10 Great Cities for Young Adults

[blaise]

Originally Posted by AustinChief

Wow, this list is BAD... yes, they got it right with Austin.. but after that it's pretty much crap (except for KC)

Charlotte has NOTHING I mean nothing going for it... not too much wrong with it(besides the rednecks) but absolutely NOTHING positive for it... Chicago is overrated... Houston is just plain AWFUL. Lansing??? are you on crack ... anyone here who has been to Lansing .. please give me ONE positive besides the fact that compared to the rest of Michigan it has a higher percentage of hot (yet extremely stupid) college girls... Portland is an AWFUL craphole, full of drugged up street urchins and tatooed strippers... next we have Salt Lake City? wow. I'm speechless and finally we have DC... I kinda like DC but top 10 for young adults? not a freakin chance.

DC is a great town for young adults. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. Have you spent time there? Please give us you're top 10. I'm guessing it will be Austin, Austin, Austin, and Austin. Followed by 6 more Austins.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by blaise

DC is a great town for young adults. I don't know what the heck you're talking about. Have you spent time there? Please give us you're top 10. I'm guessing it will be Austin, Austin, Austin, and Austin. Followed by 6 more Austins.

True dat. I've been to DC a few times and have had an absolute blast partying there.

Same with Chicago. I never had a dull time in Chicago. Always had some fun times there.

Portland was fun as well. I have a couple of friends who live in the Portland area and despite the many sunless days, they love it. Great pizza joints, great dive bars, lots of little hip places to go.

When I used to live in KC, a group of friends and I used to make an annual weekend trip to St. Louis and party at The Landing. Those were some mighty fun times.

As for KC- I couldn't wait to get out of KC when I was in my 20's. Although I was out nearly every night, I always felt like there was nothing to do there for twenty-somethings and I had that Jack Kerouac-longing-to-leave spirit in me that drove me out west. But Westport was a blast during its heydays. Back then, KC, was a VERY under-rated town for live music. There were a ton of great local live bands that deserved national attention, but were simply denied that vision.

I'm really surprised Denver wasn't listed though. Denver has everything a young adult would want. It is too expensive to live there now though and it seems like everyone and their damn cousins moved to Denver. That city is full of transients from all over. A mecca of different cultures steaming in one giant bouillabaisse. Great bars, great pool halls, and a John Wayne western aura mixed with city decadence and modern technology and amenities.

If I had my choice, I'd go back to KC though. There is just something about KC that makes it such a cool place. Never could quite put my finger on it, but there's a pulse in KC that very few cities can ever match or duplicate. KC doesn't try to be cool. Not like Denver or Chicago or Portland or Austin. KC just is. You can feel it in everyone you meet there. KC just has this quietude about it that makes you want to linger there for awhile, have a tall, cool one, and just hang out until it's all over.