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Forbes - America’s Best Sports Cities 2020
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:41 pm
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They’re obnoxious in Boston. They attacked Santa in Philly. They long for a win in Tampa. Sports are returning to North America, and the faithful are already spoiling for a fight.
Enter the phrase “Boston fans are . . . ” in Google, and the top three autocomplete suggestions you’ll get are “the worst,” “spoiled” and “trash.” The results below them are peppered with words like “annoying,” “obnoxious” and “racist.” Not exactly the folksy charm Hyundai portrayed in its 2020 Super Bowl homage to the city, but for the Beantown faithful, charm isn’t part of the playbook.
“We’re too distracted by the shiny rings we have to care,” says Mahlon Williams, founder of I Love Boston Sports, the company behind one of the region’s bestselling sports shirts, “New England Vs Everyone.” “We wear the hate as a badge of honor.”
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Professional sports are back—or at least, trying to be—with MLB, the NBA and the NHL all attempting to resume play after shutting down in March, and the NFL still planning to begin its season on time.
The return, if it holds, will be nothing short of rapturous for fans who for four months have had to make do with the anemic comfort of live-streamed singalongs of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” and virtual tailgate parties organized around Super Bowl reruns. News about actual wins and losses might even offer some respite from recent controversies surrounding social justice and fairness, or the latest report from the Washington Post about allegations of rampant sexual harassment within Washington’s NFL organization.
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#1 Boston
#2 Philadelphia
#3 San Francisco Bay Area
#4 Chicago
#5 Minneapolis
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Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
Swap Boston with New York and you have the list of the top 5 cities I have no interest in visiting.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:44 pm to TheeRealCarolina
NYC is awesome though. 
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:51 pm to RLDSC FAN
Austin coming for your necks
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:52 pm to TheeRealCarolina
New York and Chicago are both awesome to visit
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
Miami in top 10; didn’t read beyond that.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 5:56 pm to mattz1122
Yeah that invalidates everything here basically. Miami has to be the absolute worst major metro as far as supporting their teams
Pittsburgh at 14 is laughable as well. They should be top 5 if not 1. They don’t support the Pirates well but they’ve been plagued by poor ownership for decades. I’m not a Pittsburgh sports fan at all but spend a little bit of time in that city and it’s easy to see how insane they are about their sports teams
Pittsburgh at 14 is laughable as well. They should be top 5 if not 1. They don’t support the Pirates well but they’ve been plagued by poor ownership for decades. I’m not a Pittsburgh sports fan at all but spend a little bit of time in that city and it’s easy to see how insane they are about their sports teams
This post was edited on 7/17/20 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 7/17/20 at 6:58 pm to mattz1122
Miami in the top 10 is just insane 
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:02 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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NYC is awesome though.
THIS
Loved NYC when I visited, obviously it has it's problems but has a ton of upsides
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:04 pm to dawgfan24348
Concrete Jungles are all the same. There is nothing enticing about NYC. Nothing. They have nothing positive that other cities don’t have as well, but all the negatives that other cities don’t.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:05 pm to RLDSC FAN
lol at list
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:05 pm to TheeRealCarolina
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They have nothing positive that other cities don’t have as well
Yes all cities have as many famous landmarks as NYC
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:31 pm to DownSouthCrawfish
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NYC was awesome though.
FIFY
Hopefully it will be awesome again someday as I agree with your sentiment.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:36 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo should all be in the top 5. Fan support in those cities is as good as you'll see anywhere.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:42 pm to RLDSC FAN
Pittsburgh should absolutely be top 5, if not #1 overall.
Buffalo is also a low key incredibly dedicated pro sports city.
Buffalo is also a low key incredibly dedicated pro sports city.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:45 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’ve lived surrounded by Boston sports fans for 7 years now. They’re truly obnoxious. And trashy, but a fun kind of trashy.
But honestly, it’s understandable why they’re so cocky. Seems like every year at least one of the four franchises wins or comes damn close.
But honestly, it’s understandable why they’re so cocky. Seems like every year at least one of the four franchises wins or comes damn close.
This post was edited on 7/17/20 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:45 pm to jimmy the leg
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Hopefully it will be awesome again someday as I agree with your sentiment.
Everything is cyclical.
NYC was great from the late 1800s to right around the 1950s/1960s. Then it sucked until the late 1980s/early 90s when they got serious about crime.
The handoff from Bloomberg to De Blasio was the peak and now its on the downtrend. Cycles are happening at a much quicker frequency now so I wouldn't be surprised the see this downtrend much quicker than the ~30 years prior.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:52 pm to TheeRealCarolina
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Swap Boston with New York and you have the list of the top 5 cities I have no interest in visiting.
Give em a try, Maybe you’ll find a wife there
You’re almost 40
This post was edited on 7/17/20 at 8:15 pm
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:57 pm to TheeRealCarolina
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Concrete Jungles are all the same. There is nothing enticing about NYC. Nothing. They have nothing positive that other cities don’t have as well, but all the negatives that other cities don’t.
If you have money NYC is great
So you’d love it my baw
Posted on 7/17/20 at 8:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Houston
Best Stadium Tradition: Home Run Train at the Astros’ Minute Maid Park
Wrong. It’s the seventh inning stretch with Deep in the Heart.
Back when we had them, it was the fan chants during Aeros games.
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