U.S City with the Most Interesting People?

[Brian SD]

Of all the cities my friends have come from, the general theme seems to be that people from LA have their **** together moreso than the others, so my vote is for LA.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

Of all the cities my friends have come from, the general theme seems to be that people from LA have their **** together moreso than the others, so my vote is for LA.
I agree with LA. Lots of people, lots of different types. It makes for an interesting crowd.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Are we talking interesting people or "interesting" people?

Nothing tops the "interesting" folks around Santa Cruz.

I have no idea where normal interesting folks can be found in large numbers.

I was thinking more in terms of interesting types of people or those with interesting cultures.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Santa Cruz is great for Pollys.

 

[Rambo]

Miami - Its the only city in the US where the young people come to live and the old people come to die. Can't beat the melting pot there. Substitute Boca Raton if you're jewish and Palm Beach if you're an overly affluent wasp. Both also work if you prefer not to have black people in your city.

 

[binge]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Are we talking interesting people or "interesting" people?

I "think" we are "talking" about interesting "people".

 

[ama]

NYC, half the people there are vapid and soulless, but the other half are diverse and interesting, so I suppose it wins based on sheer size. LA would be a close second, Huston third and Chicago fourth. (I'm only ranking cities I've spent significant time in.)

 

[babygreenspots]

Originally Posted by ama

NYC, half the people there are vapid and soulless, but the other half are diverse and interesting, so I suppose it wins based on sheer size. LA would be a close second, Huston third and Chicago fourth. (I'm only ranking cities I've spent significant time.)

The obviousness of the answer makes the question a bit uninteresting. LA is more like a very distant second. It's hardly as international.

 

[ama]

Originally Posted by babygreenspots

The obviousness of the answer makes the question a bit uninteresting. LA is more like a very distant second. It's hardly as international.

It depends where in LA, but generally you are correct. There is less interaction amongst "everyday" people in LA.

 

[EL72]

1. Las Vegas

2. New Orleans

 

[Reggs]

San Francisco

It's full of weirdos.

 

[Warrengardner]

It sure as hell ain't Charlotte, N.C. Beyond any doubt it used to be The Big Easy, which made Charleston and Savannah look like a kindergartens and compared with which SF has the depth and profundity of a one-sided pancake. Seattle has the cultural depth of a franchise coffehouse. Porland? Whatever. No, no children, New Orleans had it all, goddammit!! History, the big bowl wherein were poured French, Spanish, African, British, Native American ingredients all mixed together with just the right combination of corruption, voodoo, genius, beauty, sex, yellow-fever, life,death and jazz. Goddamn that hurricane!! We had fuckin' Sodom and Gomorrah right in the US and we let it get away. Las Vegas is just a bunch of yahoos behaving badly and it'll die when the lights go out - New Orleans had the real thing , OLD WORLD DECADENCE and it took the hand of God to smite it, Geez , man it was biblical! All of this assuming that we're agreed that New York is not a US city.

 

[VKK3450]

Originally Posted by jpeirpont

I'd go with Charleston, SC. Geechies, old school culture and faded aristocratic sorts.

And College of Charleston = tons of ladies!

Originally Posted by Rambo

Miami - Its the only city in the US where the young people come to live and the old people come to die. Can't beat the melting pot there. Substitute Boca Raton if you're jewish and Palm Beach if you're an overly affluent wasp. Both also work if you prefer not to have black people in your city.

how are those interesting?

K

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by Brian SD

...people from LA have their **** together...

You can't be serious.

 

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by ama

NYC, half the people there are vapid and soulless, but the other half are diverse and interesting, so I suppose it wins based on sheer size. LA would be a close second, Huston third and Chicago fourth. (I'm only ranking cities I've spent significant time in.)

Sorry dude, there is absolutely nobody interesting in Chicago. Trust me, I spent 21 years living just outside of it, and 14 months living in it. I'm boring as hell, and so is everyone else.

Edit: Sometimes the homeless people are interesting. I'll give you that.