We all have those cities in our mind that stand out as especially bad. They’re too hot. Too cold. Too crowded. Too boring. Too dirty. Etc. Some of them seem nearly universally agreed on. Places you’d never even consider when planning a vacation.
They are the places that are cheap to fly to, cheap to stay in, and cheap to explore. So, it’s a shame they suck… or do they?
Growing up in Colorado, the general attitude towards the entire state of Texas was that it was a terrible place that no one should ever live in. When I told people I was moving to Houston, the general reaction I got was, ‘Ew, why?’. I was terrified that it would suck. But it doesn’t. Not even a little bit.
Moving to one of these second-rate cities is what opened my eyes to the greatness that exists everywhere. You just need to know where to go, but with the power of the internet, it has become very easy to do this.
This series will explore these second-rate cities and all the reasons we should stop considering them second-rate. The series will focus mostly on US cities and mostly on personal experience. I’ll cover a brief history of each city, but I highly recommend taking a few minutes to look over the Wikipedia article for each city to get a good understanding of its history and future.
Stay tuned for the first installment, Pittsburgh, PA, landing on December 20, 2018.
We all have those cities in our mind that stand out as especially bad. They’re too hot. Too cold. Too crowded. Too boring. Too dirty.Etc. Some of them seem nearly universally agreed on. Places you’d never even consider when planning a vacation.
They are the places that are chaep to fly to, chaep to stay in and chaep to explore. So it’s a shame they suck… or do they?
Growing up in Colorado, the general attitude towards the entire state of Texas was that it was a terrible place that no one should ever live in. When I told people I was moving to Houston, the general reaction I got was, ‘Ew, why?’. I was terrified that it would suck. But it doesn’t. Not even a little bit.
Moving to one of these second-rate cities is what opened my eyes to the greatness that exists everywhere. You just need to know where to go, but with the power of the internet, it’s actually become very easy to do this.
This series will explore these second-rate cities and all the reasons we should stop considering them second-rate. The series will focus mostly on US cities and mostly on personal experience. I’ll cover a brief history of each city, but I highly recommend taking a few minutes to look over the Wikipedia article for each city to get a good understanding of its history and future.
Stay tuned for the first installment, Pittsburgh, landing on December 20, 2018.