Geography Thoughts

Ideal Metro These are cities that are perfect or nearly perfect and have almost everything I want. Unsurprisingly, only two made the cut. 1. Seattle, Washington Seattle is a fantastic area to live. The biggest pluses are the city itself is great with a neat downtown, great skyline, and cool culture off the Puget sound and with all the coffee vibes. Seattle, of course, has fantastic jobs, making it a great place for young professionals. Perhaps the best part of living in the area is the location. Washington state has so much to offer, and 3 of the best national parks in the country are within a 3 hour drive- North Cascades, Olympic and Mount Rainier. The latter two are especially beautiful and full of trails. Within an even shorter driver, however, are countless other forests and parks with fantastic views and trails. It is a little far from the true coast but Puget sound is large and makes up a bit for that.  Also within 3 hours are two other fantastic cities, Portland Oregon and V...

50. Bridgeport, CT- The third world ghetto, brought to new england 1/10 49. Jackson, MS- Dump. 1/10 48. Detroit, MI- not much to say here, but it's better than bridgeport because of the downtown + belle isle 1/10  47. Charleston, WV- all of west virginia is a sad, unbelievably poor with drugs, violence and really fat people 1/10 46. Wilmington, DE- good place to get murdered 1/10 45. Atlanta, GA- just a real filthy and disgusting place, but has some redeeming attractions 2/10 44. Baltimore, MD- some of the worst ghettos in the country, brought up slightly by a nice downtown/harbor area 2/10 43. Newark, NJ- pretty trash but not the worst 2/10 42. Oklahoma City, OK- Struggles 2/10 41. Las Vegas, NV- fake dumpy gross desert 2/10 40. Houston, TX- problems. worst really big city 2/10 39. Kansas City, MO- just a gross place not worth visiting. not the worst though 3/10 38. Little Rock, AR- not much to say about this. Not the worst, just in an awful state with all the racists 3/10 37. Nas...

-Minneapolis seems like a really great metro to live in. From a running perspective, there are so many bike path and paths around lake to run in both the city proper and much of the metro. Lots of great suburbs. Reminds me of Madison, WI although proper slightly better running, slightly worse city. Madison you also at least have Chicago a few hours out. Not sure where you'd escape to from Minneapolis. Cold in winter must be enjoyable as well.  -Downside is really high crime rates. -Minnesota State Fair seems great (in Minneapolis) -Probably the 3rd best running city behind San Francisco and Washington DC