The fourth major US city is Springfield. Which Springfield, you ask? Any and all.
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They are all the omni-Springfield. Shelbyville differs by state.
Which we used to call Morganville back in the day...
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Correct. The cities in rotation are Dallas (the capital of oil), Houston (the other capital of oil), Atlanta (the capital of black people), Miami (the capital of Latino people), SF (the capital of rich people), and DC (the capital).
[sad Boston noises] they only get to be on the list when one or more of their sports teams is doing well and everyone hates them for it.
Ah yes Boston the capital of assholes.
(Surprisingly, when I lived there, I thought people were very nice)
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Who cares about Dallas, Houston or Atlanta - do people actually go those places when they don't have to? I mean travel there by choice rather than necessity.
No one goes to Texas on purpose. Something has to go wrong in your life to land you there.
There are people who having decided to move there was the beginning of everything going wrong with their life, and i'm not even joking
This is true. As someone trapped in TX, I know lots of people who moved here excited that they sold their [insert civilized place] house and can buy a mansion in TX. Golly geez, people sure are nice here. Then they realize why the house was comparatively so inexpensive. Then they learn the difference between nice and kind. Then they leave or wish they could.
People have a hard time understanding that in a capitalist economy, everyone is bidding against each other for resources like housing. If two areas have comparable median income levels, they will tend to have comparable costs of living.
But that "cost of living" includes way more than just the mortgage payment. If people are paying more for property taxes, homeowners insurance, and commuting costs, there's less money in the budget to go to the mortgage payment. Areas where property taxes, insurance, and commuting are cheap have high housing prices. Texas has extremely high property taxes, insurance, and commuting costs, so people can't afford to bid the houses themselves up as much.
And this effect can trap people. The real value of a mortgage goes down with time - inflation helps you. But property taxes and commuting costs go up with inflation. And insurance costs rise much faster than inflation due to climate change. If your wages don't keep up with inflation, then your total cost of housing goes up with time rather than down.
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My criteria wasnt about appeal, but influence. Dallas and Houston are the biggest hubs of cowboy culture, which is probably the most iconic American look recognized around the world. These cities define the way other US cities are built, leading the way in car centric design. And the oil industry is responsible for every war we've been in for the last 30 years.
Atlanta, in addition to having a large population, is a huge center for music, food, and civil rights, and plays an outsized role in national politics as turnout there can sway presidential elections and congressional balance.
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From an international perspective, we know:
- New York
- LA
- Washington DC
- Miami
- Las Vegas
- New Orleans
- San Francisco
- Chicago
- Boston
- Houston
- Philadelphia
- Seattle
Is there anywhere else that’s a world-renowned contender?
The last handful on there are probably in name only, and we couldn’t tell them apart. The top spots probably have the most distinct flavours and/or famous landmarks
Memphis
Kansas city
Dallas
Atlantic city
Atlanta
Some other famous US cities:
- Arlen, Texas
- Springfield
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Pawnee, Indiana
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Quahog, Rhode Island
- New New York, New York
- Metropolis
- Gotham City
- South Park, Colorado
Mexico City is the largest city in North America. Now if they said US that's a different story
I'm curious, where are you from that "American" used on its own doesn't specifically indicate united-states-of-?
American is slang for something or somebody from the US. I live near the canadian border.
Canadians, Mexicans and everyone in South America all are technically "americans" and refer to themselves as such occasionally, often because its a necessary descriptor for people from particular continents in the same way "eurasian" is used to describe a multicontinental land mass.
Personally, I'd encourage people to re-adopt the word "Yankees" for US people, its a way funnier word.
Latinamerican here. "American" for us is someone who was born in the Americas... i bet it is the same for all latinamerica.
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No one is arguing for Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh is just fine with that.
pretty sure the only people thinking about pittsburgh are the ones suffering from pittsburgh.
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Geographically speaking it should be either Seattle or Atlanta, it should be a list of 5 tbh
"America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland."
Tennessee Williams
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New York, LA, Mexico City, Rio de Janiero.
Philadelphia. Paddy's Pub is a landmark
I bet it rotates between Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, and Portland, with occasional layovers somewhere in Florida.
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Gotta be miami or san francisco
I feel like Las Vegas takes fourth just purely from cultural relevance.
If it was by population then the 4th would be Houston but no one gives a shit about Houston.
Nah, Vegas isn't so much a city as a big theme park. Hell, the casinos aren't even in Las Vegas.
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New york, ciudad de mexico, sao pablo, rio de janeiro
It's Jacksonville, FL obviously.
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