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Sitting here watching the Final Four, I had an idea... I thought it'd be fun for the people on City-Data to do a City vs City tournament. So I thought about how to do it and I think I've come up with a pretty good idea.
I downloaded a pic of an empty bracket and filled it in with cities. The way I chose the 64 cities for the tournament was by going to Wikipedia and looking up the largest Metropolitan areas in the US. Not cities, because when I looked up the cities list, surprisingly some cities (that I feel deserve to be in a city vs city tournament) like Cincinnati, Orlando & Buffalo wouldn't make the tournament, but cities like Mesa, Arlington, TX & Aurora, CO would... I just felt that wasn't right. So, I'm going with Metro areas. I feel it serves a little bit better justice.
Now here's the catch for the tournament:
EVERY ROUND WE WILL VOTE ON CITIES BASED ON A NEW CRITERIA... There will not be ONE tournament long criteria. Reason being is, if I give one criteria (for example, Skyline...) there's no point in running a full tournament cause we'll all already know that it's going to end up boiling down to NYC, Chicago or a few others being in the Final Four and championship rounds. NO POINT in even having cities like Fresno in there cause they absolutely stand NO CHANCE AT ALL... One criteria won't work... Also, I need it to change up to keep it not so obvious, but more opinion based...
SO........... What will happen is, I am going to pick the first criteria for everyone to vote on for this first round... When you place your votes, AFTER YOU HAVE LISTED THE CITIES YOU VOTE FOR, ALSO PLACE YOUR VOTE FOR THE CRITERIA FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
Example:
I vote for:
Seattle Phoenix New Orleans etc...
Next Round: TRAFFIC
(if most people vote traffic for the next round, round 2, cities are voted on by traffic).
So there aren't a thousand different criteria's voted on, I'm choosing 5 to choose from. PICK ONE FROM THE LIST OF 5 CRITERIA... Let's try this out and see how it goes..................................
THE LIST OF CRITERIA TO VOTE ON:
-FOOD SCENE (Restaurants, Chefs, Signature dishes, etc... You choose why) -CHARACTER (Styles, Cultures, Neighborhoods, etc... You choose why it has more character) -MORE FUN (Nightlife, Activities, etc... You choose why it's fun) -BEAUTY (Natural Beauty, Architecture, weather, etc... You choose why it's more beautiful) -LIVING THERE (Cost of living, traffic, crime, jobs, etc... You choose why it's a better place to live)
FOR ROUND ONE, THE CRITERIA TO VOTE ON IS:
VISITING (Vacation, Convention, Business, etc... You choose why you'd rather visit)
HERE IS THE BRACKET:
Last edited by Psykomonkee; 04-05-2014 at 07:03 PM..
IF you're having a hard time seeing the cities in the bracket. I'm sorry. Next round I'll try to find a better image hosting site, OR just try to make the city names larger...
HERE is the lists of matchups for round ONE:
VOTING CRITERIA: VISIT (YOUR more desired place to VISIT)
***Don't forget to vote for the criteria for round 2***
New York City vs Knoxville
Columbus, OH vs Indianapolis
San Diego vs Salt Lake City
Minneapolis/St. Paul vs Birmingham
Portland vs Memphis
Atlanta vs Fresno
San Antonio vs Jacksonville
Miami vs Bridgeport, CT
Los Angeles vs New Haven, CT
Las Vegas vs San Jose
Tampa vs Raleigh
Seattle vs Buffalo
Charlotte vs Oklahoma City
Boston vs Tulsa
Orlando vs Milwaukee
Washington DC vs Worchester, MA
Chicago vs Bakersfield, CA
Kansas City vs Austin
St. Louis vs Hartford
Detroit vs Rochester, NY
Pittsburgh vs Louisville
San Francisco/Oakland vs Honolulu
Sacramento vs Providence
Philadelphia vs Albuquerque
Dallas/Ft. Worth vs Albany, NY
Cleveland vs Nashville
Baltimore vs New Orleans
Riverside/San Bernadino vs Grand Rapids
Denver vs Richmond, VA
Phoenix vs Tucson
Cincinnati vs Virginia Beach/Norfolk
Houston vs Omaha
Last edited by Psykomonkee; 04-05-2014 at 08:26 PM..
Very fun idea! Count me in! My votes for visiting go to:
New York City
Indianapolis
San Diego
Minneapolis
Portland
Atlanta
San Antonio
Miami
Dallas
Nashville
New Orleans
Riverside
Denver
Phoenix
VA Beach
Houston
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Raleigh
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Boston
Orlando
Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Detroit
Louisville
Honolulu
Providence
Philadelphia
(side note, could you make the image a bit bigger? Maybe it's my screen resolution but I had to strain to read some of them! Thanks! ETA just saw you put the list up in text form, thank you!)
Portland
Atlanta
San Antonio
Miami
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Tampa
Seattle
Charlotte
Boston
Orlando
Washington DC
Chicago
Austin
St. Louis
Detroit
Pittsburgh
San Francisco/Oakland
Sacramento
Philadelphia
Dallas/Ft. Worth
Cleveland
New Orleans
Riverside/San Bernadino
Denver
Phoenix
Cincinnati
Houston
New York City
Indianapolis
San Diego
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Portland
Atlanta
San Antonio
Miami
Los Angeles
Las Vegas
Tampa
Seattle
Oklahoma City
Boston
Milwaukee
Washington DC
Chicago
Kansas City
Hartford
Detroit
Louisville
Honolulu
Sacramento
Philadelphia
Albany, NY
Nashville
New Orleans
Grand Rapids
Richmond, VA
Tucson
Cincinnati
Omaha
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