The coolest cities in the US and Canada

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

It's the off season so why not.
No surprise to me to see Cincy and MIKE make the list!

The coolest cities in the US and Canada

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[WhiteTrash]

Based upon the factors for the ranking, I'd agree Portland is a 'cool' town.

Having visited it regularly in past 12 years, it is no longer a city I would live in or not even visit.

[lawdog77]

I would switch out thrift stores with bookstores, and add live music venues instead of tattoo parlors.  That's more my knid of "cool"

[NCMUFan]

With some buddies backpacked the Bruce trail on the Georgian Bay near Tobermory, Ontario.
On the way back we got some lunch in Goderich, Ontario.
The sign in Goderich town square said "Most Beautiful Town in Canada".

[Hards Alumni]

Having only glanced at the map, I would think Edmonton would easily be considered the coolest city of the bunch.  I can't, for the life of me, understand why anyone would consider Houston cool.  Same with Tampa and Orlando.

Strange list, indeed.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Based upon the factors for the ranking, I'd agree Portland is a 'cool' town.

Having visited it regularly in past 12 years, it is no longer a city I would live in or not even visit.

Cmon man, you just have to hang out in the neighborhoods.  i heard they are thriving.

[Dickthedribbler]

Cmon man, you just have to hang out in the neighborhoods.  i heard they are thriving.

Yeah. He'll have a riot.

[pbiflyer]

Having only glanced at the map, I would think Edmonton would easily be considered the coolest city of the bunch.  I can't, for the life of me, understand why anyone would consider Houston cool.  Same with Tampa and Orlando.

Strange list, indeed.

Unless Edmonton has changed considerably in the past 10 years, other than the world's second largest fringe festival, I would not consider it cool. But haven't been there in a decade.

Agree with your opinion on Orlando and Tampa. If you look really hard, you can find some cool things in both cities, but you have to look really hard and would not consider those wide spread.

Ottawa is underrated on that list and Montreal should be higher. 

[lawdog77]

Unless Edmonton has changed considerably in the past 10 years, other than the world's second largest fringe festival, I would not consider it cool. But haven't been there in a decade.

Agree with your opinion on Orlando and Tampa. If you look really hard, you can find some cool things in both cities, but you have to look really hard and would not consider those wide spread.

Ottawa is underrated on that list and Montreal should be higher.

I think you missed his dad joke.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I think you missed his dad joke.

We aren't used to Hards making a joke that is moderately funny.

[dgies9156]

I've been to all but two of these cities and I'd rate them this way:

1) Vancouver, BC -- This is just an incredible, cosmopolitan place that's lot of fun, interesting and just culturally different to be intriguing.

2) Seattle -- Every time I go here, there is something new. Haven't been there since Covid-19 ended and anarchy prevailed on Capital Hill, but this is someplace really nice. There's no place prettier than here on one of the 10 clear days a year!

3) Chicago -- My home for 44 years. Still fascinating. Still fun. Probably the most American of American cities.

4) Miami -- Ignored it until relatively recently but this is an interesting and very cosmopolitan city. Not as many old people as one might think.

5) San Francisco -- I think I have been here so many times, I'm San Franciscoed out. But it's a very different city and if Chicago is what America is, San Francisco is what it thinks it is. Homelessness wasn't as bad last July as I thought it would be.

[Hards Alumni]

We aren't used to Hards making a joke that is moderately funny.

It was a test.  The thinkers outstrip a lot of the brain power around here.  I guess I'll stick to low hanging fruit from now on.

[JWags85]

Tampa is bizarre for a number of reasons, not least of which St Pete is far more developing and interesting these days

[Plaque Lives Matter!]

Cmon man, you just have to hang out in the neighborhoods.  i heard they are thriving.

[pbiflyer]

It was a test.  The thinkers outstrip a lot of the brain power around here.  I guess I'll stick to low hanging fruit from now on.

I can’t believe I missed that! D’oh. My daughter would be so disappointed in me.

[4everwarriors]

Handsome guy. Profound, aina?

[Dr. Blackheart]

The thinkers outstrip a lot of the brain power around here.

So it's true, you do work at the Sugar Shack.

[tower912]

Handsome guy. Profound, aina?

Brutal takedown through subtlety.   So of course you missed it.

Could have gone with
'Nah, I've seen all the others.   Anything different this time?'

Or, 'wait, which indictment was this picture for?'

'Who?'

'Oh, was that this week?  I lose track when I am on vacation'

He went for subtlety.

[Hards Alumni]

So it's true, you do work at the Sugar Shack.

For nickels and dimes

[real chili 83]

What, no Flin Flon?

[ATL MU Warrior]

What, no Flin Flon?

Ha!  Been there when I was a little kid. Great fishing

[real chili 83]

Ha!  Been there when I was a little kid. Great fishing

Not much else up there. Drove there once…only once. Flew from Winterpeg the other times.

[JWags85]

Not much else up there. Drove there once…only once. Flew from Winterpeg the other times.

Winterpeg is hilarious.  My good friend and former roommate was staffed on a project in Canada in his CPA days.  Company was based in Ontario, but was told it would be a bit further west.  He assumed Winnipeg...NOPE!  Saskatoon on a project stretching from late October through the end of their fiscal year in February.  We were all calling it Trashkatoon by the time he was done.  Winnipeg is a balmy cosmopolitan metropolis in comparison

[MU82]

What, no Flin Flon?

Birthplace of the great Bobby Clarke IIRC.

[Jockey]

London is a pretty cool city. A real college town feel to it.