Burlington, Vermont

[IHL]

Probably my favourite town in the US (as a UK visitor).

Does anywhere come a close second! (cannot be your hometown).

Name it.

[Killgies]

Gatlinburg,TN

It's on the edge of Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I always enjoy going to there for a vacation.

[mjkoehler]

Never been to Burlington.

I have a tie, San Francisco and New Orleans (pre Katrina)

[Jaimoe]

New York City. It's the only US city I'd contemplate living in besides Boston.

[TheBigChicken]

San Francisco...hands down ;)

[ItStillJaimoe]

San Fran is on my future visit radar (not to be confused with "gaydar)." I do live in Toronto afterall.

[pawpaw]

Probably my favourite town in the US (as a UK visitor).

Does anywhere come a close second! (cannot be your hometown).

Name it.

Well, I've never been to Burlington, so I can't say what's better or worse. I've heard it's a cool place though, nice liberal college town, naturally beautiful area, good music scene. I'm going to remove cities from my choices, which leaves a list of Western college towns.

-Santa Cruz, CA
-Boulder, CO
-San Luis Obispo, CA
-Eugene, OR
-Fort Collins, CO

Take your pick...all of these are great towns.

[pawpaw]

San Fran is on my future visit radar (not to be confused with "gaydar)." I do live in Toronto afterall.

Dave Chappelle put it something like this..."People would ask me why I like San Francisco so much. They'd say 'Man, that place is gay.' I'd be like, it's not that gay, it's cool. Then I went to that Castro...that place is like America's anus!"

Yeah, it's gay. I'd see guys walking down the street on a weeknight wearing ass-less chaps if I left work late (of course, my office was only a block and a half from Folsom Street). It is an amazing place though, and definitely worth a visit...my favorite city.

[ycartrob]

I really love Boston; I really love San Francisco

I also really love Portland, Maine

[red]

New Orleans!  Boston and NYC were amazing, obviously.  Charleston was beautiful.

I hope to make it to San Francisco sometime and I really regret not going to Austin while I was in Texas.

[Jaimoe]

San Fran is on my future visit radar (not to be confused with "gaydar)." I do live in Toronto afterall.

Dave Chappelle put it something like this..."People would ask me why I like San Francisco so much. They'd say 'Man, that place is gay.' I'd be like, it's not that gay, it's cool. Then I went to that Castro...that place is like America's anus!"

Yeah, it's gay. I'd see guys walking down the street on a weeknight wearing ass-less chaps if I left work late (of course, my office was only a block and a half from Folsom Street). It is an amazing place though, and definitely worth a visit...my favorite city.

Toronto ranks #2 in gay population and #1 as a gay-friendly city in North American and no one here gives a shit. Most are proud. (Mind you, Toronto is far bigger than San Fran). Hell, our Pride Day parade attracts a million people and our Caribana fest is even bigger. I remember being in the gay district of NYC a few years back and I couldn't tell; it's all very unobtrusive. It ain't here, "not that there's anything wrong with that."

[pawpaw]

San Fran is on my future visit radar (not to be confused with "gaydar)." I do live in Toronto afterall.

Dave Chappelle put it something like this..."People would ask me why I like San Francisco so much. They'd say 'Man, that place is gay.' I'd be like, it's not that gay, it's cool. Then I went to that Castro...that place is like America's anus!"

Yeah, it's gay. I'd see guys walking down the street on a weeknight wearing ass-less chaps if I left work late (of course, my office was only a block and a half from Folsom Street). It is an amazing place though, and definitely worth a visit...my favorite city.

Toronto ranks #2 in gay population and #1 as a gay-friendly city in North American and no one here gives a shit. Most are proud. (Mind you, Toronto is far bigger than San Fran). Hell, our Pride Day parade attracts a million people and our Caribana fest is even bigger. I remember being in the gay district of NYC a few years back and I couldn't tell; it's all very unobtrusive. It ain't here, "not that there's anything wrong with that."

Yeah, one of my friends from San Francisco, a gay guy, lived in Toronto for several years, and had told me that there was a huge gay community up there. I always really appreciated the gay community in San Francisco - another group with a proud and unique identity in an amazingly diverse collection of people.

[Kenny76]

I haven't been further west than Indianapolis or Nashville (whatever's more west) but Burlington, VT is my favorite city in the US as well.  I try to get up there once a year.  Best time to go is in the early fall.   I've never been up there in the winter, but I'm sure it's brutal (according to 100% of residents).

[IHL]

Having started this threat, I went to university in Arcata, Northern California for 2 years and that was AMAZING (coming from London).

Portland, OR, Northampton, MA and Portsmouth, NH also very cool.

Man, I could travel the States for a year...I hear Missoula, MT is the place...

[Penny Lane]

i agree-- MT/Idaho trip is at the top of my list

i've also heard really good things about Charlottesville

[Bigsky]

Having started this threat, I went to university in Arcata, Northern California for 2 years and that was AMAZING (coming from London).

Portland, OR, Northampton, MA and Portsmouth, NH also very cool.

Man, I could travel the States for a year...I hear Missoula, MT is the place...

I lived in Missoula for two years and I loved it...it's the capital of heaven.

[pawpaw]

Having started this threat, I went to university in Arcata, Northern California for 2 years and that was AMAZING (coming from London).

Portland, OR, Northampton, MA and Portsmouth, NH also very cool.

Man, I could travel the States for a year...I hear Missoula, MT is the place...

Humboldt State? Did you ever get up to Prairie Creek? Down to the Lost Coast? That part of the state is awesome....decent herb too...so I've heard  ;)

[ms. yvon]

Having started this thread, I went to university in Arcata, Northern California for 2 years and that was AMAZING (coming from London)...

me too!

it is fab.   :)  i lived up there for 7 years.  when were you there?

[IHL]

Think I finished at Humboldt State in '98.

Beautiful place. Travelled the length of the North Cal coast and then up the Oregon coast a couple of times.

There's a place near Arcata called Trinidad (pop. 330, I think). Really lovely in terms of scenery and natural beauty.

Some of the best times of my life...

[crazylove]

Asheville is up there for me.