they were built by fewer players). There's also several converted textile mills in Durham which offer another style (lots of windows).

wat?

I havent been there in 10+ years but been to Chaleston a few times and it was by far the worst capital Ive ever seen. So dirty and poor. I just felt...sad. Once you get outside the city the shanty's come up faaast.

Charleston WV is surreal: poor, weird (in an uncool way), yet strangely appealing, good to visit for a day or two... but to live there? That's suicide

Charleston is super small for a capital city; 50,000 people. The social circles are very small and you basically need to buy a plane ticket to go shopping. I guess the internet makes that much easier now though. There's also a pretty big wealth disparity; most of the true middle class that work in Charleston commute in from up or down the valley. Charleston proper is just poores and then upper-middle class and rich.

Huntington is the nicest West Virginia city.

Yeah, I mean, I just like the rich areas of most places, and generally ignore poor parts of town. I live in NOLA and refuse to go to the Quarter because poor people make me ill. I guess I just though a lot of the properties across the river were really dope. The minor league baseball stadium/team looked fun too.

I love Portland, Maine. I used to date a girl who's dad lived out there and I kept dating her longer than I should have because I loved visiting that area so much. The downtown is nice and compact, has some great restaurants, and a surprising art scene for a city its size. Wilmington, NC is another underrated place to get my vote. I used to live near there and would move back in a heartbeat if I could convince the wife. The beaches (along most of the NC coast really) are so much, cleaner, less crowded, and less expensive than what you will find in most of Georgia, SC, or Florida and the college seemed to supply a steady stream of good looking girls. My only complaint is that the housing stock, once you are right outside of downtown, is pretty bland.