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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
Mexico City is the largest city in North America. Now if they said US that’s a different story
They didn’t say “North American,” they said “American.” Everyone who speaks English understands that “America” on its own is almost always in reference to the USA.
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.
Personally, I’d encourage people to re-adopt the word “Yankees” for US people, its a way funnier word.
Too many Confederate/Rebel/MAGA flags still flying for that.
I think its funnier to upset them by calling them yankees.
If you specifically want to call them something dumb it doesn’t hurt to call them something new: S’ankees, Sou’r krauts, corn krauts, texmex, texish, etc.
It’s a stamce on here some people have to dub “American” as belonging to all of North and South America. It’s basically just being anti-US as much of Lemmy is.
Geographically speaking it should be either Seattle or Atlanta, it should be a list of 5 tbh
I don’t even think Chicago makes the list.
Sounds like a person from not Chicago.
I don’t live in Chicago, but it’s the fucking bomb. Awesome friendly people, good culture, just a goddamn gem of the midwest.
I went and found it altogether dreary. The city feels like it’s trying so hard to be New York with nothing of what makes New York so good, then you go out of the city and find the bleakest landscape on earth. Even leaving isn’t a good experience because you’ve got to deal with getting to O’Hare. I’d take Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Seattle, Boston or even DC, Phoenix or Philly over it in a heartbeat.
Phoenix? Oof.
Gem of the country
Does that make the Midwest the tiara that gem is set into?
It’s Jacksonville, FL obviously.
Umm, what about California??
LA?
California City is a shithole why would you want that one
Ok. Uhmmm, then Oregon???
Oregon City ain’t much to write about either, Portland would be a much better choice
Please, everyone knows the most widely-recognized Fourth City is Salem, OR. 🤣
Zamn!! Alright, I’ve got it, uh, Kentucky!
How is it not just straight up Houston. It’s almost larger than Chicago now.
My asshole is really big, but you don’t see anyone trying to say it’s great.
Houston is too sprawled, even within Texas DFW has the bigger metropolitan population. It’s just that DFW has some lines drawn in it separating the cities while in Houston they’re all considered the same city.
That being said culturally it’s definitely not DFW or Chicago. I think Miami is the clear 4th from its city size and unique culture, though I also can see the arguments for DC and SF.
Because they said city, not parking lot built on a bog.
Because Houston isn’t a city, it’s just a never ending suburb.
Same thing with a lot of ‘large’ cities in the US. The city seems absolutely huge, but in reality it’s just a part of the metro area around it. Makes me wonder how New York and LA got so big without being a collection of a dozen smaller towns, even though they both have lots of surrounding suburbs of course.
They were devolved before widespread car adoption
But it is Philly
good old robot murdering Philthadelphia
Well, it contained batteries.
New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston, apparently.
Boston or DC.
My vote is probably Seattle, Philly or Boston, but I just happen to like them a lot. SF is lovely except it’s a bit too small and if you include Oakland and Berkeley (you should), it has some serious issues. Portland is nice too, but again pretty small.
Y’all who nominate any Texas (or any other deep red state city, save for maybe New Orleans) are fucking crazy though; even if they’re an oasis in an idiot desert, I’ve never enjoyed being in those cities. Even ignoring the state politics bringing them down, most are hot, humid and inconvenient to visit. I’m sure there’s some public transportation in places like Dallas or Houston but I have my doubts, I’ve always had someone I was visiting drive me.
LA, NY, ChiTown, Miami.
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.
They got cool bridges
Yeah, one and two lane bridges. Everywhere.
The whole city has to merge down to two lanes and often to one lane. there is no avoiding it.
I used to live there and I’m so glad I don’t anymore. Getting anywhere in that fucking place was a goddamn pain in the dickhole. Slow drivers, miserable merges and everyone goes through the fort pitt tunnels at .5 MPH.
Fuck that city.
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
Tennessee Williams
I think I agree with Tennessee Williams on NOLA that’s a great town, the food there is worth almost any distance flight.
Agreed, I’m particularly fond of Jaques-Imo’s Cafe.
Boston
Just a suburb of NYC
Bold
But true.
