Ranking the top U.S. MSAs by prestige

In order within tiers...

Elite Tier: 

-DC

-NYC

-Chicago

-San Fran

Top Tier: 

-Boston

-LA

-Dallas 

Upper-Middle Tier: 

-Miami

-Austin

-San Diego

-Charlotte

-Houston

Lower-Middle Tier:

-Atlanta

-Philadelphia

-Seattle

Not Completely Horrible:

-Denver

-Milwaukee

-Minneapolis

-Tampa

-Nashville

-Phoenix

Special Shoutout For Being The Absolute Worst of The Worst:

-Cleveland 

-Detroit

-Baltimore

-Portland

-Pittsburgh 

3 Comments
 

Boston is such a fucking dump. A racist, miserable, cold, culturally barren dump, no less. -Boston +Miami from tier two.

 

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