favorite U.S. city tournament (round 1)

[Mr. Smith]

New York, NY 
Fairfield, CA (The Jelly Belly Factory beats traffic and smog any day of the week)
Chicago, IL 
Waterbury, CT
Philadelphia, PA 
Phoenix, AZ 
San Antonio, TX 
Elgin, IL
Manchester, NH
San Jose, CA 
Rochester, MN
Indianapolis, IN 
Carlsbad, CA
San Francisco, CA (technically this is a cheat, but I don't live in the city proper and I only live the area seasonally)
Columbus, OH 
Charlotte, NC 
Wilmington, NC
Detroit, MI  (Costa Mesa is a dull conservative OC mess that feigns decency, Detroit is honest and it's cheap)
Downey, CA
Memphis, TN 
Seattle, WA 
Denver, CO 
Washington, DC 
Boston, MA 
Nashville, TN 
Baltimore, MD  (Forced to choose this one given that Berkeley is my current residence,but it's a minor sacrifice)
 Springfield, IL
 Ann Arbor, MI
Portland, OR 
Las Vegas, NV 
Milwaukee, WI 
Albuquerque, NM 
 Allentown, PA
 Vallejo, CA (Once again Jelly Belly Factory vs smog. Jelly beans or air pollution people)
 Athens, GA
Long Beach, CA 
Kansas City, MO
  Evansville, IN
Virginia Beach, VA 
Atlanta, GA 
Colorado Springs, CO 
Midland, TX
Raleigh, NC 
 Kent, WA
Oakland, CA  (Maybe it is a hellhole, but it's my hellhole dag nabbit)
Minneapolis, MN  (Because this Concord is boring)
Tulsa, OK 
Stamford, CT
Coral Springs, FL
Arlington, TX 
New Orleans, LA  (Mardi Gras and Soul Food vs another suburb,pfft screw Roseville)
Thornton, CO
Tampa, FL 
Honolulu, HI 
Aurora, CO 
Anaheim, CA 
Charleston, SC
St Louis, MO 
Riverside, CA 
Corpus Christi, TX 
Lexington, KY 
Pittsburgh, PA 
Anchorage, AK 
 Olathe, KS (Stockton is probably the greatest embarrassment to California, anywhere beats Stockton by default)
 Columbia, SC
St Paul, MN 
Bellevue, WA
Greensboro, NC 
 McAllen, TX
Plano, TX 
Henderson, NV 
Lincoln, NE 
Buffalo, NY 
Jersey City, NJ 
Chula Vista, CA 
 Savannah, GA
St Petersburg, FL 
 Mesquite, TX
 Syracuse, NY
Norfolk, VA 
Durham, NC 
Madison, WI 
Lakewood, CO
Bridgeport, CT (Irvine, most boring and artificial city in the whole state, name a generic suburb and it will be more interesting.)
Winston-Salem, NC 
 Sunnyvale, CA
 Joliet, IL
Hialeah, FL 
Reno, NV 
Chesapeake, VA 
Alexandria, VA
Baton Rouge, LA 
Cary, NC
Scottsdale, AZ 
Hayward, CA
Fort Collins, CO
Boise, ID 
 Springfield, MA
 Salinas, CA
Birmingham, AL 
 Eugene, OR
Rochester, NY 
Des Moines, IA 
Modesto, CA 
Fayetteville, NC 
Tacoma, WA 
Oxnard, CA 
 Springfield, MO
Columbus, GA
Montgomery, AL 
 Vancouver, WA
  Ontario, CA
Aurora, IL 
Yonkers, NY 
Akron, OH
  Santa Rosa, CA
  Fort Lauderdale, FL
Augusta, GA 
  Oceanside, CA
  Chattanooga, TN
Mobile, AL 
 Providence, RI
Salt Lake City, UT 
Tallahassee, FL 
Huntsville, AL
 Newport News, VA
 Worcester, MA