Minneapolis, the water is much cleaner towards the start of the great mississippi!

St. Louis for me - They have the Blues (so plenty of hockey to see), Ted Drewes (the best frozen custard on the planet), Waffle House, Sonic AND White Castle! Added bonus - it is close enough to my relatives that we can see them on the holidays, but not often enough to be annoying.

Quad cities represent!

minneapolis. As far north as possible. I lived in The South for 2 years and it was 2 years too long. The.. ahem.. culture.. is just not my style ;)

Like both the Blues and the Cardinals, but last I checked St. Louis was number 2 or three in crime rates, no thank you. I'll take Minneapolis please and thank you.

La Crosse WI

Natchez,MS. A lovely city, high above the river, with great people.

The one Tom Sawyer lived in....

My city smells like bbq...

Cape Girardeau. Close enough to St. Louis to be able to drive to the benefits but far enough away that you still feel some country.

Minneapolis/St Paul. Highest quality schools and much more livable after the 8 months of winter. Highest ratio of live stage venues per capita in the nation.

Never been to New Orleans but I would live there. It actually doesn't matter to me, cause I make any city I'm in HOME.

sethjesse wrote:Quad cities represent!

Yea, yea! Quad Cities all the way!

flynster wrote:Natchez,MS. A lovely city, high above the river, with great people.

Awesome! good to see someone pick a city that is in MS. You also have the trace. And New Orleans is close enough to visit, but far enough away that you can't smell it!

mutecht wrote:La Crosse WI

La Crosse, WI or Dubuque, IA for me. I only live 20 miles from Dubuque and the Mississippi River now. The Quad Cities wouldn't be bad either.

Why do people still feel the need to live in a floodplain?

New Orleans jazz!

Deadwood.

I would agree with New Orleans because I love jazz/blues music. And I assume you could get some pretty good seafood here. At least better than Colorado seafood.

sethjesse wrote:Quad cities represent!

Seconded!

I'm in St. Louis and don't plan on moving anywhere else. It's a good home base. There's enough to do around here that I don't get bored locally, and it's a nice middle ground between the blues and grays. Chicago and Kansas City are straight four-five hour shots away. There's no close coast, but least we have the riverfront.

N'awlins. For the cuisine, as well as the music, thank you very much.

spiderfarts wrote:The one Tom Sawyer lived in....

That would be Hannibal, MO. I used to live 20 miles north of there (Quincy, IL) and have nothing but fond memories of my many years there. I'd go back in a heartbeat if they had a major airport near there. It's 120 miles from St. Louis, and not NEARLY far enough from there for my taste. I wouldn't live in STL if you paid me.

Well when your choices are:

fake Canadians
redneck
redneck
redneck
Soul/funk/jazz and great food

I think the choice is obvious.

I voted before I remembered Katrina. :[

Minneapolis is a great city if you can handle the weather. The eight months of winter previously referred to are followed by three months of sweltering heat and humidity.

La Crosse is OK if you're not a college age male. Too many of them end up in the river. The police say too much partying, but many locals believe a serial killer has been active in the area for over a decade.

How about NONE!

sethjesse wrote:Quad cities represent!

Dubuque!

peds2001 wrote:Minneapolis, the water is much cleaner towards the start of the great mississippi!

You would think. . . I live up here, and trust me, that is not the case!

PocketBrain wrote:N'awlins. For the cuisine, as well as the music, thank you very much.

+1

MSP, really? It has some things going for it, but the weather isn't one of them. Have any of you ever been there during the 8 (plus) months of arctic winter?

StL - Lived there for 7 yrs; has a certain small big-city charm (sort-of a cross between Chicago & Charleston)

Memphis - Barbeque alone is almost good enough reason to move there

NOLa - Great food, great music, cool old architecture. Wish I could find a job there. Maybe a little bungalow in retirement...

none of the above

None of the above. There is NO way, whatsoever, that I'd live in New Orleans. That is one stinky overrated town. I'm not kidding. I don't know which town I'd live in, but honestly I wouldn't want to live along the Mississippi River anyway. I'm more of a mountain girl myself. Give me the Snake River instead please.

I said Minneapolis, but really anywhere but Baton Rouge... Unfortunately I live in Baton Rouge.

Quincy, IL : Big enough to be little, little enough to be big, and has a Q and a C in it.