do why do you think most  people like new york than any other place?
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I used to live in New York....not the city, the state...central new york...syracuse..great place. Well if you're talking about the city it's because there are a lot of shops and you can try out for all sorts of movies and plays and become a model, try to persue a singing career, you name it, new york city has got it. Although it's expensive, almost everyone likes it better because a lot of us are attracted to expensive things because they are the best.
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I've found that a lot of people from New Jersey, tend to think that their state is the best one in the US. New Jersey this, NJ that. :P That's probably why they make fun of them. If it wasn't all about New Jersey, then they might have something new to make fun of.
795180
I am proud to be an American and there is no other country where the masses are clamoring to get into like there is here. We have the freedom that no other country enjoys whether it is freedom or speech or religion. The country is so large that there is a place to go for every desire whether it is the mountains, beach, gambling, large amusement parks, family locations, or adult locations. If you like snow and the cold there are the northern states and if you like it hot there are the southern states.  We may be a new country in terms of the countries of the world but as the young people say, “newer is better”.•
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no i dont know not everyones from new york.
189948
Because it has millions of things to offer! The people are incredibly nice, the weather is good, it has rich history and culture, the party scene is great, and it has lots of really cool places to go visit!
400932
none of the above.  The US seems to attracts all kinds of people from all walks of life.  Its still a melting pot and all kinds of weirdos exist.  Some we like some we hate.  It's all a part of life.
37957
I live in a small town in Louisiana and I really would like to be in a big city so probably New York. The other city`s are big too, but I just think New York is such a cool place.
35834
California.  I have visited New York many times and love it there but I find it exhausting.
559073
I love NYC.\nand i dont even live there. i went there for a vacation(two weeks graduated into two months) and fell in love with the place. everything about it,window shopping,clubbing,eating out,meeting up with ppl even my daily jog is such a pleasure.
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There is some bias since I am from Chicago, but having been in New York as well, I'd still have to ADVISE CHICAGO!!! \n\nBy compare to New York, Chicago is a friendlier place with midwest charm - yet w/a keep it real attitude, (good for business and friendships alike) much cleaner and although expensive NOT nearly as high in cost of living as New York City. Down to earth place with EVERYTHING to do that embraces ALL kinds. You kinda walk outside and run into something. There's always something happening. Even if you opt for a pool hall amongst strangers, you will have a good time. Transportation - the "L" and bus system gets you everywhere pretty much 24 hours a day (not in some of the hoods after midnight, tho). Traffic is rough, but you CAN move. NYC is nearly impossible. Not to mention they drive like they have a death wish. Aggressive, fast and even creative driving is important skill. But to drive like you can go through people like Casper is asking for heart failure. The lakefront!! And attached grass knolls and parks. It is far and wide, appears clean and simply beautiful. The view of the horizon is endless. The large rocks and piers in neighborhood beaches gives you the feeling that you personally own the place. The public art - statues, giant picasso piece, heck the bridges over the Rivers. Chinatown's entryway... The parks, boulevards are cleaned up and richer than ever. Re-Progress has hit this town in the best way. Where was once gang and drug infestation, they have taken it back. (orig to clean up to attract the Olympics, now major Investment Oppys and a reversal of the suburb escape back to the city. The architecture of the homes, buildings are world reknowned. Not just downtown, but in neighborhoods, suburbs. Culture - arts, main library/many neighborhood libraries, every religion and house of worship available, Chicago symphony, booth play houses throughout as well as big Broadway stuff, zoos, museums (oh the museums, not stuffy simplistics - w/free days too?!), music venues in old neighborhood theatres...it's endless. Getting around is an easy figure. The streets are made like a checker board grid - YOU CAN'T GET LOST. There may be 10 or so streets on angle, yet consistent. Unlike the separation and confusion of the burroughs and bridges and tolls (OH MY!) of NYC - to a newcomer, it's a nightmare. In NYC, one side doesn't know the other if you dare ask direction. Chicago is also a smart city with amazing schools (both private and some public). University of Chicago* Northwestern* DePaul* Loyola. Open minds. Music!? Please. KNOWN for Jazz, blues (see it live in Chicago if you hadn't experienced the love of this music), house and now hip-hop (Kanye, Common and well, Twista) Rock and acoustic is brilliant. I saw a cover band that done the group "War" and you close your eyes and damn, it WAS "War". Bands can sustain a living here because the city is a proud place that supports one another on many artistic and business fronts. For instance, you can't get real carmel/cheese popcorn anywhere else but Chicago. Incredible, GREAT FOOD THATS AFFORDABLE. PIZZA?? Whew. We won't go there. The food standard is high. So it's hard to get bad food. It's proud for cooking good food, no matter the location, appearance or price of the joint. Diverse is a given. Not becuase all types of people/races both rich and poor just live there (that's many places these days), but all can live amongst each other fairly harmoniously (mainly on the North and Northwest sides) with exceptance and fair treatment. It's nothing new to Chicago. They don't have to get used to each other, It's an OLD city that opened their arms to immigrants in the 1800s just as New Yorks' Ellis Island did. It's a proud place to be a person of color. With the black political history in all it's glum and gorly - a lot has been taught, learned and respected regardles
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I'm currious what you think is screwed up.  I find San Francisco to be one of the nicest cities in the United States.  I would argue that in many areas it should be a model to other cities.
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Probably my home state New York.  We have more government programs than a lot of other states combined.  Why else would so many undocumented immigrants come here?  They get better medical care and benefits than most common folk citizens.
588653
NY the state realizes that NY the city is full of nuts.\nHeck- even parts of NYC want to break away and reform into their own cities, just like they used to be. (Staten Island, Brooklyn, etc all used to be individual cities.)
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I think the survey would probably have been based on people's experiences in restaurants, shops, with public servants, etc. etc. etc.  Of course I can't say for sure.\n\nI don't find it that unusual that New York should be ranked at the top, even though the place has a reputation for surliness.\n\nNew York is a very ethnically diverse city, a major tourist destination, and as with Chicago and Boston, there is a great deal of a kind of feeling of local pride.\n\nBecause of all of this when you go into say an Italian restaurant in New York as a tourist, you will probably get a much warmer reception than your average restaurant in other international cities.\n\nLet me explain.  An Italian growing up in New York has a very strong sense of his being a New York Italian.  So when a tourist comes to his business and shows a lot of interest in the food, the places to go in the city, just being in New York generally, the proprietor or whoever is working, may take a sense of pride from being able to be this kind of friendly personable representative of the great American metropolis.\n\nAlso, because there is often a lot of tension in the every day grind with the crowds, the traffic, crime, etc. etc. if you go into say a butcher shop in New York run by say a typical New York butcher of Irish descent, he is likely to have that same sense of identity, and if you show a lot of interest in his business, the meats, just the novelty of being in a typical kind of New York butcher shop or fish market or whatever, then it taps into a kind of sense of celebrity that people feel just because they are part of a distinctive cultural and social scene.\n\nIn a place like Sydney, you don't have the same kind of history of ethnicities, immigrant experiences, defined neighborhoods, boroughs, etc. etc. etc.  Therefore in the consciousness of the average shop owner, restarauteur, or whatever, there isn't this feeling of significance as part of a defined community, so when you go into a store and start conversing with the employees or proprietor, you are unable to offer them any kind of sense of deeper appreciation for their unique cultural background, social identity, and they also feel less like you are coming into a particular experience of their life than that you are just a customer.\n\nJust to give you an example in fact of the same kind of dynamic but in a different setting.  When I was in Berlin, I would go into stores or restaraunts run by Germans and there would be just kind of an ordinary feeling that I was just a customer and they were just running a business.  I would get my food or whatever merchandise I was purchasing and the person helping me would do so in a straight forward ordinary kind of way.  There was one particular Turkish restaurant I would eat at though, that was run by a Turkish immigrant, of course, and his brother, and they were very enthusiastic to engage me at a personal level and offer me their own Turkish tea, talk to me about me or let me talk to them about themselves and their deal, etc. etc. etc\n\nBecause of this, I think it is not at all unusual that New York should get that kind of recognition, whereas a less ethnically diverse city like Sydney might offer less in the way of "personality."\n\nThat is not to say that there are not all kinds of diverse cultural opportunities and experiences in Sydney, only that it is not historically the kind of cultural microcosm that is New York.
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I live in the washington area and agree. \n\nBut you left out NYC. The best place on earth to live!!!!!!! \n\nI also loved living in San Antonio too!
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I saw very little of Texas, when I passed through to return to NYC.  I found the people very polite, but its the Cost of Living that I was most impressed with.  An Economy that moves at a reasonable pace. One that allows its citizens to enjoy the world around them. You have no idea of how fast, and troubled NYC is until you visit a State where the Resource won't be used up before their harvested.  NYC is out of sync with life.  I believe Texas has its problems but they won't kill themselves solving them.
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New York City, New York.\n\nThe cultural Melting Pot of the World and unofficial Capital of the Free World.  Home of the United Nations.  That alone tells you that there is people from every registered nation on the planet, there.\n\nJust taking into consideration of all the restrictions most european countries have on immigration.  Your best bet would be New York and Toronto, Ontario.  Those two cities are actually relatively close and can see both in a day.  Only about an hour and a half flight between the two.