Comments on: 10 Cities Where Romance Might Really Be Dead

By: Meggs

Meggs — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:58 +0000

Nearly all bodegas in NYC sell flowers on nerly every block. And they are not just a grocery store version. They have some beautiful arrangements. I also feel like sex shops, or at least lingerie shops should have been included. More people probably get a little something special from there than chocolate.

By: Chris Williams

Chris Williams — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:34:39 +0000

Why is New Orleans, Louisiana not on the most exciting city list? And Louisiana loves football more than Ohio because we are better at it… BOOM.

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:46:31 +0000

You’re entirely correct about Louisville being the in the bottom three. Add in the lack of education and common sense among Louisville residents and you’ve got something there. I fortunately met my wife who was ironically from Cincinnati area in Louisville after she had to go through enough strange people and freaks for a lifetime. She made a personal decision that we had to leave the Louisville area and ended up in a whole new state. Indianapolis, in my home state, isn’t as bad as what one makes it. It does have some redeeming qualities for romance like the Broad Ripple entertainment district replete with restaurants, bars, clubs, etc. Add in pro football and basketball and several universities close by with events and you’ve got something. Indianapolis does come off as a bland city in many ways as it doesn’t have the eccentric behavior of say a larger coastal metro. Yet in many ways, its higher up there for a Midwestern area. Even much higher than Louisville. Chicago, should get a higher ranking too as its not a cultural backwater that you would see in a Ohio Valley area like Louisville. Louisville tends to have a lot of people who are not well educated along with one of the worst urban school districts in America. Not to mention that Louisville schools rank 118th out of 154 school districts in Kentucky which is near the bottom in education among the 50 states. Not a good record.

Cincinnati, OH is another city in the region with a diverse population, good shopping, clubs, bars, and various cultural events in the Midwest. The towns that one ought to focus on should be backwater cities like Louisville, Lexington, KY, Memphis of course, anywhere in West Virginia or Arkansas, and some states in the Deep South. Any Midwestern city including Columbus and Indianapolis is far above the low standards set by residents of the Southern states. Even the jackassery of Buckeye football is superior than the mouth breathing clientele of most of the Mid South and Deep South.

Memphis was a lovely experience in my travels as I only went there once and saw enough. The place smells like a stagnant bunch of pond water and not even decent to want to spend much time. Outside of the lively area of Beale Street, it reminded of somewhere you went to catch a fungus. Nasty, dirty, smelly, yep that is Memphis. Its main quality was the stench of being the urinal of the Mississippi River where the nastiness of other rivers ran along that skank of a city.

Some good points on this list but I would be moving Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis up on the list and moving places like Memphis, Louisville, Jacksonville, and other Southern pig sty areas on the bottom. Very little culture in the South unless you like Confederate reenactments, BBQ, and the Yeehaw syndrome so evident anywhere south of the Ohio River and pretty much going across country in that latitude.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 19:48:45 +0000

Going by this criteria, Memphis should have done much better… First of all, where did you get this picture? This is the construction site to the really awesome riverfront that Memphis is building. Still not done, but not a patch of gravel.

Parks… all over the place. One of the largest Urban parks in the country (Shelby Farms), Historic Overton Park, multiple downtown parks that over look the Mississippi River at sunset. How is that not romantic? And all can be enjoyed through most of the year as we have short mild winters.

Flowers, I don’t personally know how many florists we have, but it’s certainly enough to fulfill any flower requirement you seem to think you need. If you want local, there are many flower stands at our numerous farmers markets. Candy, please, Memphis specializes in things that make you fat. Dinstuhl’s is my go to candy shop.

Romantic restaurants? Memphis is short on a lot of things, but not restaurants. The largest number of new ones are small charming local establishments. Memphians truthfully shun the large chain restaurants. Itta Bena, Restaurant Iris, Majestic Grille, Flight, McEwan’s, Elegant Farmer…. the list goes on and on.

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:33:29 +0000

How come Portland is the most romantic city of the bunch? You’d think Valentine’s Day would be too mainstream for all those hipsters living there.

By: El Pasoan

El Pasoan — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:28:13 +0000

Aw shut the hell up. You took a picture from shops on the streets of a crappy part of downtown El Paso and say that’s what makes us unromantic? Specialty chocolate shops and romantic restaurants make a city romantic? I guess that’s akin to a little read real estate blog trying to make it’s name on a catch-ily titled article. A little flash and dazzle, instead of actually speaking to people in the city. I hope you don’t sell real estate with as little skill as you displayed when you wrote this blog! Enjoy your five minutes of Valentine’s Day fame, because tomorow you’ll be back to babysitting empty houses on Sunday afternoons!

By: sojourner

sojourner — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:55:12 +0000

Where are Cleveland, Buffalo, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Dayton, Syracuse, Rochester NY, and other hotbeds of romance?

Oklahoma City higher than NYC–give me a break…

By: The Heights Life

The Heights Life — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:52:36 +0000

You’ve never been to Houston, have you? We have one of the largest public parks in the Country (Memorial Park), plus many other amazing greenspaces (Elinor Tinsley Park, Discovery Green, and more). We have world class shopping, so lots of places to buy chocolates, and amazing restaurants. Have you eaten at DaMarco, Mark’s, Phillipe, Mockingbird Bistro, Rainbow Lodge, Backstreet Cafe? If you have, then you know that they are all extremely romantic.

However, the most aggregious thing in this post re:Houston is the comment that it’s always rainy. That is not only not true, it’s a really terrible thing to say after we suffered a terrible drought for the last 2 years that killed millions of trees and did $millions in other damage, including real estate.

Come to Houston. Come to my historic neighborhood, once featured in National Geographic Traveler, and then you can speak with a hint of authority.