America's most mediocre city..... (largest, populations, Boston, economy)

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

But then what does the assassination of Kennedy have to do with San Antonio? You had brought that up for Texas history in response to a posters claims for San Antonio and the history of San Antonio and its involvement. Dallas has nothing to do with the rest of the state.

President Kennedy never stepped foot in San Antonio and was assassinated in Dallas. Completely irrelevant history for San Antonio in general.

In the context of the conversation, I was agreeing that there is a belief in TX and more prominent in SA that this event is more significant than most Americans percieve it as it relates to US hisory. The Alamo is traditionally way more romaticized wihin TX than outside and my point was to me it is not even the single most significant event to even take place in TX as this (the Alamo) if often associated with TX on the whole...

[BigCityDreamer]

Originally Posted by Darien_Rod

4. Baltimore: So far as I can tell, this was once part of Philadelphia but was seperated by glacial drift around 240,000 BC. Not quite Yankee, not quite Southern, faintly New Jersey but in the DC orbit. Easily the most forgotten place on the Eastern seaboard, but the residents are at peace with that, which is worth bonus points. Not a bad place, just...... mediocre.

A little quiz for you: When and where was the U.S. National Anthem written? And what were the circumstances behind its writing?

[grapico]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

That shouldn't even matter in this case. History is history and to sit here and claim another cities history is better than another's is bull****.

I don't care if its history isn't relevant to the rest of America. It's still history.

One time I found this frog and I kept him in a box, I let him watch nickelodeon for 12 straight hours. Doug, Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy and then Green Acres on Nick at Nite. Then the frog died. That was the longest a frog has ever watched Nickelodeon. That is history right there, much better than the Alamo too in my opinion. I wrote it down in my journal then locked it away in my 5th grade time capsule, in future years, historians will find it and that frog will be magnificently triumphant over less than stellar historical events such as those that happened in Texas.
The Alamo, interesting battle. Now we have Tex/Mex food.
The Salsa Tea Party, dumping of salsa from New York City. Texas adopts pace picante as official state salsa.
The Shirt, first printing of Don't Mess with Texas Shirt. Nobody ever messes with texas for 7 straight years.
The Lett goof part 2, video is self explanatory:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2kcpTmheM4

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by BigCityDreamer

A little quiz for you: When and where was the U.S. National Anthem written? And what were the circumstances behind its writing?

Well it was after the glacial drift, so technically you could say Philadelphia but it was in Baltimore Harbor during the defence of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. I can see the flag when I drive through Baltimore on my way to DC

In all honesty the Fort is well worth the visit!

[maxposure]

Originally Posted by Darien_Rod

Since there seem to be a cottage industry of arbitrary city rankings here, I thought I would throw my question against the wall too.....


What is America's most mediocre city?


Webster's defines mediocre as "of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance". To place in the context of a city, I see this to mean a city that, for whatever reason, just has not crossed the boundary of true significance, importance or "quality" relative to its size. They are not "bad" places, but are often defined by residents who have a very inflated view of their locales. Think when somebody brags about city "X" and the rest of America rolls their collective eyes. That is a mediocre city. I hope to keep the submissions as snotty as possible. My short list is as follows (I can only think of four - most cities are obviously great or horrid):


1. Phoenix Metro: Crowded, low-rent Eastern suburb of LA, with a good measure of the overflow that decided not to settle in Florida. Perhaps the first true lifestyle ponzi-scheme in America. A place where MMA, Crystal Meth and people with houses worth 25x their annual salaries collided to form the great recession. Nice weather in the winter.

2. San Antonio: The oldest and least talented sibling of the large Texas cities (and that's saying A LOT). Perhaps the most untraveled and myopic residents of any city - 90% of the residents work for the government, a call center, or a Mexican food restaurant. Close to Austin, though, and pretty good food (as evidenced through a stratospheric diabetes rate). Actually, I think the biggest economic engine of the city is the eating industry.

3. Orlando: The greatest city in America - if you are 9. An erstwhile swamp and cattle farm that somehow attracted midwestern and Pennsylvanian economic malaise and intense boredom. Imagine if "TGI Fridays" was a virus that could infect all matter of architecture, cuture and reality - Orlando might be America's first "chain city". Nice golf courses, though.

4. Baltimore: So far as I can tell, this was once part of Philadelphia but was seperated by glacial drift around 240,000 BC. Not quite Yankee, not quite Southern, faintly New Jersey but in the DC orbit. Easily the most forgotten place on the Eastern seaboard, but the residents are at peace with that, which is worth bonus points. Not a bad place, just...... mediocre.



Any places I forget? Anybody losing sleep over their wounded civic pride?

Removing Baltimore and inserting Jacksonville or Indianapolis would make a better list.

[maxposure]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Actually San Antonio beats New Orleans in tourism, but I agree. I enjoyed New Orleans more than San Antonio; however,to deny the history of San Antonio is ignorant.

I almost spit out my smoothie after reading this! I'd bet a vast majority of tourists to San Antonio are overnight visitors from other parts of Texas. I don't know anyone who's been to San Antonio. On the hand, people go to New Orleans is like they go to Vegas or Atlantic City.

And in classic Texas fashion, you are exaggerating the importance of the Alamo/Mexican War to the rest of country.

[JJG]

Yet another thread created for the sole purpose of inspiring ignorance and snobbyness....

[chitown85]

The most mediocre city in America is most of them. All across this country are very bland cities. People have regular houses, shop at regular shopping centers and malls, work in regular boring jobs.

Most people in these cities own a house, a couple of cars, and do the same thing every week.

[BacktoBlue]

This thread is trash. Seriously. It's just another attempt to be superficial and snobby. Every city in America has great aspects. I think it is seriously pathetic to put cities down by calling them "mediocre". If you don't like them, then just don't visit. It seems like people who go out of their way to do what the OP has done, lack open minds. If you are open minded you would know every city has something amazing to offer. Sure there are cities we don't like, but we still know these cities have things to be proud of. Not every city has to be NYC 2.0. Cities with different things to offer is what makes America unique. There are cities for everyone no matter age, race, gender, etc.

[Sacario]

Phoenix does suck, probably the worst city in the country after Salt Lake City