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Saint Cy of JFC said:
But I'm probably biased because one of my good friends has a super rich uncle who has a mansion out on a lake and whenever we go up there for the Indy 500 it's insanely fun.
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I lived out that way until I finished high school and I hated it. I honestly don’t like most of the big midwestern cities at all. Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis would all be trash cities to have to live in. Wouldn’t want to live in LA, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, OKC or San Antonio either.

I’ve lived in NYC and Atlanta and both were awesome. Would love to try Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Charlotte or Boston. I’m a Packers fan, so I like Milwaukee too (although I prefer the suburbs/rural areas of Wisconsin better.) Every other major NBA city I’m pretty neutral about.

I think SLC gets a bad rap and is highly underrated. I love it here and would only really consider moving to Hawaii or abroad at this point. Even then, I’d still probably keep a place here and spend a bunch of my time in Utah.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Sacramento suburbs are the best GTFOH... I like it but yeah I can see NBA players passing. We have reasonable housing prices, good weather... mostly, Tahoe is 1.5 hrs away... SF is 1.5 hrs away. We have a good airport and there is also a place called Old Sac... I mean what's not to like.

The actual city of Sacramento is kind of a dump and not my scene.
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Didn’t realize you were from Sacramento. You a fan of Cal Davis sports at all?
 
Coach Ellis said:
I lived out that way until I finished high school and I hated it. I honestly don’t like most of the big midwestern cities at all. Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis would all be trash cities to have to live in. Wouldn’t want to live in LA, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, OKC or San Antonio either.

I’ve lived in NYC and Atlanta and it both awesome. Would love to try Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Charlotte or Boston. I’m a Packers fan, so I like Milwaukee too (although I prefer the suburbs/rural areas of Wisconsin better.) Every other major NBA city I’m pretty neutral about.

I think SLC gets a bad rap and is highly underrated. I love it here and would only really consider moving to Hawaii or abroad at this point. Even then, I’d still probably keep a place here and spend a bunch of my time in Utah.
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I definitely have a soft spot for Wisconsin. And the fact that much of its border is Lake Michigan counts for something.

But yeah, a lot of that southern Midwest and rust belt part of the country is rough.
 
Coach Ellis said:
Didn’t realize you were from Sacramento. You a fan of Cal Davis sports at all?
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Nah... grew up in Utah so have no local sports teams I follow or are a fan of... Giants baseball is about as close but I am very casual about it.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think people and players alike are beginning to appreciate the outdoors en masse much more than they did in the past. And in that regard, nowhere beats SLC because due to the degree of its proximity to trails (and legit wilderness). You can get from downtown to a trailhead at ~7k feet in 15-20 minutes. For a city, that is without peer.

It’s really hard to leave if you appreciate those things. You can’t just buy that in another city.

But beyond that, it’s also growing like crazy (plus a state capital and a [major conference] college town). Also secularizing rapidly for those that aren’t into the Mormon thing (most aren’t).
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I think when you get to SLC you leamr to appreciate what it has to offer, but I think most players would just prefer being able to go out with their group and not stick out like a sore thumb while having night time entertainment more catered to their taste.
 
Indy is farms and bedrock where there isn't farms. Unless a nba prospect is also an AG major obsessed with Hoosiers, and have a desire to own a piece of the roughly 12 million acres of Corn fields or other crops that Indiana has to offer vs slightly over 1 million hayfields in Utah. I think its a nothing doughnut with a nothing burger stuffed in it's nothing hole
 
Coach Ellis said:
I lived out that way until I finished high school and I hated it. I honestly don’t like most of the big midwestern cities at all. Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Chicago and St. Louis would all be trash cities to have to live in. Wouldn’t want to live in LA, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, OKC or San Antonio either.

I’ve lived in NYC and Atlanta and both were awesome. Would love to try Miami, Orlando, New Orleans, Charlotte or Boston. I’m a Packers fan, so I like Milwaukee too (although I prefer the suburbs/rural areas of Wisconsin better.) Every other major NBA city I’m pretty neutral about.

I think SLC gets a bad rap and is highly underrated. I love it here and would only really consider moving to Hawaii or abroad at this point. Even then, I’d still probably keep a place here and spend a bunch of my time in Utah.
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Oh man, I love Chicago. It's probably my favorite city next to New Orleans. I'm not a big city person overall though and they all mostly feel very similar to me depending on where you are within the city.

The only city I absolutely hate is Houston.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think people and players alike are beginning to appreciate the outdoors en masse much more than they did in the past. And in that regard, nowhere beats SLC because due to the degree of its proximity to trails (and legit wilderness). You can get from downtown to a trailhead at ~7k feet in 15-20 minutes. For a city, that is without peer.

It’s really hard to leave if you appreciate those things. You can’t just buy that in another city.

But beyond that, it’s also growing like crazy (plus a state capital and a [major conference] college town). Also secularizing rapidly for those that aren’t into the Mormon thing (most aren’t).
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It’s a hard argument to say SLC isn’t objectively better, easily, than the following NBA cities:

Milwaukee
Cleveland
Indiana
Washington DC
Charlotte
Detroit
Sacramento
Minneapolis
OKC

I know the first response is “but the diversity,” by I’d wager that anyone initially concerned about that who has lived here would be picking SLC over the above cities at a rate that far surpasses what would be expected.

Maybe Charlotte is more debatable.
 
My general thought process on cities is that they are cool as long as I can live in an area that is close to decent public transportation w/ a walkable/bikeable community and I dont have to deal with insane traffic.
 
infection said:
It’s a hard argument to say SLC isn’t objectively better, easily, than the following NBA cities:

Milwaukee
Cleveland
Indiana
Washington DC
Charlotte
Detroit
Sacramento
Minneapolis
OKC

I know the first response is “but the diversity,” by I’d wager that anyone initially concerned about that who has lived here would be picking SLC over the above cities at a rate that far surpasses what would be expected.

Maybe Charlotte is more debatable.
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I think most players would choose Sacramento over Utah.
 
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