Americans Rank Favorite and Least Favorite Cities
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NEWTON, Mass. /PRNewswire/ – TripAdvisor®, the world's most popular and largest travel community, today announced its American city survey of more than 3,400 U.S. respondents revealing opinions on the best and worst of major U.S. cities.
Favorite City
1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago and Boston (tie)
Least Favorite City
1. Detroit
2. Los Angeles
3. Atlanta
Most Overrated
Las Vegas
Most Underrated
Portland, Ore.






Detroit is the least favorite
Detroit is the least favorite city to visit? Who would of guessed that one?
What up 415!?
What up 415!?
"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." - J. Paul Getty
LA and Atlanta? Mindblowing.
LA and Atlanta? Mindblowing. How is LA worse than St. Louis or some other midwest metro area
St Louis isn't a horrible
St Louis isn't a horrible city. Some very nice parts to it, good size city with some company hubs there, good sports teams (cards), and very cheap to live. If the city can get rid of its crime problem and focus on getting major companies to open business (middle of the country near lots of transportation options is great for a company hub), I think the city would be a great place to live.
I can see why LA is.... congested, traffic, people come off as pricks, people are definitely in their own little bubble there, way too expensive to live there (if you do not want to live in the ghetto, you better be able to fork over at least $700K), you wanna live like a 'baller' in palisades or Malibu you better be able to fork over 3 million + for a couple thousand square feet of housing, lots of parts of the city are dirty, and well California is bankrupt.
I think the cost of living difference between the two cities is like 52% and I believe California only pays 9% more on average.
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That's the price you have to
That's the price you have to pay for the nice ass weather
haha yes, I am from LA but
haha yes, I am from LA but currently in the Midwest. I ask myself everyday if LA is really worth moving back to.
Where I am at currently (one of the major metro Midwest cities), I can buy a 10,000 SF house for $3 million. I pay a lot less in taxes, 'rush hour' is only maybe an hour long, and life moves a lot slower then in LA.
I looked up some real estate in St. Louis for kicks... look at these houses: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/L...
Its impossible to find that in LA for any price!
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If you wanna live in
If you wanna live in Hicksville, USA pounding Natty Lights on a Tuesday night go for it lol
lol, not sure how Chicago, or
lol, not sure how Chicago, or Atlanta, Milwaukee or St Louis are 'hicksville' USA but whatever floats your boat.
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Vegas most overrated?
Vegas most overrated? Really?
villagebanker wrote: Vegas
Vegas most overrated? Really?
Dude, middle America voted in this shit, you don't see how they might think Vegas is overrated? The only images they have of Vegas are those of how the rich experience it. They can't afford the Vegas that they're imagining.
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villagebanker wrote: Vegas
Vegas most overrated? Really?
The only way i could see it overrated is if you were under 21 or didnt have a dime to your name and were in Vegas.
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what's so great about san
what's so great about san fran?
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Nobama88 wrote: lol, not sure
lol, not sure how Chicago, or Atlanta, Milwaukee or St Louis are 'hicksville' USA but whatever floats your boat.
Dude Milwaukee is the freaking capital of Hicksville USA. I don't say this criticizingly, I grew up in the upper midwest and its a great part of the country if you can tolerate the winter weather. The people are just from a different cloth. Are they hicks? Oh yeah.
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This survey has no validity
This survey has no validity if Vegas is the most overrated. Regardless of your budget, Vegas has something for everyone.
Hell, I'll admit when I was in college and went there I just played $3 blackjack at O'Sheas and a few other places. Cheap, but I still had a BLAST.
St. Louis is actually pretty nice if you can handle the size and limited options. It's been a little while since I've been there, but I always had a good time going out in the landing. Also, I was in some pretty sweet houses that were only a couple hundred thousand. There are a lot of pluses to St. Louis, but they are limited.
To the dude who said St Louis would be great if they attracted more business and got rid of crime - that's any city in the world.
Milwaukee - Summerfest is fun, baseball stadium is nice - all hicks
For Vegas its probably more
For Vegas its probably more like people expect it to be out of this world experience, and once you show up, its kind of a "that's it?" feeling. For us, younger guys, its pretty easy to go bonkers and make it a ridiculous night. But for a 40+ yr old couple with 2 kids, I can see how miserable it can be. You can only play slots or walk around for so long.
Atlanta blows, especially for tourists. Take out the restaurants and club/bars, all you have is an aquarium, Coke factory and CNN Center.
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1) Vegas is not overrated. If
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HarvardOrBust wrote: LA and
looking for that pick-me-up to power through an all-nighter?
They're probably talking
I actually don't think