The “Water Cooler” is a feature on Claycord.com where we ask you a question or provide a topic, and you talk about it.
The “Water Cooler” will be up Monday-Friday at noon.
Today’s question:
QUESTION: If you had to move to a big city (one with over 500,000 people), where would you go, and why?
Talk about it.
NOPE
Son moved to Texas almost 20 years ago, year or so back bought a place 45 minute NE of Houston. Two and a half acres in tall pine trees, three bedroom with inlaw unit and 4 car garage $370,000. Smart man !
Who needs four cars?
Or in-laws? 🤔
We have a 3 car garage and a 4 car would be even better for 2 or 3 cars and a workshop.
Also has a 40′ x 90′ shop building being built.
I don’t like big cities, but if I had to live in one I’d pick Las Vegas.
Why? Why not?
It seems that when one says Vegas they think of the strip.
I’d move to Vegas but 20 or more miles away from the strip. The cost of homes continue to increase in Summerlin. Henderson is growing. North Las Vegas is super cheap but they still need to improve on crime and their school districts.
110F on a cool day.
Who is going outside?
Western North Carolina
You would have to find me a city government not run by leftist loons. That pretty much eliminates any city with a population of 500k
Dublin, Ireland. They speak English and they like Americans. Although I undoubtably would have a hard time understanding some of them, I’d get used to it. The Irish are friendly and welcoming, and I could learn from them. The downside would be the food…. Yuck! I’m more of a Mediterranean cuisine kinda guy. But no problem, I do my own cooking.
Dr Jelly
Get away from the strip and it’s actually nice. And you won’t be shoveling snow in the winter like in many other large cities. It’s also tornado and hurricane free.
Dawg,
Well there is Athens, Greece. English is prevalent and you could take on a new experience learning “just enough Greek”. Or as my aunt called in “Kitchen Greek” when she and my uncle lived there. He was selected to teach at the American Schools for 3 years in the 70s
It would be worth it just to experience Greece’s history.
Dawg
Absofreakinlutely
straight to hell
if you had too?
This what homeless people need to decide for panhandling
And all of the homeless want to move to CA for all of the free stuff and lackadaisical enforcement of laws.
Nashville
I’m sorry, but Nashville’s full.
C’mon Cowellian, leave the light on for us!
Only slightly tongue-in-cheek: 12 Reasons Why You Should Never Ever Consider Moving to Tennessee
I’ve only been there once, but I loved it.
I would never move to a city with that many people. Concord has way too many people. I’m moving to a town that has less than 1000 people. Even that seems like a lot
I grew up in a small town where everyone knows your name. And your business!
Can’t think of one that is over 500K population that isn’t screwed up – nothing in Hi or AK either
Domo,
Why stay in the US? It’s a fabulous world out there and in many places your money would go farther for a better life style
I don’t like big cities, which is why we live in Clayton. If I had to live in a big city, it would probably be San Diego, maybe Florence Italy.
Away for the US that’s sure. #1 Athens, Greece. Beautiful, rich in history, art, wonderful people and fabulous food. # Prague (Praha) Czech Republic. Art, music, fairytale architecture, wonderful people and great food. #3 Zagreb, Croatia which is beautiful, rich with art and great people.
If it were anywhere in general Mykonos Town, Greece would top the list and Kosice, Slovakia where I have family would be #2
Easy answer: Edinburgh, Scotland.
I have lived in 3 big cities, Copenhagen, New Orleans and New York. Loved my native Copenhagen and New York. Not New Orleans, too hot and humid, although the food was great. New York today is not what is was when I lived there in the late sixties and into the seventies. I will always love Copenhagen, and I could live there if I could get away from some of the cold dark winter from Mid November into April. Copenhagen at Christmas time is magical. So if I were too lived there again, I would try to find a way to escape from Mid January until April.
My first thought was Copenhagen, then I remembered the cold, and chose Dublin. Vienna was another city that came to mind.
The upside of Copenhagen is it is very safe. Public transportation is plenty, their is a train every 2 minutes or so that will take you to anywhere in the inner city. One of my manager’s at work just visited there,, her daughter had been in an exchange program, she loved it and marvelled at how safe she felt and how easy as a tourist it was to get around. There are plenty of parks and museums and cultural events.
As for the cold I actually found New York and Ct, colder in the winter. Dublin is not that warm, they are surrounded by water, and Vienna (beautiful city) is land locked and they get quite cold in the winter. Problem with the Danish climate is when it is right around freezing, it is very humid and it chills you to the bone. When it is frost and the sun is out it actually feels warmer. Starting in Dec and into February, there can be some dark days, if it is cloudy you might need your light on all day. It doesn’t get light until close to 10 a.m. and starts to get dark around 4 p.m. upside is in the summer you have evenings where it is light until 10 p.m. When I lived in Iceland, from April through June, towards the end of my stay there, there were night where it didn’t get completely dark at all. We didn’t get much sleep, we didn’t feel like going to sleep while it was light outside.
Hanne & Dawg….. winter in Honolulu….. problem solved.
I lived in New Orleans for a year and a half, I didn’t like that it was hot and humid almost all year round. I don’t have a problem with cold, it is just in Denmark it last so long. California, especially this area have the perfect winter climate, and if I miss snow I can drive up to Tahoe.
I don’t do well with cold weather but would consider out skirts of Denver, Colorado … just learn to adjust.
Simply because our daughter/hubby live in Arvada, and we would still have the same medical coverage plan.
California has its pros/cons but find it hard to leave.
l’ve lived in London, and I could happily live for one year in each of: Paris, Manhattan and Moscow. But those would only be temporary, just for the experience. I’d want my later years to be spent in a country where I was more fluent in the language, though.
Gaborone’s nice (apart from the AIDS) – the people are very kind.
Barcelona for me.