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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 4925 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes  Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 17 of 27 02 May 2012 at 3:50am | IP Logged | |||||
Parts of it may be, like any urban area. Not all parts though. I lived just off of Lake Merritt for a while and loved it. R. == 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| tritone Senior Member United States reflectionsinpo Joined 5915 days ago 246 posts - 385 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, French | Message 18 of 27 02 May 2012 at 4:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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NYC is the most linguistically diverse city in the world.
There was an article about this a while back that was posted here. Every language one could imagine from the furthest reaches of the globe is spoken in NYC. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cheshire Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4450 days ago 23 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese | Message 19 of 27 02 May 2012 at 8:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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I would suggest Chicago. There are many types of neighborhoods and having been there
quite a few times myself, there's tons of culture in Chicago. It may not be as fancy as San Francisco or NYC but it's pretty good. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Quinn Senior Member United States Joined 6118 days ago 134 posts - 186 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Italian, Spanish | Message 20 of 27 02 May 2012 at 8:22am | IP Logged | |||||
Have you ever even been here? You might not believe it, but we actually have rich people, too. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Nguyen Senior Member Vietnam Joined 4888 days ago 109 posts - 195 votes Speaks: Vietnamese | Message 21 of 27 02 May 2012 at 12:15pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have family that lives in Seattle. It is a very nice safe place withe lot's of good places to walk. Very culturally diverse also.
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| Lucky Charms Diglot Senior Member Japan lapacifica.net Joined 6744 days ago 752 posts - 1711 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: German, Spanish | Message 22 of 27 02 May 2012 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My hometown is Mission Viejo, right next to Irvine :) I don't think Irvine has anything
that West LA doesn't, though, for the purposes of this discussion. But considering the OP's criteria of "density" and "walkability", I doubt that LA would be good a choice, either. It's not very convenient to get around without a car, so there are less chances to encounter new people and languages, and the cultural event you want to go to might be a good hour away by bus... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Gallo1801 Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 4697 days ago 164 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Croatian, German, French | Message 23 of 27 03 May 2012 at 3:35am | IP Logged | |||||
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Columbus, Ohio.
My hometown. There is a large immigrant population, mostly Mexican, Somalian, Japanese, and Indian, but I had friends in HS from Sri Lanka, Belarus, Pakistan, Iran, Ecuador, Malawi... For the cost of living it can't be beat, some of the best bang for your buck in the country, and we have lots of culture, always on the concert tour list, and are a burgeoning food city. The worst part is the weather. If you can stand 9 months of grey skies, and 3 month great summers, then it's fine. I now live in the South cuz the weather can't be beat. You will also need a car. You can find just about any type of 'ethnic cuisine' too, including lots of Asian food on the NW side, and taco trucks on the west side. Plus, because of the size/diversity ratio, you can interact with almost any culture and not have one that really dominates. I like Chicago, and Boston, but Columbus is a great little brother to both those places, with lots of Midwestern manners and charm. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4684 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 24 of 27 03 May 2012 at 4:31am | IP Logged | |||||
Detroit has lost 50% of its population since 1950 (1.8 million then, 950,000 now). I can't think of any American city that can compare to what has happened there. It is dying. There is no Detroit of the West Coast, or anywhere else. For languages: in Honolulu you'll hear Tagalog, Ilokano, Japanese, and 'pidgen' (Hawaiian Creole English) regularly. If you surf you'll also hear a lot of Brazilian Portuguese. Korean and some Chinese dialects are common in some neighborhoods. But, language education here is atrocious. I took an adult night class in Spanish, and I had a better accent than the instructor. The library's resources are poor even for the popular languages, and the bookstores don't carry much. You can find speakers to practice with, but you won't find many resources for the auto-didact. 4 persons have voted this message useful |
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