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
The fourth major US city is Springfield. Which Springfield, you ask? Any and all.
They are all the omni-Springfield. Shelbyville differs by state.
I hear when the earth is threatened all the spring fields form into a mega Springfield, with the Simspons Springfield forming the head
But it is Philly
good old robot murdering Philthadelphia
Well, it contained batteries.
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).
This is the right answer. Anyone can look at a list of populations. This is also a question about culture.
[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)
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.
Welcome to Atlanta where the players play, and we ride on them thangs like every day
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.
Being forced to go there is what makes them the rotating 4th.
I had Miami and SF on my list, but the others make sense.
The people who live in Houston seem to think it’s as good as Chicago, I’d disagree with them but at least there are good restaurants. Also from a population standpoint, Houston is basically the same size as Chicago so it invites comparison in one regard.
Houston has some amazing neighborhoods, cultural diversity, a solid professional job market, and great parks and museums. Unfortunately, this is only a fraction of Houston, where the rest is concrete wasteland and/or culturally devoid
Dallas and Miami for sure. SF is basically the same as LA with Golden Gate. But Boston, Seattle, (New) Detroit, and maybe Omaha/Wichita if there’s tornado chasers or country/city clashes.
Omaha and Wichita are not on the same level as any of the rest you’ve listed. Very random to put them in here. Omaha is the 42nd largest city and Wichita is 52nd. And if you’re comparing Metro areas I would guess that disparity would place them much lower.
SF same as LA??? Have you been to either? Scale. LA is huge. SF is a tiny city. Weather. LA has nice weather. SF has four seasons: windy, foggy, ok, rainy. Always somewhat cold. Food: LA is so much bigger and has much more to offer. SF has good food if you can afford it. Vibe: in LA everyone is nice to you but doesn’t care about you unless you’re rich. In SF no one cares about you. Architecture: suburb vs Victorian suburb.
New York, LA, Chicago, and Houston, apparently.
“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.
How is it not just straight up Houston. It’s almost larger than Chicago now.
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.
Because they said city, not parking lot built on a bog.
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.
Back to food the Detroit metro is right up there everything from great sliders, BBQ, Middle Eastern, Eastern Europe. If a food exists you’re going to find a pretty great representation there.
Then there’s the museums, the car culture, Motown, and now tech. Lots of shade has been thrown at Detroit but in 2026 if I was in tech or engineering it would be my first stop. Major sports teams, great jobs, the water, cool art deco architecture that all seems pretty great to me.
But WINTER
Could probably throw Denver in there and atl
ATL is Atlanta, but good catch on Denver
I is dumb
Denver is much more likely than Portland or Philly
My Mother in law got me one of their shirts when she visited a few years ago lol
Boston or DC.
Remember the point of this is American cities not US cities so we need to account for Canada, central, and south American cities.
When this was posted yesterday I put Miami at number four but there are lots of large vibrant cities in America.
I think I’d probably put Toronto in place of Chicago, I haven’t been in any large city south or Mexico City so I’m not much use there
I mean if we’re going ALL of the Americas it’s probably Sao Paulo, NYC, Mexico City, and imo 4th is a toss up between LA and Rio De Janeiro.
Lima Peru has almost double the population of Rio
Why Rio over LA? From an external look I think Rio should be in a top four or five.
Why does say Sau Paulo beat Brasilia or Beunos Aires?
For me it’s partly population size, but also like… Culture/global impact i guess? Rio/Sao Paulo are some of the biggest cities in the world, and a part of one of the biggest countries in the world, and they’re both “brand recognizable” names.
Beunos Aires, Toronto, Chicago, Huston, Havana and maybe more in Mexico/South America I can’t think of off the top of my head will round out the top 10ish
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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.
Oooo yeah Vegas is a good candidate
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.
Boston
Just a suburb of NYC
Bold
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