If NYC didnt exist, what would be the premier US city? (Florida, development)

[Davis Street]

It would have to be LA, obviously.

LA is the #2 city, and much bigger than anywhere else (outside of NYC, of course).

[OyCrumbler]

The answer is Brooklyn.

[the resident09]

I get tired of these "If it weren't for NY" posts...There is an NY get over it!

[fightforlove]

Originally Posted by Deezus

If New York didn't exist, what would Boston Red Sox fans do?

Would they just hate the Baltimore Orioles more? Or would they hate the city that ended up being the premier US city in place of New York?

They would just get even drunker and get into fights with each other.

[NCOriolesfan]

Originally Posted by fightforlove

They would just get even drunker and get into fights with each other.

Sox fans love to do that at O's games. We just slap 'em around and send them back home.

[markb90]

Los Angeles. LA is a smaller and more star studded version of NY. Also warmer.

[jayp1188]

If NYC just ceased to exist today...LA or Chicago. I think they'd kind of both be considered the premiere cities, mainly because LA would be the largest city in the US and Chicago would now be the largest among the more classically urban cities. Over time, maybe even DC or the Bay Area, I could easily see either (or both) absorbing the bulk of NYC's industries.

If NYC never existed...Philly or Boston. These were the most important cities aside from NYC in America's earlier years...one of them would have likely become the US hub of business and culture. Maybe even Baltimore, it was much more prominent back then than it is now.

[john_starks]

word jayp


greatest cities by default

there was one roman empire and it moved to new york

the rest are followers

[JerseyGirl415]

Chicago.

[007jamesbond]

Chicago