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spurschick
08-11-2005, 06:03 PM
San Antonio one of America's favorite dream cities to live
Torence White
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2005/08/08/daily31.html?jst=b_ln_hl

A new Harris Poll shows that San Antonio is one of the top 15 cities where most Americans would like to live.

The city, perhaps most famous for the Alamo, the River Walk and the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, ranked 14th on the list, beating out Nashville at No. 15.

Harris Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ: HPOL), a global research firm based in Rochester, N.Y., conducted an online survey of 2,339 U.S. adults asking them that if they could live in any city in America other than their own, where would they choose.

Most Americans wanted to live in the Big Apple, with New York coming in first for the sixth consecutive year. New York was followed by San Diego; Las Vegas; San Francisco; Seattle; Chicago; Denver; Honolulu; Atlanta; Portland, Ore.; Boston; Los Angeles; and Phoenix.

Texas was eighth on the list of the most popular states in which people would like to live.

Harris conducted the online survey between July 12 and July 18. The company took into account figures for age, sex, race, education, region and household income in making the list.
batman2883
08-11-2005, 06:05 PM
We made it, we finally made it....I think Chacho's had a lot to do with it though
CharlieMac
08-11-2005, 06:09 PM
Lotta pull at Chacho's.
Trainwreck2100
08-11-2005, 06:25 PM
No more damn foreigners that aren't from Mexico.

:pctoss
2Blonde
08-11-2005, 06:46 PM
As my husband likes to say, "We're livin' the dream, Baby. San Antonio is great !!"
:smokin

...2Blonde
Johnny_Blaze_47
08-11-2005, 07:03 PM
Haha!

Fuck you, Nashville!
GrandeDavid
08-11-2005, 07:15 PM
That`s a nice thing to hear, especially as I weigh costs/benefits of setting up a master franchise of my company in either San Antonio or Austin.
tlongII
08-11-2005, 07:50 PM
We're # 10! We're # 10!
Horry For 3!
08-11-2005, 08:04 PM
Where is the rankings of the Top 15???
Horry For 3!
08-11-2005, 08:05 PM
We're # 10! We're # 10!
Who would want to live in Portland? :lmao
Horry For 3!
08-11-2005, 08:05 PM
Nevermind.

Most Americans wanted to live in the Big Apple, with New York coming in first for the sixth consecutive year. New York was followed by San Diego; Las Vegas; San Francisco; Seattle; Chicago; Denver; Honolulu; Atlanta; Portland, Ore.; Boston; Los Angeles; and Phoenix.
Horry For 3!
08-11-2005, 08:06 PM
I can't stand New York. :vomit
Sonia_TX
08-11-2005, 08:09 PM
I love SD, SF, LV, ATL and NashVegas! lol But I love SA more. :)
ShoogarBear
08-11-2005, 08:38 PM
Haha!

Fuck you, Nashville!
:lmao
tsb2000
08-11-2005, 09:00 PM
If I was going to move anywhere (regardless of the cost of living, or where the Spurs are ), it would be San Diego. No doubt about it.
Nbadan
08-12-2005, 12:16 AM
I've thought for awhile that San Antonio needed an entertainment district away from the River walk which has too many sound restrictions and other physical limitations, like parking. St Mary's street is pretty dead most nights. Now I also think the city ought to help fund the revitalization of the Aztec (yes, I know it's being privately revitalized), Texas, and other decrepit theaters downtown and filling them with trademark shows like Vegas has with Wayne Newton, Ki, O, Danny Gaines, and Sig and Roy. Why the Arneson is not used more is beyond me. How about family movie nights? Community acts?

Downtown SA is a gem, but the city needs to give people, especially families, more than great shopping, nice hotels, the Alamo and the River Walk to keep them coming back.
TheTruth
08-12-2005, 01:57 AM
I've thought for awhile that San Antonio needed an entertainment district away from the River walk which has too many sound restrictions and other physical limitations, like parking. St Mary's street is pretty dead most nights. Now I also think the city ought to help fund the revitalization of the Aztec (yes, I know it's being privately revitalized), Texas, and other decrepit theaters downtown and filling them with trademark shows like Vegas has with Wayne Newton, Ki, O, Danny Gaines, and Sig and Roy. Why the Arneson is not used more is beyond me. How about family movie nights? Community acts?

Downtown SA is a gem, but the city needs to give people, especially families, more than great shopping, nice hotels, the Alamo and the River Walk to keep them coming back.
San Antonians going to the theater??? To Vegas shows??? This San Antonio?? Maybe the Tourists, but not the people that live in this city.
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 01:59 AM
San Antonians going to the theater??? To Vegas shows??? This San Antonio?? Maybe the Tourists, but not the people that live in this city.

So you know almost all 2 million of the people who live in SA?

Could you explain why Broadway San Antonio at the magic theater always sells out their shows.

Quit being so damn ignorant.
TheTruth
08-12-2005, 02:05 AM
So you know almost all 2 million of the people who live in SA?

Could you explain why Broadway San Antonio at the magic theater always sells out their shows.

Quit being so damn ignorant.
Because there are so few of them. When you flood the market (especially this market) with too much of the same thing everyone will suffer. It's not ignorance, its the truth.

You really think San Antonio, which has trouble keeping the symphony running, will find people with the money to pay the entertainers, pay the marketing costs, and run the theaters? Doubtful.
TheTruth
08-12-2005, 02:07 AM
In the next 7 MONTHS there are only 10 shows coming to the Majestic.
Useruser666
08-12-2005, 07:33 AM
In the next 7 MONTHS there are only 10 shows coming to the Majestic.

I guess theWriter forgot how we almost closed Sunken Gardens because the city could not afford it.

We do have Verison Wireless, Sunset Station, and even FarWest/Cowboys that have been added to the city in the last ~5 years.
IX_Equilibrium
08-12-2005, 08:13 AM
Now I also think the city ought to help fund the revitalization of the Aztec (yes, I know it's being privately revitalized), Texas, and other decrepit theaters downtown and filling them with trademark shows like Vegas has with Wayne Newton, Ki, O, Danny Gaines, and Sig and Roy.

uh, Vegas can keep cheesy acts Newton and Sig & Roy.
ObiwanGinobili
08-12-2005, 08:17 AM
Who would want to live in Portland? :lmao


white people.
ObiwanGinobili
08-12-2005, 08:19 AM
BTW-
San Antonio Rocks!!!
:elephant :elephant :fro :smokin :fro :elephant :elephant
batman2883
08-12-2005, 08:24 AM
Were not number 1, not number 2, number 3, number 4, not even 5 !!!!!!
SWC Bonfire
08-12-2005, 08:50 AM
I would settle for NOT being one of America's dream cities.

More damn Yankees. They've ruined Austin.
T Park
08-12-2005, 01:03 PM
white people.



Im white.

I love living in san antonio.

Thanks though for that.
Shelly
08-12-2005, 01:04 PM
Personally, when I found out I was moving here 8 years ago, I was not thrilled at all and was miserable the first year.

Outside of our shitty summer weather, I can't complain about SA.
TheTruth
08-12-2005, 01:08 PM
where did you move from?
ObiwanGinobili
08-12-2005, 01:12 PM
Im white.

I love living in san antonio.

Thanks though for that.


well the question was possed, jokingly :"who would want ot live in Portland?"

and I answered , jokingly : "white people"

which isn't exactly false.
http://portlandor.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm


Race
White 412241 77.91%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race) 36058 6.81%
Mexican 25136 4.75%
Puerto Rican 1015 0.19%
Cuban 1329 0.25%
Other Hispanic or Latino 8578 1.62%
White alone 399351 75.47%


meanwhile I've got alot of white too. so chill out.
tlongII
08-12-2005, 01:29 PM
well the question was possed, jokingly :"who would want ot live in Portland?"

and I answered , jokingly : "white people"

which isn't exactly false.
http://portlandor.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm




meanwhile I've got alot of white too. so chill out.


White people ROCK!
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 02:01 PM
White people ROCK!

Only white people?

Might wanna take off the white hood.
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 02:02 PM
where did you move from?

The O.C. I think.
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 02:07 PM
I guess theWriter forgot how we almost closed Sunken Gardens because the city could not afford it.

Sunken Gardens almost closed because the city didn't have the money to keep the maintence up to date.

It wasn't almost closed because of low attendance.

Look at the Japanese Tea Garden's at Brack. They've been in the shitter for a few years now with many complaining about putting water back into the wells and ponds and returning the Garden back to it's prime.

The city just didn't have the money in the budget to keep it going.

Now both the Sunken Garden and the Japanese Tea Garden's are being funded privately. It has nothing to do with lack of interest or supprt. Just two city runned places that couldn't get money from the budget.

The rest of your post I couldn't understand.
3rdCoast
08-12-2005, 02:12 PM
I dislike San Antonio.

I am moving to Dallas within the next year I believe.
ChumpDumper
08-12-2005, 02:13 PM
I'd probably live in San Diego as well -- still might if the oppotunity arises.
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 02:22 PM
I dislike San Antonio.

I am moving to Dallas within the next year I believe.


Parents haven't told you yet?

:lol
TheTruth
08-12-2005, 02:32 PM
good one buddy
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 02:58 PM
good one buddy

It wasn't as great as one of yours.

You da man!
3rdCoast
08-12-2005, 03:09 PM
No.

It depends on if my boyfriend gets the transfer that he put in for.
tlongII
08-12-2005, 03:29 PM
Only white people?

Might wanna take off the white hood.

Are you prejudiced against white people?
tlongII
08-12-2005, 03:30 PM
I dislike San Antonio.

I am moving to Dallas within the next year I believe.


Is it because you're white?
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 07:36 PM
Are you prejudiced against white people?

No, you're the one who seems to be.

BTW, I'm a white mofo.
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 07:37 PM
Is it because you're white?

3rdcoast is anything but white.

He's moving so he can be closer to you.
T Park
08-12-2005, 08:54 PM
I'd probably live in San Diego as well

If this state wasn't the breeding ground for communists and terrorists, and the cost of living wasn't absolutely pathetic.

I would love to live in Diego.

Diego is awesome.
Dex
08-12-2005, 09:15 PM
Damn crackers.
Dos
08-12-2005, 09:58 PM
just got back from seattle, the weather was pretty good nice and cool.. I am thinking of moving there for a few years then head out the eastern part of washington state.. like somewhere near collville, wa. the sticks rock..
TheWriter
08-12-2005, 10:13 PM
just got back from seattle, the weather was pretty good nice and cool.. I am thinking of moving there for a few years then head out the eastern part of washington state.. like somewhere near collville, wa. the sticks rock..

Where do you live now?
Nbadan
08-13-2005, 01:19 AM
uh, Vegas can keep cheesy acts Newton and Sig & Roy.

I was just using those shows and how they come to be identified with the city as an example. SA would focus more on Country/Popular/Tejano Music along with popular touring acts and broadway and off-Braodway shows. Branson Missouri has shown that tourists can fund something like this, but it takes a substantial initial investment by the city. I think more locals would also gravitate downtown for these kinds of shows and that would be the lead to more malls, bar, and restaurant openings and tax relief for you and me.
Dos
08-13-2005, 12:07 PM
live in the great metropolis of New Braunfels...
T Park
08-13-2005, 01:29 PM
I wish SA would attract more country music acts in April and May nad NOvember and December.

Sucks that they always show up from June through September.
Johnny_Blaze_47
08-13-2005, 07:51 PM
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