well jtpornstar..
I agree with most of the things you said, but the drunk part...you were wrong
Things changed. Now if you go out you can see drunk people all around town. I know it because usually I'm one of them
so the night life is really great here especially in summer...lots of open air places!
The other thing is: you said it's hard to find trustworthy or even hard working peeps. That is absoltely not true,maybe you're just met the wrong peeps...most of hungarian peeps are really hard working. They learned it for 40 years in the socialist era...
So imo you should try Budapest Kristian! It's really a good place to live. But if you don't want to live here my other choice would be Vienna.
Good luck wherever you go!