That's because YOU left Minneapolis and went to Ohio.....which doesn't fare as well.onthebottom said:
Could there be some connection?....
Fastest Dying American Cities
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True, drawing many top medical talents to the city. Think they've 1 of the top cancer center.LancsLad said:
An idiot to the end, you are consistent.WoodPeckr said:That's because YOU left Minneapolis and went to Ohio.....which doesn't fare as well.
Could there be some connection?....
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I've been to Pittsburgh and the downtown core was pretty nice actually. Quite interesting architecture.
My only complaint about Pittsburgh (inner city) what that it shuts down at 6 p.m.
I remember arriving there around 8 or 9 p.m. and checking in at the hotel and I was starving. I asked the girl at the desk where there was a decent restaurant near by and she responded, "NOW, no, everything will be closed"
I thought she didn't know what she was talking about that surely there was some place that was open. We started walking, and there was NOTHING open. Initially, you think you'll find some place near by, then you think that there must be a chinese place that's open, they're always open, then you're looking for a Burger King.
Nope, nadda. Closed up tight as a drum.
We have it good in Toronto.
My only complaint about Pittsburgh (inner city) what that it shuts down at 6 p.m.
I remember arriving there around 8 or 9 p.m. and checking in at the hotel and I was starving. I asked the girl at the desk where there was a decent restaurant near by and she responded, "NOW, no, everything will be closed"
I thought she didn't know what she was talking about that surely there was some place that was open. We started walking, and there was NOTHING open. Initially, you think you'll find some place near by, then you think that there must be a chinese place that's open, they're always open, then you're looking for a Burger King.
Nope, nadda. Closed up tight as a drum.
We have it good in Toronto.
Interesting isn't it...
...how different cities have there own unique "culture" that way, isn't it.
I remember when I first came to Toronto 12 years ago with friends to celebrate my 30th birthday (who knew I'd end up living here??...LOL) and we went out to party with some strippers we had met the night before at what I now know is FYEO...back then the bars in what I now know is the Entertainment District closed at 1:00am...I was like "what the fuck kind of cow town is this???"...LOL...we had to go back to their place in Mississauga to entertain ourselves...which for my buddy ended up being fairly entertaining indeed...
james t kirk said:
...how different cities have there own unique "culture" that way, isn't it.
I remember when I first came to Toronto 12 years ago with friends to celebrate my 30th birthday (who knew I'd end up living here??...LOL) and we went out to party with some strippers we had met the night before at what I now know is FYEO...back then the bars in what I now know is the Entertainment District closed at 1:00am...I was like "what the fuck kind of cow town is this???"...LOL...we had to go back to their place in Mississauga to entertain ourselves...which for my buddy ended up being fairly entertaining indeed...
Toronto on the other hand is rated a powerhouse by Forbes magazine.
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/473681
City rubs elbows with likes of New York and Tokyo on Forbes list of urban economic giants
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/473681
City rubs elbows with likes of New York and Tokyo on Forbes list of urban economic giants
I have found that hotel employees (anywhere) are useless as far as recommending local businesses.james t kirk said:
What's their financial incentive for doing so? They'd rather you stay in and order overpriced room service.
Same thing happened to me in Toronto. Nothing within the immediate vicinity of my hotel was open for a late evening meal, so I took the TTC to Mandarin Buffet.
Google is your friend. That, and the yellow pages in your room.
If you still can't find anything, try Denny's.
IIRC, I never had a problem finding late night eats in any city I visited. It may not be within walking distance of your hotel, and you may need to travel a bit.
We were right downtown and there was NOTHING open. Trust me, it was tight as a drum.
The next day (Saturday), there were scads of people.
The next day (Saturday), there were scads of people.
Had excellent service from Marriott concierge motived by great employee incentive program, I'm told. Other high-end chains have them too. Older concierge usually more helpful, know the neighborhoold, pride in their job & wait on you hand & feet in our experience.ig-88 said:
Also checkout, http://www.concierge.com/
I liked NYC, kind of Toronto x 10. Agree with San Fran, never been to Seattle, hell, never been to Vancouver.dj1470 said:
Perfect world, Toronto from May till November, Mauii after that. Never see snow again as long as I live - and that would be just fine.
As long as you brought up health care, in Buffalo its very poor. The insurance companies have a strangle hold on the Drs. Mainly the care is cursory with thoroughness being a thing of the past. People die all the time because the Drs. never get to the root cause of a problem -eg, a friends 50 yr old husband died of colon cancer after over a year where they were telling him he had indigestion. Patients are delayed from visiting a specialist since its cheaper for the insurerer to have him continuing to go to the primary care physician. There's much more than this contributing to the poor care.LancsLad said:
Yes, and when are we going to start to get after the tradesmen's unions. Seems like Plumbers, etc, can charge sky rocketing prices and no one seems to complain.tboy said:
