in which city would you rather reside?

[WalterMitty]

because it had to be asked...

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

SLC

Jacksonville and Ft. Worth is like choosing between Kabul and Baghdad.  No one wants to live near Philly, KC is too boring and Phoenix.....just no.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I've lived in Montgomery County, PA.  It's nice. 

[WalterMitty]

I've lived in Montgomery County, PA.  It's nice. 

it is probably the least bad of the options. 

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I've lived in Montgomery County, PA.  It's nice. 

it is probably the least bad of the options. 

The 'burbs closest to Philly actually resemble Northeast Philly neighborhoods.  Certainly more diverse and a better community feeling than the Jersey side of the river. 

[Dr. Cynic]

Montgomery because it's still in Pennsylvania and thus would be the most familiar for me.

[traininthedistance]

I lived in Montgomery County PA (to be specific, Ardmore) for a year and change.  It was pretty nice- I could walk to a Trader Joe's for all my groceries and take the train into Philly.  Better than not only most suburbs, but most things that call themselves "cities" in this country.

Obviously not all of Montgomery is like that, and I preferred living in West Philly, but there are enough decent parts that I would be able to find something tolerable.  Which is very likely not the case for any of the other options on this list.  Eh, maybe there are a couple okay neighborhoods in Kansas City.

[Lambsbread]

Fort Worth, TX

Montco sucks

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Montco>KC>the rest

[tmthforu94]

KC!

Kansas City has more fountains than any city in the United States, and second most in the world (Rome is first, I believe).

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Jacksonville.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

[1] Montgomery County, PA
[2] Kansas City
[3] Salt Lake City
[4] Oklahoma City
[5] Fort Worth
[6] Jacksonville
[7] Anywhere in Kenya
[8] Phoenix

[TDAS04]

Montgomery County, PA.

[memphis]

Aside from natural environment/weather, what's the difference, really? I'm not super familiar with most of them, but I'm sure they all have "cool" young people neighborhoods, scary poor neighborhoods, and generic sprawl suburbia. Neighborhood selection is way more important than city selection.

[Holmes]

I'd rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona.

[DC Al Fine]

Neighborhood selection is way more important than city selection.

[Keystone Phil]

Ah, yes. The beautiful city of "Montgomery county, PA."

[Keystone Phil]

I've lived in Montgomery County, PA.  It's nice. 

it is probably the least bad of the options. 

The 'burbs closest to Philly actually resemble Northeast Philly neighborhoods.  Certainly more diverse and a better community feeling than the Jersey side of the river. 

It depends. If you're out in western Montco, you'd think you were in Central PA. On the other hand, some townships in the more populated areas of the county look like NE Philly. Others, definitely not (ironically, many areas along the Philly border are unlike the NE. Much wealthier).

[WalterMitty]

no votes for okc?

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

I've lived in Montgomery County, PA.  It's nice. 

it is probably the least bad of the options. 

The 'burbs closest to Philly actually resemble Northeast Philly neighborhoods.  Certainly more diverse and a better community feeling than the Jersey side of the river. 

It depends. If you're out in western Montco, you'd think you were in Central PA. On the other hand, some townships in the more populated areas of the county look like NE Philly. Others, definitely not (ironically, many areas along the Philly border are unlike the NE. Much wealthier).

Of course, but anything you would need is in East MontCo.  I've lived in Conshohocken specifically, and I found it to be a very endearing town.  My dad relocated there to live with my stepmom around 1998.  None of the young adults in the area seem to know what a rock song is, but that's hardly a serious knock.  Their 4th of July is fantastic.  Conshohocken Day is a lot of fun.  The restaurants along Fayette Ave. range from good to great.  There are a ton of fields to play football/baseball at, and the police don't get all pissy about it.  I head west to get to the Poconos or camping grounds at times, but a good 90% of the population lives in East MontCo so that's what I'm basing my judgment of the county on. 

I didn't even mention Norristown, which is a fine little edge city.  It reminds me of a Camden that didn't decay so badly. 

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

no votes for okc?

That's worse than Kabul or Baghdad.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

no votes for okc?

That's worse than Kabul or Baghdad.

Downtown looks fine.



Not dissimilar to your average American city.  But get out of that 10 block radius, and I'm sure you will find this guy lurking...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Effectively urban part of Montgomery County, PA. There might be some such area in lower MontCo.

[muon2]

I have family in KC, so without another draw to the other cities it would win.

[opebo]

Kenya, obviously.  Good lord.