re: Rank the major American cities you have been to....

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This thread is about ranking cities you've visited, not all the cities you had a connecting flight in.

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Boston, Chicago, Denver, DC, Frisco, Phoenix, Miami, Seattle, Charlotte, Dallas, Atlanta = Saints away games, although I have been to Chicago, Denver and Boston multiple times.

So yeah, not just connecting cities.

You want more? How about Vancouver, Honolulu, Maui, Venice, Rome, Athens, Crete, Barcelona and a hell of a lot more.

SF is definitely better than LA - I do love them both though. SF is the Rome of America.

Literally every great city in the world is liberal, bro.

If by "great city" you mean "immoral wasteland" then yeah I agree. frick those places for taking all our tax dollars.

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Note, you said Major cities...so if they are the largest city in the state...I'm including it:

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That's a serious list

FWIW, the following are Alpha level cities from something called GAWC only includes the following for the US:

NYC
LA
Chicago
SF
DC
Boston
Miami
Atlanta

Dallas, Houston and Philly are just outside.

Atlanta is shitty IMO. Replace Atlanta with Seattle or Houston and it's perfect. And I think you need to add NOLA as the token "deep southern" city.

DC
San Francisco
San Diego
Boston
Seattle
Denver

The other major US cities are not anything I necessarily "like."

I don't think I've ever had a bad time living/visiting a city, to be honest.

(1) Minneapolis, MN - winter is brutal, but as someone that has lived in the north my entire life, that is something I have become accustomed to. Minneapolis is a very clean city, well-laid out, an abundance of restaurants/breweries, lies on the Mississippi, a lot of recreational opportunities with the Greenway bike paths and Lake Calhoun.

(2) Austin, TX - I have a few college friends that currently live there and they've always described it as a place just like Madison with year-round, warm weather. I visited for the first time a couple years ago and wholeheartedly agreed. Rainey Street is terrific, went on a party barge on Lake Travis, had some terrific BBQ, and my buddy had a great view of the skyline from across the Colorado River.

(3) Madison, WI - capital city that is situated on an isthmus between two lakes. Along with Athens and Austin, Madison is consistently rated as one of the top college towns/cities in the country. From the Farmers Market on Capitol Square, to State Street, to pedestrian-friendly paths, and a picturesque college campus, it's high on the list for me.

(4) Chicago, IL - this is a city where you can great vantage points of the skyline from countless numbers of places. Though there are plenty of bars/clubs downtown and in River North, I like how Chicago is considered more of a 'neighborhood city.' Lakeshore Path is always great for a run or bike ride and there is some type of festival every weekend in the summer.

(5) New York, NY - love to visit NYC, but don't think I could live there. My parents live just outside of the city, which is perfect when I go home. I have a great time down in the East Village and I do like all the patio spots in Brooklyn. It's just so. damn. crowded.

I think I'll just stick to this five, but I also really like DC, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Los Angeles, Boston, Burlington, and Denver.

I've been to several cities in Florida, but I've honestly never really been anywhere else in the Southeast.

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5)Philly
6)NY

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This is just clearly wrong. There's no way you can say that Philly is a better city than NYC. The terrorists will never attack Philadelphia because they know that no one gives a shite and that the Eagle fans may have had it coming.