What's Your City's Access to Skiing and (Sub)Tropical Ocean Beaches

I'm partial to North Carolina's cities...and, as you all know, especially Charlotte. Since moving here, I am surprised and impressed that I am able to drive from the center of Charlotte to mountain skiing (the highest mountains east of the Rockies...7000') in 2 hours or to sub-tropical beaches in about 2.5 hours. The only other place where I've lived and been able to do this is California. Here's the question...from which major US cities (metros + 1 million) can one travel 3 hours or less and be in mountains over 6000', or, travel 3 hours or less and be on tropical beaches?>

Nebraska vs. Missouri vs. Oklahoma vs. Kansas (State vs. State, Part 2)

This is Part 2 of the State vs. State series. Choose the state(s) that you prefer the most. If anyone has any pictures of these states, please post them! GYRO on the web>

Most Liberal & Conservative US Cities

According to the Bay Area Center for Voting Research... AmericaÂ's 25 Most Liberal Cities, over 100,000 residents (in descending order) 1 Detroit 2 Gary, IN 3 Berkeley, CA 4 Washington, DC 5 Oakland, CA 6 Inglewood, CA 7 Newark, NJ 8 Cambridge, MA 9 San Francisco 10 Flint, MI 11 Cleveland 12 Hartford, CT 13 Paterson, NJ 14 Baltimore 15 New Haven, CT 16 Seattle 17 Chicago 18 Philadelphia 19 Birmingham, AL 20 St. Louis 21 New York 22 Providence, RI 23 Minneapolis 24 Boston 25 Buffalo AmericaÂ's 25 Most Conservative Cities, over 100,000 residents (in descending order) 1 Provo, UT 2 Lubbock, TX 3 Abilene, TX 4 Hialeah, FL 5 Plano, TX 6 Colorado Springs, CO 7 Gilbert, AZ 8 Bakersfield, CA 9 Lafayette, LA 10 Orange, CA 11 Escondido, CA 12 Allentown, PA 13 Mesa, AZ 14 Arlington, TX 15 Peoria, AZ 16 Cape Coral, FL 17 Garden Grove, CA 18 Simi Valley, CA 19 Corona, CA 20 Clearwater, FL 21 West Valley City, UT 22 Oklahoma City, OK 23 Overland Park, KS 24 Anchorage, AK 25 Huntington Beach, CA>

New photos of 22 cities.

My website is being rebuilt. The photos are all up on Pbase to be previewed. Please give me lots of feedback. Baltimore Boston Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Hamilton Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee Montreal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Providence Richmond Saint Louis Toronto Washington DC Enjoy.>

Metro Housing Markets awaiting a bubble burst?

High-priced housing faces risks Fifty-three metropolitan areas representing 31% of the total U.S. housing market are considered extremely overvalued and confront a high risk of future price corrections, a study conducted by National City Corp. says. The study determines a market extremely overvalued if prices are 30% above where the study estimates they should be based on historic price data, area income, mortgage rates and population density. Metro areas that are extremely overvalued and vulnerable to price correction: Rank Metro area Q1 valuation 1 Santa Barbara, Calif. 69% 2 Salinas, Calif. 67% 3 Naples, Fla. 62% 4 Riverside, Calif. 60% 5 Merced, Calif. 59% 6 Stockton, Calif. 58% 7 Port St. Lucie, Fla. 58% 8 Madera, Calif. 57% 9 Napa, Calif. 57% 10 Medford, Ore. 55% 11 Sacramento, Calif. 54% 12 Modesto, Calif. 53% 13 San Diego, Calif. 53% 14 Santa Rosa, Calif. 52% 15 Chico, Calif. 52% 16 Barnstable Town, Mass. 50% 17 San Luis Obispo, Calif. 49% 18 Oxnard, Calif. 48% 19 Fresno, Calif. 48% 20 Los Angeles, Calif. 48% 21 Miami, Fla. 46% 22 West Palm Beach, Fla. 46% 23 Vallejo, Calif. 45% 24 Ocean City, N.J. 45% 25 Bend, Ore. 45% 26 Sarasota, Fla. 45% 27 Redding, Calif. 44% 28 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 43% 29 Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. 42% 30 Santa Ana, Calif. 41% 31 Atlantic City, N.J. 41% 32 Bakersfield, Calif. 40% 33 Oakland, Calif. 39% 34 Santa Cruz, Calif. 39% 35 Palm Bay, Fla. 38% 36 Las Vegas, Nev. 38% 37 Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 37% 38 Vero Beach, Fla. 37% 39 San Jose, Calif. 36% 40 Bellingham, Wash. 35% 41 Panama City, Fla. 35% 42 Calif.pe Coral, Fla. 35% 43 Providence, R.I. 34% 44 Reno, Nev. 33% 45 Kingston, N.Y. 32% 46 Visalia, Calif. 32% 47 Deltona, Fla. 31% 48 Boston, Mass. 31% 49 Washington D.C. 31% 50 Essex County, Mass. 30% 51 San Francisco, Calif. 30% 52 Prescott, Ariz. 30% 53 Duluth, Minn. 30% http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/...valuations.htm It seems that California Florida, and New York are the most over priced areas of the country. Whats your take?>

Major cities not situated on water

Are there any major cities in America that are not situated on bodies of water, as in the ocean, a lake, or a river? If so, are there any that don't have man-made bodies of water, such as canals, reservoirs, or aquaducts?>

Sunniest States

Percent of days that are sunny 1. Arizona = 81 2. New Mexico = 76 3. Hawaii = 74 4. California 5. Nevada 6. Colorado 6. Texas 8. Florida 9. Oklahoma 9. Wyoming 11. Kansas 11. Utah 13. Alabama 13. Arkansas 13. Louisiana 13. South Carolina 17. Georgia 17. Mississippi 17. Nebraska 17. North Carolina 21. Idaho 21. Maryland 21. Tennessee 24. Missouri 24. South Dakota 24. Virginia = 57 27. New Jersey = 56 28. Delaware = 55 28. District of Columbia 28. Iowa 28. Maine 28. Massachusetts 28. New Hampshire 28. North Dakota 28. Rhode Island 36. Illinois 36. Kentucky 38. Connecticut 38. Minnesota 38. New York 38. Wisconsin 42. Indiana 42. Montana 44. Pennsylvania 45. West Virginia 46. Ohio 47. Michigan 48. Vermont 49. Washington = 43 50. Oregon = 39 51. Alaska = 23>