Which of the 10 largest US cities would you rather live in?

[Kushahontas]

New York City for me, a decision already among the easiest I could contemplate; made all the easier by Austin being Number 11 and missing the cut.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

10. Dallas
9. Phoenix
8. Houston
7. San Diego
6. Los Angeles
5. San Antonio
4. San Jose
3. New York
2. Chicago
1. Philadelphia

[TDAS04]

Chicago. 

[Grumpier Than Thou]

Philadelphia, though I would consider New York or Chicago. I'll rank like Snowstalker did.

1. Philadelphia
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
5. San Jose
6. San Antonio
7. San Diego
8. Phoenix
9. Houston
10. Los Angeles

[traininthedistance]

Philly, easily.  (NYC is second, Chicago third, and it goes south rapidly after that.)

[ElectionsGuy]

Dallas

[Miles]

Houston.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

1. Chicago
2. New York
3. Philadelphia
4. Los Angeles (considering how much I hate LA....)
5. San Jose
6. San Diego
7. San Antonio
8. Phoenix
9. Dallas
10. Houston

[memphis]

I don't care much for very large cities. The overcrowding leads to hassles. San Diego, if I could afford it. San Antonio, if not.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Chicago and Philadelphia are the only two I would ever want to live in.

[Goldwater]

[1]San Diego
[2]Los Angeles
[3]San Jose
[4]Houston
[5]Dallas
[6]San Antonio
[7]Phoenix
[8]Philadelphia   
[9]New York
[10]Chicago

[RI]

Of those choices, San Diego.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

New York, but San Diego is a fantastic city.

[politicus]

How did Atlanta not made the cut?

Chicago of those choices with Philly a close second.

[Nutmeg]

How did Atlanta not made the cut?

For having fewer residents than these cities.

[TNF]

Chicago

[traininthedistance]

How did Atlanta not made the cut?

It's based on cities proper, not metro areas.  Atlanta's city boundaries are fairly closely constrained (much like San Fran, Boston, etc.) while the metro is particularly sprawling and low-density.

[politicus]

How did Atlanta not made the cut?

For having fewer residents than these cities.

Ninth largest metro area. If you dont go by metro area you get very artificial limitations.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

NYC

[ilikeverin]

Based purely on where I'd want to live:
1) Chicago
2) San Diego
3) San Jose
4) San Antonio
...
5) Dallas
6) Philadelphia
...God, now we're pulling teeth...
7) Phoenix
8) Houston
9) Los Angeles
10) New York City

Based on a more realistic mix of where I'd like to live and where the jobs are:
1) Chicago (Northwestern!  U Chicago.)
2) San Diego (UCSD!)
3) San Jose (Stanford.)
4) Philadelphia (UPenn!)
5) Los Angeles (UCLA!  USC.)
6) Phoenix (Arizona State?)
7) New York City (NYU!)
8) Houston (Rice?)
9) Dallas (Ehh...)
10) San Antonio (Zilch!)

[SWE]

Philly

[angus]

Hard call.  I've been to all those cities and Chicago is the only one that really rubs me the wrong way.  I've only lived and paid rent in one of them:  NYC.  I did live very near (within 15 miles of) San Jose for three years and very near Dallas for five years.  I guess if my wife and I had to keep our jobs then I'd vote for Philadelphia, since it's the only one of them within commuting distance.  In an ideal world, either San Diego or San Antonio.  At the moment I'd rank them thusly:

San Antonio
San Diego
San Jose
New York
Philadelphia
Dallas
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Houston
Chicago

[Panda Express]

NYC, easily. I also like how, generally speaking, Texas has 3 cities in the top 10 but nobody gives a damn about any of them, especially foreigners.  When was the last time you heard San Antonio mentioned for anything?

[Flake]

Philly, Chicago, San Antonio

[traininthedistance]

Guess I can rank all of these:

1) Philly
2) NYC
3) Chicago
4) um... Los Angeles?  Really?  Yeah, LA by default.  Ugh.
5) San Jose
6) San Diego
7) San Antonio
8: Houston
9) Dallas
10) Phoenix