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re: Nicest, safest, and most well-run big cities in the USA?

Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:43 pm to
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:43 pm to
most well-run big cities

The ones ran by Republicans
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:44 pm to
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I've been to about every other place listed here. Tell me why I'm wrong
it’s not a big city, it’s pretty dirty, not particularly safe/crime free
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:47 pm to
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it’s not a big city, it’s pretty dirty, not particularly safe/crime free


It wouldn't be a "big city" as I define it either, but the specific criteria of the OP was this, which clearly encompasses Knoxville:

Say, minimum size 100,000 people.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:49 pm to
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The ones ran by Republicans



So Shreveport has a republican mayor.....

That town is having a hard time, and I think its worse days are still ahead of it.
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:50 pm to
Jacksonville
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:50 pm to
Ft. Worth has some rough areas but for a city its size it’s pretty well run.
Posted by newmexicotiger
Member since Sep 2017
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:51 pm to
Bawcomeville Pop. 350,000,350
Posted by DieselTiger1
9 Dragon
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:51 pm to
quote:


Nicest, safest, and most well-run big cities in the USA?
quote:
San Diego, CA


I would have agreed a few years back but I was there in September and there were homeless everywhere. I usually stay in La Jolla but had to stay downtown so maybe that was the difference.

Uber drivers said it had gotten really bad in the last couple of years. They said a lot of homeless and mental health funding had been cut due to mismanagement of budgets at eh state level. Shocker, I know.


I have family there and we usually visit once a year. We didnt go this year and they told us that the homeless population has gotten way worse. It was already healthy.

I still love san diego and think about living there every time we visit.


Chattanooga is also on the list for me.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm to
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I haven't been down there since the homeless encampment ban. Did that have any impact? We were there for a Padre game in June and we had to zig zag back and forth across the street because the bum's tents would block the sidewalk.


It wasn't bad in the Gaslamp and around the stadium and there weren't a bunch of large collections of homeless, but there were a lot of them scattered around. I do love that city though.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm to
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Fayetteville, AR



A handful of towns in northwest Arkansas are nice.

It helps that Wal Mart and their suppliers are shoveling cash into that area. It's much easier to manage growth than to manage decline. Unless you are a city in Louisiana....then you can't manage either.
Posted by Chucktown_Badger
The banks of the Ashley River
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:53 pm to
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What about Ft. Myers, FL?


That's a good one. I was also going to say Cape Coral...it's boring as hell but well run and safe.

My time in Charleston has been just under a year but I'd consider it very well run. And I helped elect the first Republican mayor in 150 years (keep in mind my frame of reference for how cities are run is Chicago).
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 12:56 pm
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32294 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:55 pm to
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Ft. Worth has some rough areas but for a city its size it’s pretty well run.



IDK about being particularly nice, safe, or well run.

But I've always enjoyed my time there though. Cute downtown with lots of things going on; fairly good infrastructure, some very nice neighborhoods. Lots of sprawl though, and some divestment from areas closer to the city center. Hope they can stop that.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:57 pm to
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Did go under any underpasses?




No.


I suppose you could argue that I have been desensitized because the city I live in has a pretty bad homeless problem for a city of its size.
Posted by LittleJerrySeinfield
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:06 pm to
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Murfreesboro, TN


Basically just a massive suburb now.
Posted by geauxpurple
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:16 pm to
All of these cities listed are too boring. Give me New Orleans.
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
11882 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:24 pm to
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It's because they keep the liquor out and close bars at midnight


Found the baptist
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:32 pm to
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Murfreesboro,


Just moved here from Nashville. It’s a nice little town although the population is exploding right now. Friendly people, traffic isn’t too bad and it’s got everything you need. Thirty minutes to Nashville and about an hour to Chattanooga.
Posted by SmokinBurger
Bayou Self
Member since Sep 2021
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:33 pm to
Republican ran cities!!!
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:39 pm to
The answer is easily Salt Lake City.

I moved here from New Orleans. And yes, it is “boring” by comparison. But boring can be nice.

And I'm not the type of person to ever be bored.

So it works out.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 1:43 pm
Posted by Tasty Thrill
Member since Oct 2023
809 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:42 pm to
Big City?
Salt Lake City

Smaller ones?
Hialeah, FL
Lincoln, NE
Boise, ID
Gilbert, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ
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