[wplug] WAS 5 most Wi-Fi friendly American cities NOW "OT City Bashing"

[Jason Jerome]

I have been to almost all the places Brent mentioned, and lived in a
bunch of my own.  

I would say there are more things to life than the cost of living. 
That is probably why the cost of living of those areas is so high.  It
has been said time and time again, but I guess I'll say it again with
my own spin:

Most of these places have these things because someone took the time to
try to do it.  They didn't bother to compare themselves to other cities
while doing it.  I wish Pittsburgh would forget about trying to be
higher on a list and do its own thing.    

By the way, I have always found friendly people everywhere I've been.



--- "Brent M. Rust" <rust at lucasware.com> wrote:

> WoooHooo!!!!
> Three of the five on the West Coast and TWO in the Pacific Northwest.
> Yeah, it's home for me. Alas, I reside in Western PA now....but still
> have that same drive to bring technology to the masses......
> 
> But to address the cost of living.....I am from the Northwest and
> with
> the exception of actually living IN the city of Seattle or Portland
> it
> is significantly more expensive to live here (and I live outside of
> Pittsburgh) than it is to live in most places in Oregon or
> Washington.
> AND since I can compare, Pittsburgh is not the friendliest city
> around.
> There are a lot of friendly people with out a doubt. But as a whole,
> I
> don't see or experience it.
> Just in the last several months I have been to Atlanta,
> Raleigh/Durham,
> Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland Maine, Miami, Buffalo and Minneapolis.
> Los Angeles actually had more friendly drivers than here in Western
> PA
> (but it was at 25 miles an hour.....LOL) Minneapolis had the nicest
> people and Chicago I think had the most attractive people (go
> figure).
> Buffalo, well, it was Buffalo. :) Maine was incredible and I would
> love
> to go back (along with Chicago). I was most disappointed with
> Raleigh/Durham. It seemed just average to me. Decent people, but
> nothing
> extraordinary.
> 
> Again, those are MY experiences. Travel AND living. 
> The Pacific Northwest is absolutely incredible. People, environment
> and
> experiences. Just like Pennsylvania.
> But please, don't tell me to go home, I am just sharing how I see it,
> through my eyes, ears and heart.
> 
> B
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-bounces+rust=lucasware.com at wplug.org
> [mailto:wplug-bounces+rust=lucasware.com at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael
> P. O Connor
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 12:06 PM
> To: General user list
> Subject: Re: [wplug] 5 most Wi-Fi friendly American cities
> 
> Looking at that list, I will admit I much rather live in Pittsburgh
> then
> those cities, Pittsburgh might not be wi-fi friendly, but we are one
> of
> the friendlest cities you will find, and we have a much lower cost of
> living, to live like I live here in Pittsburgh I would have to make
> about 2.5 times in Boston & SF.  So given the options, I would rather
> be
> in a city that is not wi-fi friendly, but has what Pittsburgh has.
> 
> > On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Zach wrote:
> > 
> > >
>
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/technology/communicatio
> ns/5_most_wifi_friendly_american_cities.mspx
> > 
> >  	Notably, not Pittsburgh.
> > 
> > 
> > --
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> > http://www.WiFiMaps.com
> > http://moblog.zhrodague.net
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