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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
Some other famous US cities:
- Arlen, Texas
- Springfield
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Pawnee, Indiana
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Quahog, Rhode Island
- New New York, New York
- Metropolis
- Gotham City
- South Park, Colorado
Memphis
Kansas city
Dallas
Atlantic city
Atlanta
Gotta be miami or san francisco
New york, ciudad de mexico, sao pablo, rio de janeiro
Mexico City is the largest city in North America. Now if they said US that’s a different story
I’m curious, where are you from that “American” used on its own doesn’t specifically indicate united-states-of-?
Latinamerican here. “American” for us is someone who was born in the Americas… i bet it is the same for all latinamerica.
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, often because its a necessary descriptor for people from particular continents in the same way “eurasian” is used to describe a multicontinental land mass.
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.
I prefer Y’all Quaeda .
I like that one too, it just doesn’t convey the truth their leadership is like a bunch of ivyleague trust fund kids who were trained to sound folksy by voice trainers.
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.
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.
Geographically speaking it should be either Seattle or Atlanta, it should be a list of 5 tbh
The fourth major US city is Springfield. Which Springfield, you ask? Any and all.
They are all the omni-Springfield. Shelbyville differs by state.
Which we used to call Morganville back in the day…
I hear when the earth is threatened all the spring fields form into a mega Springfield, with the Simspons Springfield forming the head
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.
Chicago is such a self-important city for people with no sense of the world.
Gem of the country
Does that make the Midwest the tiara that gem is set into?
That’s fine, but it’s very far down the list of cities I’d expect to have a conversation or even hear about.
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.
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.
oof
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.
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.
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
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.”
Tennessee Williams
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.
Nah, Vegas isn’t so much a city as a big theme park. Hell, the casinos aren’t even in Las Vegas.
The Statue of Liberty isn’t actually in New York but they still put it on the T-shirts.
Oooo yeah Vegas is a good candidate
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. 🤣
I’m gonna cast my vote for McMinnville because they have that cool plane
Zamn!! Alright, I’ve got it, uh, Kentucky!
Kentucky Arkansas? Don’t think theres a whole lot over there
It’s Jacksonville, FL obviously.
But it is Philly
good old robot murdering Philthadelphia
Well, it contained batteries.
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.
