American "football" isn't real football. Football (= soccer) is far superior, and that's why the whole world outside the US loves it.
It's super popular in India and Pakistan. Your list is also correct, it's just a reflection of the difference in buying power between the US and places like India and Pakistan. P.S.: I know y'all love (American) football, and that's great, I was just trying to stick to the topic of the thread and come up with something provocative .
Yes - The Eagles and Chicago have aged like ****. Jackson Browne and The Doobie Brothers are better. This - "Here take a less tasty version of the same food". Amen..... Agreed - but it isn't going to happen. Has been for awhile. Lowest common denominator = lots of views! Nevermind came out at the end of 1991 - you survive this round.
No No No NoNoNo.... arrogant? Yes, but Prince is probably one of the 5 best guitar players born in the 20th century. He is probably the best guitar player since Hendrix passed. Cobain was very good, BB King, Clapton... Campbell, Vaughn...Allman... even Knopfler were all amazing..... but Prince could hold his own against all of them.
Nah - not if you have a lot of money. If you have a lot of money, there are a lot of places better than Florida --- there are parts of NYC and Connecticut that are great as well. If you have some money, but are not wealthy, then Texas > Florida. That is just my opinion - but I would take parts of Chicago over anywhere in Florida or Texas, as they are safer - more affluent and prettier than anywhere in either of those states.
You are right that Austin is up there...but look. https://fortune.com/2023/03/03/fastest-growing-cities-millionaires-miami-west-palm-beach-florida/ Florida attracts more ultra-wealthy movers than any other state There’s a lot to love about Florida, despite what its haters may say. Just ask the outsize number of millionaires and billionaires who have set up shop there over the last decade. Between 2012 and 2022, a handful of cities experienced millionaire growth by over 70%, finds the latest wealth report from investment migration firm Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. The research firm tracked the movements and spending habits of over 150,000 high net-worth people, focusing on those with over $10 million in investable assets. Austin, Texas, took the cake with a 102% growth rate over the course of that decade thanks to 30,500 millionaire residents. But two cities in Florida—West Palm Beach and Miami—ranked in the top five. Here’s what that list looks like, ranked by millionaire growth rate over the past decade: Austin, Texas: 102% West Palm Beach, Florida: 90% Scottsdale, Arizona: 88% Miami, Florida: 75% Greenwich and Darien, Connecticut: 72% Of that list, the most billionaires—12—live in Miami; nine live in Austin. Miami is also home to the most millionaires and centi-millionaires (those who have a net worth of over $100 million) on the list. “Economists will tell you that an excellent barometer for the health of a country and its economy is to scrutinize what its millionaire class is up to, and in the USA, we can clearly see that a growing number of wealthy individuals are on the move,” Mehdi Kadiri, managing partner and Head of North America at Henley & Partners, wrote in the report. He points out “a notable internal semigration” of millionaires from cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City to places like Miami. Why the Sunshine State wins Ultra-wealthy people looking for a tax break and an escape from winter have been flocking to Florida for years. More high-earners moved to Florida than to any other state between 2019 and 2020, per an analysis by SmartAsset of IRS data. It found that Florida saw a net influx of 20,263 households earning over $200,000 a year—nearly four times how many high-earners decamped to Texas, the second-most popular destination. As it did with many trends, the pandemic accelerated the movement as a big chunk of tech and finance savants headed to the Sunshine State. Miami, alternately referred to as the “sixth borough” or the next Silicon Valley, has drawn in both Wall Street bankers and startup entrepreneurs. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez has been gunning to transform his city into a budding crypto destination. Felice Gorordo, CEO of tech giant eMerge Americas, told Yahoo Finance that Miami is “going through a renaissance at all levels, but especially in terms of technology.” Even beyond the city limits of West Palm and Miami, and even for the non-millionaires, Florida has a great deal to offer. For one thing, the state unemployment rate stood at 2.5% in December, below the 3.5% national rate in the same month. It could also be especially enticing for remote workers looking for a change of scenery. (...) ----------- Bro, I was at a cocktail thing in an oceanfront mansion in Manalapan last weekend...crazy. More current: https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story...n-west-palm-beach-and-palm-beach/73038263007/ West Palm and Palm Beach rank in top 5 as cities with fastest growth in millionaires A swell of affluence in South Florida kept West Palm Beach and Palm Beach in a "Top 5" list of the fastest-growing cities nationwide for accumulating millionaire residents over the past decade, according to a wealth-tracking report released this month. The two Palm Beach County cities experienced a 93% increase in millionaires between 2013 and 2023, ranking it 3rd in this year’s Henley & Partners USA Wealth Report. That’s a dip from the cities’ second-place finishes in the 2022 and 2023 reports but maintains a benchmark that some business experts said began a quick ascent during the COVID-19 pandemic. “What we have seen since COVID is an increased surge in financial services firms moving to Palm Beach County who are escaping states that are not as business-friendly,” said Business Development Board of Palm Beach County President and CEO Kelly Smallridge. “After COVID, the vast majority of new business tenants were from out of state, which was a very new trend for us.” The new wealth report ranked Austin, Texas, in the top spot for growing its millionaire residents with an increase of 110% since 2013. It was followed by runner up Scottsdale, Arizona, which experienced a 102% increase in millionaires. In sheer numbers, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach have 10,200 millionaires, 69 centi-millionaires (people with $100 million-plus) and nine billionaires. Countywide, Smallridge estimates there are 47 billionaires. Falling out of the Top 5 ranking was Miami, which had placed 4th and 5th in the previous two years’ reports. Instead, the Connecticut towns of Greenwich and Darien came in 4th in the 2024 report with the California Bay Area ranking 5th. Smallridge said after heavy-hitter financial companies such as Goldman Sachs, Millennium Management, Point 72 Asset Management and Citadel opened offices in West Palm Beach, the city’s nascent reputation as “Wall Street South” was bolstered, attracting more firms. “West Palm Beach was kind of a sleepy tertiary town before,” said billionaire real estate investor Jeff Greene, who lives in Palm Beach. He said a fervor to leave restrictive urban areas in the northeast during the pandemic, coupled with low interest rates, led many people who were already planning a move to South Florida to speed up the timeline. Parents of children at his private Greene School in West Palm Beach have multiple Ivy League degrees and are settling in areas such as the popular south of Southern Boulevard, or SoSo, neighborhood, where he said they find a sense of community amid families with similar backgrounds and interests. “Some of them are going to build some very successful big businesses here that will employ a lot of people,” Greene said. Florida Atlantic University housing economist Ken H. Johnson said the growth of millionaire residents has been a trend for several years and is less convinced that the pandemic was the main driver of the increase in millionaire residents. Regardless of the reasons, he said a growth in wealth “bodes well for the county.” “This is a good thing, there is nothing negative about it,” Johnson said. “Now it’s just a matter of how we are going to spend it and invest it in society.” Boomtown:Palm Beach County led nation on a scale ranking income gain since start of pandemic (...) -------- Also: That's about 7% of all the centi-millionaires in the US (just under 10,000) and would put Palm Beach County just behind NYC in terms of the total number of centi-millionaires...and ahead of San Francisco County.
I understand - there is lots of money in parts of Florida and has been for nearly 100 years and there are some very wealthy people that like Florida and there are entire neighborhoods and areas of Florida that are planned developments for the wealthy. I have lived in a number of wealthy areas in the USA over the last 25 years and have my personal favorites - some were surprises (parts of Chicago) and some were not (San Diego and parts of SOCAL).... I personally prefer the weather in California and the weather in Chicago and NYC in Summer, Fall and Spring is under-rated. I can go to some place in Chicago like Near Northside, Kenilworth, Lincoln Park or Winnetka in Chicago and have an almost zero crime rate, have both an urban and suburban experience, be surrounded by very well-educated people and huge old neighborhoods with exceptional schools and be pampered.... with access to University of Chicago and Northwestern for my kids college all within a short drive.... and only make about $450,000 a year.... there is no place like that in Florida and Texas. There are in places like Chicago, NYC, Connecticut and SOCAL. The trade off is higher taxes but I also have far more trees, better facilities and conditions...... there is something to be said about areas that have been "nice" for 100 years and are kept up. I planned always to end up in Texas, Florida or possibly France - but after going everywhere my experiences were than Chicago and NYC had the best.
C'mon man: 25 or 6 to 4, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?, Feeling Stronger Every Day, I'm A Man (that's all of them I can think of)...those are still great songs.
I don't think they have aged all that well - maybe that is my unpopular opinion.... especially for a band that was the second best selling American band in history at one point. I can name more Doobie Brothers or even Steely Dan songs that have aged better than Chicago. Having said that, if we are taking a road trip and you have those Chicago songs I am not going to fight you over the songs...... just don't back those up with The Eagles and we are all good.
