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The City is the only place in California that I think I’d really enjoy living.

That’s one reason I liked it. :)

I regret not seeing the manatees while I was there, though.

I need to go back. Just watch out for the freaking crazy drivers.

I have family there, so I’ve been several times, and have driven through on several cross-country trips. Besides Kansas City and St. Louis, Columbia is a GREAT city, and the mountains and state parks are exceptional.

I went there twice in the late ‘80s with a high-school group. It was a lot of fun then, but I imagine it would be a BLAST now.

... but you wouldn’t want to live there.

(I was born & raised there)

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I haven’t been since 1999, but I really liked it at the time. I’ll have to go again next time I’m in Vegas.

I love Seattle—One of the best cities on the West Coast.

Henderson was great while growing up. I hiked the deserts, climbed the mountains, caught lizards and tarantulas and nearly died of heatstroke at least a dozen times.

Now, it’s an overdeveloped suburb. It’s part of the U.S.’s overdependence on oil and will die a miserable death when gas prices get too high.

The downward spiral: Gas prices skyrocket; Tourism dips; casinos close; unemployment gets high; people move away; housing busts; the half of the county supported by building new housing moves away; houses stand empty.

Another possibility is Water gets scarce and almost the same thing as above happens. Basically, once the self-propelling housing market hiccups, Vegas is going to bust. Big time.