This I picked up from Jen:

American Cities That Best Fit You:

75% Honolulu

70% Denver

65% Austin

65% Seattle

60% Atlanta

All I can say is... ummm, no.

Okay, admittedly, I've only been to one of those five cities. Could never live in that one. One or two of its suburbs, maybe, if I had to.

But Austin? I mean, that's in Texas! Both Bush and Cheney moved to Texas. It can't be good.

Besides, it's flat. Yes, my beloved desert is pretty much flat, too, but there's mountains all around it, almost always in sight.

That matters.

Seattle? Well, I don't know. Probably too wet and too green. Probably full of trees, too. Would love to see it, though.

Atlanta? Ever since I was in high school I knew I wanted to move only north or west. Atlanta is neither.

And then there's Honolulu. It was top on Jen's list too.

My first thought is that this test is put forward by the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. Especially since I specifically stated I would want to live in a city with all four seasons. Including cold winters.

Never been to Honolulu, but I bet Honoluluans' concept of "cold winter" is significantly different from mine.

But then, without asking Jen about her answers, I suppose there might be another explanation. As with all of these quizzes, they asked you to rate the importance of certain things to you.

Since we're talking about cities, they asked about urban things. Theater, restaurants, entertainment, mass transit, museums, jobs, availability of love interests, apartment living. All the things that usually rank high with people who like living in cities.

I mean, why else would people live there? Naturally, being already happily in love, employed, and perfectly willing to live without theater, museums, and buses, those things didn't rank high with me.

They also asked about crime rates and air pollution, which I both want to be low. Which tends not to be common in most cities.

So, what I gather is this.

Honolulu has fairly clean air, and not a lot of crime.

And it also has very little of the amenities that most city dwellers like to find in their cities. Which means, as cities go, Honolulu might be kinda crappy.

The ocean would be nice, though.