I'll start with PA's ten biggest cities. I would have put more, but they're somewhat hard to find.
- Philadelphia: Long history... of sports failures.
- Pittsburgh: Steel, ketchup, and furry conventions.
- Allentown: The crossroads of Pennsylvania.
- Erie: Another mistake by the lakeTM.
- Reading: Wrongest side of the tracks.
- Scranton: Biggest employer is Dunder-Mifflin Paper.
- Bethlehem: Hey everybody, it's Christmas City!
- Lancaster: Oh, you're in Amish Country.
- Harrisburg: Mentioned on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt!
- York: No, we're not Old York.
1 Indianapolis - World's largest sporting event home
2 Fort Wayne - On the way to northeast lakes
3 Evansville - A League of Their Own
4 South Bend - greatest college football program home
5 Carmel - World's roundabout capital
6 Fishers - Trying to be another Carmel
7 Bloomington - Home to Indiana University
8 Hammond - Gateway to Chicago
9 Gary - steel town with urban decay
10 Lafayette - Just east of Purdue
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1 Indianapolis - Home of the world's largest annual sporting event
2 Fort Wayne - On the way to northeast Indiana's lake country
3 Evansville - A League of Their Own was filmed here
4 South Bend - Home of the greatest college football program of all time
5 Carmel - World's roundabout capital
6 Fishers - Trying very hard to be just like Carmel
7 Bloomington - Home to Indiana University
8 Hammond - Gateway to Chicago
9 Gary - Once great steel town a victim of urban decay
10 Lafayette - Just east of Purdue
Quotefive words or less
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1 Indianapolis - Home of the world's largest annual sporting event
2 Fort Wayne - On the way to northeast Indiana's lake country
3 Evansville - A League of Their Own was filmed here
4 South Bend - Home of the greatest college football program of all time
5 Carmel - World's roundabout capital
6 Fishers - Trying very hard to be just like Carmel
7 Bloomington - Home to Indiana University
8 Hammond - Gateway to Chicago
9 Gary - Once great steel town a victim of urban decay
10 Lafayette - Just east of Purdue
Quotefive words or less
fixed it
St Louis: The Gateway Tourist Trap
Springfield: Bass Pro's meth lab
KC: BBQ w/ side of fancy shops
Columbia: Carried on Mizzou's back
Jefferson City: Wait, that's the capital?
more to come..
Quote from: ozarkman417 on June 16, 2020, 02:53:08 PM
Springfield: Bass Pro's meth lab
:-D A former co-worker of mine and I began referring to Springfield as "Meth Capital USA".
Quote from: ozarkman417 on June 16, 2020, 02:53:08 PM
KC: BBQ w/ side of fancy shops
Count much?
St. Louis: Apple with a rotten core
Springfield: Ozarkman already summed it up
KC: Better burbs on Kansas' side
Columbia: College kids and midway point
Wichita – It is a normal city.
Kansas City – The other, rustier one.
Overland Park – Higher class than Wyandotte County.
Olathe – Overland Park with strip malls.
Topeka – Capital, but nobody goes there.
Los Angeles: Traffic, traffic, traffic, and traffic
San Diego: Traffic, parks, and cool Coast
San Jose: Somehow San Francisco's little brother
San Francisco: Manhattan of the west coast
Fresno: How is Fresno in fifth?
Top 10 cities in South Carolina:
1. Charleston- Holy City with heavy tourism
2. Columbia- Capital with a university
3. North Charleston- Hub of commerce and airport
4. Mount Pleasant- Fast-growing haven of northeast
5. Rock Hill- Charlotte's brother with more space
6. Greenville- Classy town with green space
7. Summerville- Eventual center of Lowcountry
8. Goose Creek- Most people forget it's a town
9. Hilton Head Island- Upper middle class tourism hub
10. Sumter- Air Force hub, little going
Myrtle Beach is 14th. Lower middle class tourism hub.
Illinois:
Chicago: Big stinky violent onion shoulders.
Aurora: Wants to be Naperville.
Joliet: Steel, stone, racetrack, warehouses, octopus.
Rockford: Forgotten by Chicago, rusting away.
Naperville: Chicago bedrooms, lily white town.
More cities in PA:
Wilkes-Barre: Pittsburgh's hockey team, Scranton's boringness.
State College: Nittany Lions ROAR!!
Altoona: Once renamed for a movie.
Johnstown: Flood.
Carlisle: Also known as Little Harrisburg.
Gettysburg: Fourscore people live here.Chambersburg: Gettysburg's tall little brother.
Pottstown: Don't mistake us for Pottsville.
Pottsville: Don't mistake us for Pottstown.
Stroudsburg*: Artsy-fartsy college town.
*I'm counting Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg as one town because, well, they basically are.
Hazleton: ¡Quisqueyanos Valientes!
Williamsport: SC's Little League Little Brother.
New Castle: Fireworks Capital of the World.
Lebanon: Hey, what about our sausages?
Norristown: Little Philadelphia, yo!
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Aurora: Wants to be Naperville.
Aurora – City with a vacant downtown
??
Oklahoma City: Hopefully someday we'll be Dallas.
Tulsa: Hey, Oklahoma has art too!
Norman: We wish we were Austin.
Lawton: Downtown? Pah! Build a mall!
Edmond: Manila folder, in city form.
Ada: Life exists outside Pontotoc County?!
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Springfield: Bass Pro's meth lab
:-D A former co-worker of mine and I began referring to Springfield as "Meth Capital USA".
Having lived in Springfield for about a year, I had a much more positive experience. Although it remains the only place I've ever seen anyone publicly flying a Nazi flag (in the back of a truck, right down National).
Ohio
Cleveland - self-proclaimed craft beer capital [of] Ohio
Cincinnati - self-proclaimed craft beer capital [of] Ohio
Columbus - TBDBITL and football
Dayton - we used to make cars
Akron - we used to make tires
Toledo - we got nothing
Hartford: Needs the Whalers back now.
New Haven, It's Apizza, not a pizza
Bridgeport: Waterfront, but lots of crime
Stamford: Wants to be New York
Waterbury: Brass City and brass knuckles
New Britain: Hard Hittin Hardware Hub
Bristol: Home of the Worldwide Leader
New London: Coast Guard, Electric Boat, casinos
Meriden: Waterbury's only slightly refined cousin
Greenwich: Billionaire or you're a pauper
Danbury: The less snobbish Fairfield County
Middletown: Townie, or burned out Wesleyanite?
Boston: best sports city
Worcester: lots of colleges
Springfield: basketball hall of fame
Lowell: former mill town
Cambridge: Harvard and MIT
New Bedford: Whales and I-195
Brockton: literal dump
Quincy: Red Line
Lynn: I dunno
Fall River: Battleships
Quincy should be
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Boston: best sports city
Worcester: lots of colleges
Springfield: basketball hall of fame
Lowell: former mill town
Cambridge: Harvard and MIT
New Bedford: Whales and I-195
Brockton: literal dump
Quincy: Red Line
Lynn: I dunno
Fall River: Battleships
Quincy should be city of presidents
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 16, 2020, 03:38:07 PM
Los Angeles: Traffic, traffic, traffic, and traffic
San Diego: Traffic, parks, and cool Coast
San Jose: Somehow San Francisco's little brother
San Francisco: Manhattan of the west coast
Fresno: How is Fresno in fifth?
Sacramento: Washington D.C of the west.
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Quincy should be Quote from: Roadgeekteen on June 16, 2020, 06:32:06 PM
Boston: best sports city
Worcester: lots of colleges
Springfield: basketball hall of fame
Lowell: former mill town
Cambridge: Harvard and MIT
New Bedford: Whales and I-195
Brockton: literal dump
Quincy: Red Line
Lynn: I dunno
Fall River: Battleships
Quincy should be city of presidents
Completely forgot about the presidents.
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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on June 16, 2020, 03:38:07 PM
Los Angeles: Traffic, traffic, traffic, and traffic
San Diego: Traffic, parks, and cool Coast
San Jose: Somehow San Francisco's little brother
San Francisco: Manhattan of the west coast
Fresno: How is Fresno in fifth?
Sacramento: Washington D.C of the west.
I don't know if I'd go that far. The Capitol complex on Capitol Mall is surprisingly pretty scenic though. When I think of Sacramento I think more of; trains, Old Sacramento, Sutter's Fort, and mining claims.
New Orleans: Awesome food, floods a lot
Baton Rouge: Not enough bridges, but football!
Shreveport: Everybody thinks we're in Texas
Lafayette: Happiest city in the country
Lake Charles: Smallest City with a loop?
Bossier City: Always the sister city
Kenner: wait, this isn't New Orleans?
Monroe: Duck Dynasty and Delta
Alexandria: Every Google brings up Virginia
Houma: One ways divided by canals
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Buffalo: blue collar meets old architecture
Rochester: rose between two thorns
Syracuse: pass through, not your destiny
Utica: rustier than the Rust Belt
Watertown: it's snow joke!
Binghamton: under construction, Jan. to Dec.
Ithaca: is gorges, say college students
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Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Or: At least we're not Cleveland!
Texas:
Houston: Flooding, feeder roads, space center.
San Antonio: Alamo and Riverwalk.
Dallas: Outsiders: It's larger than Houston!
Austin: Weird.
Fort Worth: Second fiddle to Dallas.
El Paso: Desert. Is this actually Texas?
Arlington: Texas's tourist attraction. Cowboys football.
Corpus Christi: Whataburger.
(Skipping Plano)
Laredo: Hispanic heritage and culture.
Lubbock: Buddy Holly.
(Skipping a few more nondescript Dallas suburbs)
Amarillo: How outsiders believe Texas looks.
(A couple bonus ones)
Waco: Baylor. Chip and Joanna Gaines
San Angelo: WE WANT INTERSTATES!!
Washington:
Seattle: Metropolitan, sorta dense, messy politics
Spokane: Hidden gem, oasis, big falls
Tacoma: Troubled blue-collar bridge town
Vancouver: Backwards suburbs, no bridge plans
Bellevue: real life game of SimCity
Kent: Troubled place with hill folk
Everett: Planes, bikinis, figurines, traffic, sadness
Renton: Blue-collar with arts and traffic
Spokane Valley: Where the craziest politicians emerge
Federal Way: It's all sprawl down there
Yakima: Good food, beer, and apples
Kirkland: Retirees mad about transit
Bellingham: College or Canadian?
Jacksonville: Toll roads return
Miami: Skyscrapers galore
Tampa: Need more roads.
St. Pete: Urban area
Orlando: Over developed
Twin Cities: Philly complains of sports suffering?
Rochester: Sick people's most feared place
Duluth: Famous bridge to nowhere!
St. Cloud: Many people, much nothing.
Mankato: Please come back, Vikings camp
Moorhead: Our state forgets we exist
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Rochester: Sick people's most feared place
I would have said just the opposite, given how good the Mayo Clinic is.
It's more often a beacon of hope than a place to be scared of.
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Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Actually it's 7 you could take the last two off because the first five words are true.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Or: At least we're not Cleveland!
Haha I like that one.
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Quote from: ozarkman417 on June 16, 2020, 11:49:07 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Actually it's 7 you could take the last two off because the first five words are true.
I see 8.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 10:56:36 AM
Quote from: ozarkman417 on June 16, 2020, 11:49:07 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Actually it's 7 you could take the last two off because the first five words are true.
I see 8.
Where is 8? Coney, islands, liquor, stores, crime, cars and sports.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Actually it's 7 you could take the last two off because the first five words are true.
I see 8.
Where is 8? Coney, islands, liquor, stores, crime, cars and sports.
Coney, islands, liquor, stores, crime, cars, and, and sports.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:01:55 AM
Where is 8? Coney, islands, liquor, stores, crime, cars and sports.
"And" is a word.
You must have interpreted the title as up to five separate words, but it could also be a phrase or sentence, and every word still counts.
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Quote from: ozarkman417 on June 16, 2020, 11:49:07 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 16, 2020, 06:45:29 PM
Detroit - coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars and sports.
since that is eight words, here is a five word one:
Can't have shit in Detroit
Actually it's 7 you could take the last two off because the first five words are true.
OK, then, taking off the last two words...
Detroit – coney islands, liquor stores, crime, cars
and sportsUnless you're counting "liquor stores" as a compound word (dubious), that's still six words left.
Quote from: Brandon on June 16, 2020, 04:44:28 PM
Illinois:
Chicago: Big stinky violent onion shoulders.
Aurora: Wants to be Naperville.
Joliet: Steel, stone, racetrack, warehouses, octopus.
Rockford: Forgotten by Chicago, rusting away.
Naperville: Chicago bedrooms, lily white town.
I'll do the remaining 5 since I tend to stay downstate anyway.
Springfield 116,565 Abe Lincoln everything!
Peoria 115,070 We've still got Caterpillar!
Elgin 112,111 We're not Chicago
Waukegan 88,475 We're also not Chicago
Champaign 86,791 Kept afloat by the U of I
Describe all of Illinois in 5 words or less? Don't judge based on Chicago.
Quote from: Paulinator66 on June 17, 2020, 01:53:11 PM
Elgin 112,111 We're not Chicago
Elgin – You know it from Roseanne.
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Aurora: Wants to be Naperville.
Aurora – City with a vacant downtown
??
Aurora- WAYNE'S WORLD!!!! PARTY TIME!!!! EXCELLENT!!!!
Louisville - absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever.
Lexington - horsey elitists and relocated hillbillies.
Covington/Newport/Florence/etc. -- the best part of Cincinnati.
Bowling Green - caves and Corvettes.
Owensboro -- formerly bigger than Bowling Green.
Ashland -- we make gasoline here.
Paducah -- might as well be Missouri.
I don't care how many words it takes to say this about Detroit. That place is an absolute shithole.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:06:04 PM
That place It is an absolute shithole.
FTFFY (Fixed to five for you). :D
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:06:04 PM
That place It is an absolute shithole.
FTFFY (Fixed to five for you). :D
Lol finally have five words for Detoilet.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:06:04 PM
I don't care how many words it takes to say this about Detroit. That place is an absolute shithole.
Says the guy with "Flint" in his handle.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:06:04 PM
I don't care how many words it takes to say this about Detroit. That place is an absolute shithole.
Says the guy with "Flint" in his handle.
Detroit: Safer water than Flint. (There, only 4 words)
Story: In the lunchroom shortly after the Flint lead in water story broke, a couple of workers were talking. One was going to Grand Rapids for the weekend, and the other said to not drink the water. When pointed out that she was going to Grand Rapids, not Flint, the reply was, "Grand Rapids, Flint, same difference." She didn't realize that sitting at work in Dearborn she was much closer to Flint than her colleague would be in Grand Rapids. So much for the geographic awareness of metro Detroiters.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 17, 2020, 11:06:04 PM
I don't care how many words it takes to say this about Detroit. That place is an absolute shithole.
Says the guy with "Flint" in his handle.
Flint is a shithole too.
It's not their fault – areas with many minorities have been disadvantaged throughout the history of the United States, and they still are. I live near Lawrence, MA, which is the same way except with Hispanics (mostly Dominican) instead of African Americans. Lawrence has improved over the last 20 years, though.
Or to fit the thread:
Lawrence: Mostly Hispanic
Flint - a smaller version of Detroit
Saginaw - a smaller version of Flint
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 18, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
Flint - a smaller version of Detroit
Saginaw - a smaller version of Flint
Lansing; surprisingly nice by Michigan standards
Seriously I always like living in Lansing, it was one of the few somewhat large cities that had nice places and didn't feel an industrial husk.
Quote from: Flint1979 on June 18, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
Flint - a smaller version of Detroit
Saginaw - a smaller version of Flint
Benton Harbor - a smaller version of Saginaw
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 18, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
Flint - a smaller version of Detroit
Saginaw - a smaller version of Flint
Lansing; surprisingly nice by Michigan standards
Seriously I always like living in Lansing, it was one of the few somewhat large cities that had nice places and didn't feel an industrial husk.
Lansing isn't too bad it has its pockets of bad areas but they aren't too noticeable. Grand Rapids is another city that is pretty nice by Michigan standards.
About Lansing, the areas I think aren't the greatest but aren't God awful like something in Flint or Detroit is the north side say around Grand River and Cedar/Larch there are a few streets that aren't the greatest and then I know there is an area around Baker and Cedar and Pennsylvania area that isn't all that great but Lansing overall isn't bad.
I have a friend that lives in Saginaw but he has family in Lansing so I've been to Lansing a lot with him. We always considered the Lansing Mall to be the ghetto mall and Meridian to be the upscale mall. That's how I got to know Lansing lol.
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Quote from: Flint1979 on June 18, 2020, 08:46:14 AM
Flint - a smaller version of Detroit
Saginaw - a smaller version of Flint
Benton Harbor - a smaller version of Saginaw
They are both not the most pleasant places on earth but I think Benton Harbor is in worse shape than Saginaw. I always found it strange how you can be in St. Joseph and it's nice nothing resembling anything bad then you cross the bridge into Benton Harbor and it's like going from Grosse Pointe to Detroit.
Detroit: Urban decay and bad sports
Grand Rapids: We have lots of bridges!
Warren: A glorified township
Sterling Heights: Nobody's heard of us
Lansing: Capital City, State University downriver
Ann Arbor: Hippie college town with freeways
Flint: Corruption and GM ruined city
Dearborn: Ramadan is bigger than Christmas
Livonia: Another no-name suburn
Clinton Township: We're not in Mt. Clemens!
Quote from: cabiness42 on June 18, 2020, 09:19:16 AM
Benton Harbor - a smaller version of Saginaw
Benton Harbor – Higher crime than Saint Joseph.
Benton Harbor isn't one of the biggest cities in the state anyway but the city it most closely resembles in the state is Highland Park. Inkster is another good example.
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I don't care how many words it takes to say this about Detroit. That place is an absolute shithole.
Says the guy with "Flint" in his handle.
Detroit: Safer water than Flint. (There, only 4 words)
Story: In the lunchroom shortly after the Flint lead in water story broke, a couple of workers were talking. One was going to Grand Rapids for the weekend, and the other said to not drink the water. When pointed out that she was going to Grand Rapids, not Flint, the reply was, "Grand Rapids, Flint, same difference." She didn't realize that sitting at work in Dearborn she was much closer to Flint than her colleague would be in Grand Rapids. So much for the geographic awareness of metro Detroiters.
Yep, Flint is only 68 miles from downtown Detroit. Back when the Lions played in Pontiac, Flint was only 42 miles from the SilverDome.
Despite Detroit and Flint being so close, there's a lot of really nice suburbia in between. Probably even some of the nicest suburbs in the nation.
Birmingham - Reinvented Steel City
Mobile - First Mardi Gras
Huntsville - Our IQ is Higher
Montgomery - Nothing but the Capitol, Guvnuh!
Tuscaloosa - Roll Tide
Hoover - Home of Riverchase Galleria
Dothan - Peanut Festival
Auburn - War Eagle!
Decatur - Tennessee River, Point Mallard
Madison - Where Redstone Arsenal Sleeps
Quote from: webny99 on June 18, 2020, 05:40:56 PM
Despite Detroit and Flint being so close, there's a lot of really nice suburbia in between. Probably even some of the nicest suburbs in the nation, although I don't have the data to back that up.
You wouldn't be far off. Bloomfield Hills and the surrounding townships are real nice. Pontiac is a shithole but Waterford and Clarkston are nice as is Grand Blanc just south of Flint.
Milwaukee - Beer me!
Madison - Party on, Politics off (way off)
Green Bay - Packers football
Kenosha - Wish I was Racine
Racine - Glad I'm not Kenosha
Appleton - Straddling a county tri-point
Waukesha - We're better than Milwaukee
Oshkosh - Pilots welcome
Eau Claire - County POO (actually Chippewa Falls)
Janesville - ...
Colorado:
Denver: Traffic, beer, weed, gentrification, people,
Colorado Springs: Military, fundamentalists, hipsters, Pike's Peak
Aurora: Traffic, sand, crime, Denver-envy
Fort Collins: CSU, trains on downtown streets
Lakewood: Traffic, Denver West, Green Mountain
Thornton: Traffic, have Cabela's and Topgolf!
Arvada: Old town bars and restaurants
Westminster: Open space, castle, businesses, suburbia
Pueblo: Steel, State Fair, Riverwalk
Centennial: Exists to stop others' annexations
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Colorado:
Denver: Traffic, beer, weed, gentrification, people,
Colorado Springs: Military, fundamentalists, hipsters, Pike's Peak
Aurora: Traffic, sand, crime, Denver-envy
Fort Collins: CSU, trains on downtown streets
Lakewood: Traffic, Denver West, Green Mountain
Thornton: Traffic, have Cabela's and Topgolf!
Arvada: Old town bars and restaurants
Westminster: Open space, castle, businesses, suburbia
Pueblo: Steel, State Fair, Riverwalk
Centennial: Exists to stop others' annexations
What about Aspen and Boulder?
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Denver: Traffic, beer, weed, gentrification, people,
Denver – Much better than the 80s.
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Los Angeles: Traffic, traffic, traffic, and traffic
San Diego: Traffic, parks, and cool Coast
San Jose: Somehow San Francisco's little brother
San Francisco: Manhattan of the west coast
Fresno: How is Fresno in fifth?
Sacramento: Washington D.C of the west.
I don't know if I'd go that far. The Capitol complex on Capitol Mall is surprisingly pretty scenic though. When I think of Sacramento I think more of; trains, Old Sacramento, Sutter's Fort, and mining claims.
True its just that whenever the rest of the country talk about politics on the west coast Downtown Sacramento has to be up there though.Oakland: We lost our sports teamsLong Beach: Ship Traffic is busy here
Arkansas:
Little Rock: ALL roads lead to here.
Fayetteville: Trees are better than people.
Fort Smith: Bribes are what passes ordinances.
Springdale: Better for business than Fayetteville.
Jonesboro: At least we don't flood!
Rogers: We got Wal-Mart's airport, Bentonville!
Mississippi:
1. Jackson: State capitol
2. Gulfport: Biggest city on Mississippi coast
3. Southaven: Memphis suburban wasteland
4. Biloxi: That other beach city
5. Hattiesburg: What's there besides a university?
Quote from: SSOWorld on June 18, 2020, 07:10:52 PM
Kenosha - Wish I was Racine
Racine - Glad I'm not Kenosha
This really is a "tallest midgit" kind of competition.
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Waukesha - We're better than Milwaukee
Uh...but you're not. You're generally boring and aren't really even that nice of a suburb.
Virginia:
1. Virginia Beach: a giant suburb
2. Chesapeake: wait, it passed Norfolk?
3. Norfolk: navy navy navy navy navy
4. Arlington*: Schrodinger’s city
5. Richmond: Brooklyn with Confederate statues
6. Newport News: longboi
7. Alexandria: basically southwest DC
8. Hampton: crossing the bay is hard
9. Roanoke: mountains are nice
10. Portsmouth: Norfolk, but worse
11. Suffolk*: basically farmland
*included Suffolk since Arlington technically isn’t a city, but is often referred to as one for some reason
Quote from: Takumi on July 07, 2020, 01:05:54 PM
since Arlington technically isn't a city, but is often referred to as one for some reason
Because most people call a spade a spade.
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Quote from: Takumi on July 07, 2020, 01:05:54 PM
since Arlington technically isn't a city, but is often referred to as one for some reason
Because most people call a spade a spade.
It's more city-like than at least 90% of Suffolk, I'll give you that.
Bridgeport, CT (largest by population): Many burnt out factories! Even Stewie Griffin mentioned it on "Family Guy". CT also has Pistol Wavin' New Haven and Hard Hittin' New Britain.
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Detroit: Urban decay and bad sports
Grand Rapids: We have lots of bridges!
Warren: A glorified township
Sterling Heights: Nobody's heard of us
Lansing: Capital City, State University downriver
Ann Arbor: Hippie college town with freeways
Flint: Corruption and GM ruined city
Dearborn: Ramadan is bigger than Christmas
Livonia: Another no-name suburn
Clinton Township: We're not in Mt. Clemens!
Flint: Detroit seen backward through telescope (Ben Hamper,
Rivethead)
Detroit: Lousy teams get new stadiums.
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on July 12, 2020, 09:59:24 PM
Bridgeport, CT (largest by population): Many burnt out factories! Even Stewie Griffin mentioned it on "Family Guy". CT also has Pistol Wavin' New Haven and Hard Hittin' New Britain.
Back in the days when Dee Snider had a morning radio show on WMRQ, Bridgeport was "the armpit of Connecticut"
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on July 13, 2020, 11:25:17 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on July 12, 2020, 09:59:24 PM
Bridgeport, CT (largest by population): Many burnt out factories! Even Stewie Griffin mentioned it on "Family Guy". CT also has Pistol Wavin' New Haven and Hard Hittin' New Britain.
Back in the days when Dee Snider had a morning radio show on WMRQ, Bridgeport was "the armpit of Connecticut"
I always envisioned Waterbury as the armpit and Bridgeport as the crotch :bigass:
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on July 15, 2020, 12:16:14 AM
Quote from: MikeTheActuary on July 13, 2020, 11:25:17 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on July 12, 2020, 09:59:24 PM
Bridgeport, CT (largest by population): Many burnt out factories! Even Stewie Griffin mentioned it on "Family Guy". CT also has Pistol Wavin' New Haven and Hard Hittin' New Britain.
Back in the days when Dee Snider had a morning radio show on WMRQ, Bridgeport was "the armpit of Connecticut"
I always envisioned Waterbury as the armpit and Bridgeport as the crotch :bigass:
I still picture Waterbury with notorious mayor Philip Giordano
(#1: Los Angeles): Geographically huge; surprisingly dense core.
(#2: San Diego): Major differences coast to inland.
(#3: San Jose): Weirdest sprawl pattern anywhere!
(#4: San Francisco): Compactness an outlier within state.
(#5: Fresno): Rural; trying to grow up.
(#6: Long Beach): Still in L.A.'s shadow.
(#7: Sacramento): Expansion part of its identity.
(#8: Oakland): Expansion infeasible; infill/rehabilitation needed.
(#9: Santa Ana): Testbed for CA social change.
(#10: Anaheim): Torn between "old"/"new" OC.
(#11: Riverside): 'Burb trying to be city.
(#12: Stockton): Lots of misperception to overcome.
Could go past the "top dozen", but much of the remainder are too connected to the larger towns to realistically break out.
Quote from: sparker on July 17, 2020, 08:03:05 PM
(#1: Los Angeles): Geographically huge; surprisingly dense core.
(#2: San Diego): Major differences coast to inland.
(#3: San Jose): Weirdest sprawl pattern anywhere!
(#4: San Francisco): Compactness an outlier within state.
(#5: Fresno): Rural; trying to grow up.
(#6: Long Beach): Still in L.A.'s shadow.
(#7: Sacramento): Expansion part of its identity.
(#8: Oakland): Expansion infeasible; infill/rehabilitation needed.
(#9: Santa Ana): Testbed for CA social change.
(#10: Anaheim): Torn between "old"/"new" OC.
(#11: Riverside): 'Burb trying to be city.
(#12: Stockton): Lots of misperception to overcome.
Could go past the "top dozen", but much of the remainder are too connected to the larger towns to realistically break out.
I thought Bakersfield was in the top ten now? Really the same phrase used for Fresno could be applied even more so to Bakersfield, they don't even have a complete freeway network.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 17, 2020, 08:49:23 PM
Quote from: sparker on July 17, 2020, 08:03:05 PM
(#1: Los Angeles): Geographically huge; surprisingly dense core.
(#2: San Diego): Major differences coast to inland.
(#3: San Jose): Weirdest sprawl pattern anywhere!
(#4: San Francisco): Compactness an outlier within state.
(#5: Fresno): Rural; trying to grow up.
(#6: Long Beach): Still in L.A.'s shadow.
(#7: Sacramento): Expansion part of its identity.
(#8: Oakland): Expansion infeasible; infill/rehabilitation needed.
(#9: Santa Ana): Testbed for CA social change.
(#10: Anaheim): Torn between "old"/"new" OC.
(#11: Riverside): 'Burb trying to be city.
(#12: Stockton): Lots of misperception to overcome.
Could go past the "top dozen", but much of the remainder are too connected to the larger towns to realistically break out.
I thought Bakersfield was in the top ten now? Really the same phrase used for Fresno could be applied even more so to Bakersfield, they don't even have a complete freeway network.
Bakersfield may well have cracked the top ten as far as incorporated-city population figures are concerned. The last time I looked that city had just passed 300K; Stockton was somewhere around 315K, largely due to new housing tracts on its north side. But that whole corridor centered around I-5 north of Manteca and CA 99 is fast becoming one continuous mass of housing from north Stockton all the way south to around Delhi, with Bay Area overflow being the prime driver of that phenomenon. While Bakersfield may be itself growing, it's not the "anchor" of a long chain of housing --
yet -- like the Stockton/Modesto region, which has multiple focal points. Nonetheless, if extensive warehousing facilities continue to be built around the I-5/CA 99 "split", it's only a matter of time until the area between Bakersfield and the foot of the Grapevine hill emulates its northerly counterparts and becomes a continuous developed zone -- probably reaching as far as Shafter or even Wasco northwest of Bakersfield.