Comments on: Best Places Rankings: Why Stats Don’t Necessarily Reflect Reality

By: fadyWatiart

fadyWatiart — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:14 +0000

Hello.

“The birth took place at the couple’s home (just outside Oslo),” says the palace, adding mother and baby were both well.
Bye.

By: B.Howell

B.Howell — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:42:42 +0000

Ok, THAT is funny. Just an anecdote…

Last year, my wife and I toyed with the idea of moving to Austin, TX. We’d heard a ton of good things abut the vibe, the food, the music scene, and since I’d lived in Seattle for several years and we currently live in San Francisco, we were looking for someplace that offered a good mix of family friendly and funkitude.

We contacted a realtor and told him what we wanted — someplace relatively close to the city center, someplace neighborhoody, someplace with good eats and cool things to do within walking distance.

The dude took us to Round Rock (#7 on the list).

Holy. Crap.

Beige McMansions everywhere. Housing development upon housing development. Pure Kill-Me-Now Hades. Think Stepford, minus the character.

We politely inquired about the so-called culture in the area. His response?

“Oh, there’s restaurants all over the place up here! We have an Olive Garden, a TGI Fridays, an Appleby’s…”

Annnnd scene.

By: tera.randall

tera.randall — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:31:13 +0000

Hilarious! Not only are the cities unattractive places to live, but I don’t think I would ever want to settle in those STATES! Maybe IL.

By: SeattleStyle

SeattleStyle — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:23:04 +0000

You must be kidding me! I had to work in Fishers, IN for a year. I am still trying to block it out of my memory.

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By: Ellie at Redfin

Ellie at Redfin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:39:44 +0000

Reason #4: Aesthetics. Irvine is a capital of McMansions and planned subdivisions with identical houses that pose a serious risk to one’s personality. I say that with all due respect to friends in Irvine who love it there. I wouldn’t be surprised if other places on the list were similar.
I also wouldn’t be caught dead living there.