Places on paper you didn't think you would like, but did

I don't like sprawl, low density, and not walkable places, however, I love Phoenix and Houston! Haha.

Phoenix - great food, beautiful scenery, nice weather (outside of summer), neat downtown and Tempe is super cool. Love the mid century architecture.

Houston - amazing food, diverse, lots of opportunity, and LOVE the tree canopy around Rice University. People were incredibly friendly. Fantastic museums.

One place that on paper I would like, but didn't, was New Orleans. Even outside of the French Quarter I found it dirty, a lot of homeless people that would approach you, and found the food "meh". (unpopular opinion, I know!)