D.C. = Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

[ggw]

Study Ranks America's Most Fun Cities
 
 Study Uses Criteria Such As Sports Teams, City Recreation Budget
 
 When you think of fun cities, which do you think of? Las Vegas, New Orleans, maybe New York City?
 
 Well, then you might be surprised to find out that in a new study Minneapolis was ranked the No. 1 most fun city in the country.
 
 The study was done by the staff of the game Cranium, combined with Money magazine's staff, which turns out an annual study on the "Best Places to Live."
 
 The criteria for the rankings included: number of sports teams, restaurants and dance performances, toy stores and city budget spent on recreation.
 
 The Twin Cities have more theaters than Boston, more parks than Denver and more golfers per capita than any other city. With 10,000 lakes, it also has more coastline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
 
 Top 50 Fun Cities
 
 1.  Minneapolis-St. Paul
 2.  Orange County, Calf.
 3.  San Jose, Calf.
 4.  Atlanta
 5.  Chicago
 6.  Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 7.  Washington, D.C.
 8.  Oakland, Calf.
 9.  Salt Lake City
 10. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash.
 11. Portland, Ore.-Vancouver, Wash.
 12. San Francisco
 13. Baltimore
 14. Milwaukee-Waukesha, Wis.
 15. Denver
 16. Detroit
 17. St. Louis
 18. San Diego
 19. Indianapolis
 20. Cincinnati
 21. Columbus, Ohio
 22. Philadelphia
 23. Sacramento, Calf.
 24. Nashville, Tenn.
 25. Las Vegas
 26. Los Angeles
 27. Kansas City, Mo.
 28. Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.
 29. Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, N.C.
 30. Omaha, Neb.
 31. Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, Va.
 32. Houston
 33. Cleveland-Lorain-Elryia, Ohio
 34. Dallas
 35. Memphis, Tenn.
 36. Orlando, Fla.
 37. Louisville, Ky.
 38. Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
 39. Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.
 40. Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, N.C.
 41. New York
 42. Boston
 43. Hartford, Conn.
 44. Austin-San Marcos, Texas
 45. Newark, N.J.
 46. Miami
 47. Bergen-Passaic, N.J.
 48. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
 49. Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz.
 50. New Orleans
 
 
 http://www.nbc4.tv/news/2608638/detail.html

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Thank god Newark, NJ made the list. I guess it's all the golfers who live there.

Ah, Milwaukee...
 
 The Baltimore of the midwest.
 
 I've been to jail in both.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
 I've been to jail in both.

And Philly as well?

Ah, Philthydelphia...
 
 Baltimore on steroids.

[Barcelona]

6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
 Yes sure... I trust this survey.

[mankie]

Isn't Orange a county and not a city?    
  Well, it's a fruit first and foremost, but you get the point...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Best place I ever lived. Clean city, affordable, good live music scene, pro sports, college basketball capital of the East, a few hours from the ocean or the mountains, wonderful weather, friendly, friendly, friendly people...
 
 
 

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
 Yes sure... I trust this survey.

[jonflair]

D.C. is cool, but a little too crowded during party time and a little to much public gayness

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 [QB]  friendly, friendly, friendly people...
 
 
 

 Is that why you were asked to leave?

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
 Yes sure... I trust this survey.

have you ever even been there?
 
 I guess fun is subjective

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Best place I ever lived. Clean city, affordable, good live music scene, pro sports, college basketball capital of the East, a few hours from the ocean or the mountains, wonderful weather, friendly, friendly, friendly people...
 
 
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
 Yes sure... I trust this survey.

[/b]

Durham, the perfect place if you want to concentrate on a PhD in theology or another boring issue. There is nothing to do in that city, come on, 9th Street is the only street in Durham and it is sort of depressing. Chapel Hill, that place also has one street that is equally depressing,yes with more stores, but still depressing, except for the Cat's Cradle and except if you want to buy all the UNC paraphernalia. Raleigh? No comments.
 
 The best thing of RDU? Its airport where you used to be able to take a BA flight straight to London  and be anywhere in Europe in a few hours.

[mankie]

Why is Stuckeyville not on the list?
 
 They have bowling and everything there.

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  6. Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C.
 
 Yes sure... I trust this survey.

have you ever even been there?
 
 I guess fun is subjective [/b]

I lived there for two years. I had a good time because I was concentrating on my studies, but to say that it is a fun city, I can't agree with that. However, you are right, fun is subjective, and I am sure there are people who had a great time there and I can't say they are wrong.

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Study Ranks America's Most Fun Cities
 
 Top 50 Fun Cities
 
 3.  San Jose, Calf.
 

ahhh yeah, my hometown comes in 3rd!!!