Your Least Ideal City

[Razor]

Inspired by Dariusb's thread, so cred

Just for fun okay

I'll start.

A dash of Toronto's Hockey (Leafs) fans.
A dollup of Ottawa's conservatism.
A dose of Montreal's road construction+ bridge infrastructure.
A heaping of Winnipeg's winter.
A cup of Vancouver's and Seattle's sunshine.
A part of Kiev's restaurant/food scene.
2 parts of Tokyo's work week schedule.
Capped off with Hong Kong's housing prices.

[the urban politician]

Chicago's winter
Phoenix's summer
Bismark, ND style pizza
Anchorage, AK women
NYC friendliness
Cleveland's football team

[jtown,man]

Toronto/Chicago/Minneapolis winter
Houston summer
Phoenix skyline(waiting for you Obadno)
Youngstown economy
Anchorage's location(isolation)
Nashvilles transport(lack of interstate/public transit)
San Francisco's politics
Parisian lack of friendliness

[James Bond Agent 007]

Anything with palm trees and no snow.

[Cirrus]

Tulsa but with San Francisco's NIMBYism and New Orleans' humidity.

[JAYNYC]

Chicago + Nashville.

[schaalman]

A place that suffers from no severe weather.....I love severe weather!

[BnaBreaker]

Originally Posted by JAYNYC

Chicago + Nashville.

I've never been more proud to have called both of these cities home.

[uaarkson]

Any city in Arizona or Nevada.

[iheartthed]

My least ideal city would have:

Atlanta's traffic
Minneapolis's winter
Phoenix's summer
Detroit's transit
New York's July fragrance
Salt Lake City's diversity
Branson, MO's nightlife
Houston's zoning laws
Dallas's (ugly) freeways
Jacksonville's skyline
Boston's (cheating) sports teams
Charlotte's airport
Pittsburgh's geographic ambiguity
Philadelphia's proximity to a much bigger and more famous neighbor
Baltimore's latent jealousy of its flashier twin
D.C.'s traffic circles
Chicago's deep dish as the signature culinary dish
L.A.'s self-important Hollywood types
Vegas's (or Miami's) tourists
San Francisco's pointy-head know-it-all liberals (I'm a pointy-head know-it-all liberal, and that's often enough for me)

[dimondpark]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

Tulsa but with San Francisco's NIMBYism and New Orleans' humidity.

Yuck

[ThePhun1]

Any city north of the 49th Parallel (including Alaska, not just Canada) I like having the sun out but also not too, too much. Did I also mention I hate ice, cold weather and snow aside from the occasional novelty?

[SignalHillHiker]

I feel like I'm camping even in lovely cities if I'm in a detached house set back from the sidewalk, so my nightmare is basically any of the Russian cities that are 99.9% concrete apartment blocks. Enormously wide streets, HUGE setbacks and green areas. It's how I imagine a lunar base should look, not a city.

I mean... just kill me.

Monchegorsk, Murmanskaya oblast, Russia by Mike Ilchenko, on Flickr

If I had to follow the formula...

Murmansk (or any of the other's) urban form
Edinburgh's colours and nightlife
Halifax's attitude
Old Quebec City's ratio of locals/tourists
Belfast's ease of movement
Branson's arts scene
Oymyakon's climate

[JManc]

Houston's humidity is actually good for the skin...even if it sucks the life out of you. I'm in my mid-40's and have virtually no crows feet or frown lines. I am often mistaken for being in my early to mid 30's. Thanks Houston!

[Nantais]

Any big city which isn't near the sea or isn't crossed by a true river.
Those feel so bland to me, I can't get interested in them.
Any real city should have a waterfront.

[LA21st]

Originally Posted by JManc

Houston's humidity is actually good for the skin...even if it sucks the life out of you. I'm in my mid-40's and have virtually no crows feet or frown lines. I am often mistaken for being in my early to mid 30's. Thanks Houston!

I think that just depends on the person.
I've been in LA for 6 years now and I recently went back to see some Chicago friends who say I look the same as when I left. So i'm 39 but can pass early for 32 or so.
And I've been in the sun quite a bit the last 2-3 years because of hiking.

I don't have the best diet either. But I guess hiking/running up a mountain 2-3 days week helps.

[Sun Belt]

Originally Posted by JManc

Houston's humidity is actually good for the skin...even if it sucks the life out of you. I'm in my mid-40's and have virtually no crows feet or frown lines. I am often mistaken for being in my early to mid 30's. Thanks Houston!

You might be on to something.

During the winter season, the air in places like New York, Boston, Chicago [and all those other cold cities] is drier than the desert -- this is true.

I also look young for my age. At times, I still get carded for buying a bottle of wine with my groceries.

What under age kiddo, buys groceries and tries to sneak a bottle of red wine in?!

[Phil McAvity]

Thunder Bay, Ontario (sorry Vid!)

Not only is Thunder Bay totally isolated (700 kms from any other city!) but the weather is fucking horrible, it has no tourist attractions and extremely high rates of drug addiction, alcoholism and crime. It makes Regina seem like paradise

[SIGSEGV]

Hey now TB is only 300 km from the metropolis of Duluth.