Ten largest US cities: Freedom Cities or Horrible Cities?

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[dax00]

The 3 horrible cities are Chicago, Dallas, and San Antonio.

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Surprised I'm the only HP voter for New York so far.

[Gass3268]

All freedom cities but Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas.

[Goldwater]

Voted FC for all except Chicago.

[publicunofficial]

All good except Houston and Chicago.

[Lyin' Steve]

New York:  Kicks ass, the center of everything, has everything, I always have a great time whenever I visit.  Can't wait for Uber to kill all the damn taxis though.  I wouldn't want to live there -- too many cockroaches and rats and high-rent sh*tty apartments.  But it's a damn good city.

Los Angeles:  Trashy, relatively boring, full of pretentious people, everything is expensive and exclusive for no reason, lots of bums and crime, absolutely nightmarish traffic makes it impossible to leave the city.  If I asked you to name iconic things in New York we could do Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, WTC, Central Park, Broadway, Times Square, Met, etc. but if I asked you LA I bet you could only give me Hollywood.

Chicago:  I've been here on trips and it's a godawful boring city at night.  The weather is usually miserable, there's not a whole lot to do, there's not much special or unique about Chicago.  Miracle mile is nice but it doesn't excuse the terrible drivers and high crime.

Houston:  The Gulf of Mexico is so nice, and Houston has a lot of fun things to do.  Overall I find it to be a rather pleasant city, except that it's too damn hot.

Philadelphia:  I like the classic American vibe of Philly, the city center is beautiful and there are a lot of nice landmarks.  Somehow whenever I've been in Philadelphia it always seemed to be dirty and constantly under construction.  But overall it's a pretty nice city.

Phoenix:  The one time I went here I got altitude sickness but I remember going downtown and thinking that I didn't miss much.

San Antonio:  I popped through here for a day once and did the riverwalk and it was really nice.  Overall seemed a lot more culturally-focused and try-hard than the other Texas cities which just kind of did their own thing, but it's a pleasant city.

San Diego:  One of the best cities I know of, which is surprising considering every other California city absolutely sucks.  San Diego's just gotten lucky, maybe, but it's kept its act together for years and the result is one of the most solid, enjoyable cities in the country.

Dallas:  A good old fashioned Texas city.  I remember thinking that it was all parks and buildings, very very nice but not a whole lot to do and it didn't really fit with its local culture which was very Texas.  Nice to visit on a weekend but I don't think I'd want to live there.

San Jose:  Basically an extension of Silicon Valley.  If you like dramatically-overpriced housing, frozen-solid traffic and drowning in nerd culture, go to San Jose.  As for me, I'll keep San Diego.

[Ebsy]

Horrible methodology for determining the 10 largest cities.

[dead0man]

Philly,Phoenix, and the Texas ones are HP, the rest of FP (I forced myself to do 5-5)

[beaver2.0]

Only Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia are FPs.

[Mr. Smith]

All of them except for the SoCal cities, Houston, and Phoenix are FCs...although San Jose passes with heavy reservations.

Of the FCs, Philly is the best of 'em.

[sportydude]

Surprised I'm the only HP voter for New York so far.

Why do you refuse steadfastly to support and live New York values?

[Zioneer]

Honestly, I like big cities overall, especially the neighborhood culture that grows up around them. I prefer Salt Lake City, though admittedly that's because I've never actually been to any of the cities that are actually on the list.

[Santander]

Good:
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Diego

Bad:
Los Angeles
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
San Jose

Why do I like Phoenix? I don't know, I guess it's because I used to spend a lot of time there during winters and I learned to fly in Scottsdale. Same goes for San Diego.

[TDAS04]

All freedom cities but Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas.

[Figueira]

I don't really have a problem with any of them, but voting all FF would be boring so I voted HP for Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas.

[tallguy23]

New York:  It's in a class of its own. Always exciting. Always entertaining. Never a dull moment.

Los Angeles: I'm a native so I do have to defend it. LA is not NYC or Chicago, and it never will be. It's a unique city that people either love or hate. There's no city core but there's so much to do and see. The thing about LA is all the best things about it are pretty hidden.


Houston: Friendly people and good food, but pretty boring. The weather is unbearable too, especially in the summer.

Phoenix: Haven't spent much time in Phoenix but I can tell you none of it was memorable.

San Diego: Amazing! Great people (attractive too), beautiful weather, clean beaches, and so much to do.

San Jose: Very boring.

[traininthedistance]

Philly, NYC, Chicago, and Houston (yes Houston) are Freedom Cities.  The others are Horrible (though LA is the least horrible of that bunch and has been making real efforts to better itself).

[Goldwater]

Horrible methodology for determining the 10 largest cities.

How would you do it? The hub cities of the 10 largest metro areas?

[LLR]

NYC: Home, sweet home, and i love her so. FC

LA: I hate cars, and there's no other way. HC

Chicago: FC because my favorite movie (The Blues Brothers) was filmed there.

Houston: Ted Cruz. HC.

Philly: FC

Phoenix: Half of my family lives there, I don't mind it. It's beautiful, FC.

San Antonio: FC

San Diego: Padres suck HC

Dallas: Meh, HC

San Jose: San Fran is better, HC

[Ebsy]

Horrible methodology for determining the 10 largest cities.

How would you do it? The hub cities of the 10 largest metro areas?

Do it by metropolitan statistical area and not by population within arbitrary city boundaries.

Top 10 are:
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
5. Houston
6. Washington, D.C.
7. Philadelphia
8. Miami
9. Atlanta
10. Boston

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I'll rank em for you:

FC
1. Philadelphia
2. San Diego
3. New York

Lean
4. San Antonio - not overly familiar with but the music legacy bumps it over the rest here
5. Los Angeles
6. Dallas
7. San Jose - pretty unfamiliar with tbh outside of the Sharks. More neutral

Lean HC
8. Houston
9. Phoenix

HC
10. Chicago


DC would probably lean FC while Miami, Atlanta and Boston are most certainly on the awful end of things.

[Kingpoleon]

Surprised I'm the only HP voter for New York so far.

"My fellow Atlasians who are my opponents don't have Iowa's values. They don't have Massachusetts's values. They have New York's values."
- cxs018

[TDAS04]

I'd choose Chicago if I had to live in one of them.

[RFayette]

HC
10. Chicago

No.  Just no.