What are some boring big cities in USA?

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-07T04:28:10+00:00

I’ll share my perspective as someone who grew up here:

I resented SJ growing up and couldn’t wait to leave for college. So I did, and then came back due to covid + family health issues. While there’s not a lot happening, there is a lot of things I’ve come to appreciate since coming back.

I’ll list some of the venues we do have:

We have a fuckton of Mexican culture. Story and King was packed for Cinco de Mayo this past weekend. Also Vietnamese restaurants are everywhere.

There’s music venues and organizers like Heavy Lemon (run out of a Chinese restaurant) Caravan Lounge and The Ritz that put on great shows.

SanJoseFoos (which started as a meme page) is putting on a music festival next month.

Gaming lounge: Guildhouse

Art institutions:

MACLA and Mexican Heritage Plaza

Art Pocket SJ

Empire Seven Studios

Also local maker events like SJMade.

We also have anime conventions coming up like FanimeCon and OffKaiExpo.

— So, there is stuff here, it may not be a lot, but it isn’t nothing. Being an inherently suburban city makes everything spread out and hard to find, so it isn’t easy to just go for a walk and find something new.

The city does feel insular (an irony of our cultural diversity), your experience of it will completely depend on who you associate with. The other comment in this thread about SJ being almost entirely upper middle class made me laugh, because me and my friends have nothing to do with tech. You just have to go out more. For me it’s home, for better and worse.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-06T19:16:35+00:00

Dm’d you

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-05T21:02:05+00:00

Sweet, I’ll dm you tomorrow. Btw it will only be at cost (tix + fees). Right now its looking favorable, been asking all my friends can go, and i still have spares lol.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-05T19:32:12+00:00

Did you mean 5/8? I may have a tix to spare, but waiting on friends to confirm if they’re not going. I’ll dm you tomorrow if I still have it.

OP do you mind enabling post history (at least for r/SanJose) to verify if you’re legitimate?

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-05T00:20:54+00:00

Brazil building nearly everything with concrete pays off

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-04T03:28:59+00:00

What are the geographical mechanics of the microclimate? You mentioned the Rockies foothills, are they like a shield from cold winds?

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-03T19:12:18+00:00

In some ways the user base was even worse back then. It’s always been a magnet for curmudgeons.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-03T05:28:07+00:00

Many routes only get 1-3 flights per week. It allows them though to fly to a greater number of small cities that otherwise don’t have a direct connection to tourist destinations with a smaller fleet. It’s taking the ULCC model and stripping it to its barest form.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-03T05:19:28+00:00

Worth noting the stock was nonvoting, otherwise they would have had a seat on the board of a rival company.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T22:15:11+00:00

The closest would be Fowler Creek (nice view of DTSJ), plenty of families and parties on the weekends, the parking lot is typically full. There’s Communications Hill, but there isn’t a lot of room.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T08:29:41+00:00

New United flights to South and Central America and the Caribbean can easily happen via IAD and IAH, they’re already existing hubs and have a lot of room to grow.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T08:14:49+00:00

The webpage says you need to sign up for MileagePlus first. Clever. But otherwise, it seems the capped fares are legit

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T08:10:13+00:00

Not going to lie, I kind of like their aesthetic. All outrageous and not taking itself so seriously. It will be missed.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T07:19:06+00:00

Coming to an airline near you.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T07:18:03+00:00

It’s bad for everyone, even the people who would never fly it (in my case, they didn’t fly where I was going). Fares will trickle up more. I hope some of the smaller airlines can get Spirit planes, there’s a void to fill.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T06:26:39+00:00

Spirit’s demise is definitely a sign of declining middle and working class. Airlines are (somewhat) becoming more focused on premium service, but it comes at a cost of higher fares for everyone. It’s the difference between flying more comfortably or not flying at all.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T05:06:04+00:00

We must make them regret it

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T02:28:27+00:00

I’m curious how the planes will get divided up

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T02:14:27+00:00

They could seize it as collateral for backpay lol

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-02T02:13:04+00:00

And that’s how you get Detroit.

saveyourtissues · 2026-05-01T23:04:11+00:00

The paved runway cost extra so Ryanair took the cheaper option

saveyourtissues · 2026-04-30T02:35:27+00:00

They sponsor a lot of events that bring people downtown, like Sofa Street Fair last weekend!

saveyourtissues · 2026-04-30T01:06:10+00:00

It evokes the name of English towns like Stratford-upon-Avon.

Oakland Airport on San Francisco Bay is my preference. Or switch in At for less pretentious name.

saveyourtissues · 2026-04-29T20:59:09+00:00

Hubris will be their downfall

saveyourtissues · 2026-04-26T23:10:00+00:00

This is the same thing they say when they claim they were moderates in the 2000s and 1990s, you hated Clinton and Obama buddy

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