I've been in around or thru every nook and cranny of the continental United States and BADlanta is in the top ten places you couldn't pay me enough to live in.
1. NYC
2. L.A.
3. Washington D.C.
4. Boston
5. Baltimore
6. Philadelphia
7. Connecticut
8. Detroit
9. Atlanta
10. Birmingham
Detroit has nice places in it. New York's crime rate is extremely low. DC has a wealthy side. and what's wrong with Philly?
Mostly too many people right on top of one another.
Terrible traffic.
Folks only look at you long enough to determine that you're not likely to attack them...then avoid eye contact at all costs.
There is nowhere that you can just be alone in an open space...I could never get used to that.
And the people in those northern cities just aren't generally all that friendly...especially if you speak with a southern accent like mine. Philadelphia, Boston and NYC/Connecticut/NJ and the worst offenders when it comes to Yankee-centricism.
Somehow I left NJ of my list...it is number 0. I've was mugged twice, robbed and had my truck vandalized in Edison, Hackensack, Trenton and Teaneck, respectively.
Baltimore, Washington, Birmingham and Altanta are just downright dangerous, at least the parts on town I go to.
Detroit is also on the downright dangerous list, plus the city is falling apart.
Milwaukee, Green Bay, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Knoxville, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Tulsa, OKC...great cities.
Best cities in the nation, in my humble opinion.
1. Mobile, number one, no doubt about it.
2. Little Rock.
3. Chicago
4. Salt Lake City.
5. Wichita.
6. Miami.
7. Charleston.
8. Omaha.
9. Fargo.
10. Jacksonville.
You've got to keep in mind, I've see these cities by truck, not as a tourist. The business and warehouse districts are usually in the worst part of town. So that's the perspective I have to judge from, what cities have the best of the worst.