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This is a good overall list, and anyone could make a case to move many of the cities on the list up or down some notches. However, the middle part of the US is somewhat under-represented, especially the Great Plains. No mention of Denver, KC, Omaha, DFW, OKC or other city that represents that vast area. Is the entire Great Plains "generic"? That sounds coastal-centric.
This is a good overall list, and anyone could make a case to move many of the cities on the list up or down some notches. However, the middle part of the US is somewhat under-represented, especially the Great Plains. No mention of Denver, KC, Omaha, DFW, OKC or other city that represents that vast area. Is the entire Great Plains "generic"? That sounds coastal-centric.
I think it's a combination of the fact that those cities are generally newer and being centrally located gives them a more familiarly American feel to most people. Generic has negative connotations but they're pretty much exactly what you'd expect them to be.
This is a good overall list, and anyone could make a case to move many of the cities on the list up or down some notches. However, the middle part of the US is somewhat under-represented, especially the Great Plains. No mention of Denver, KC, Omaha, DFW, OKC or other city that represents that vast area. Is the entire Great Plains "generic"? That sounds coastal-centric.
I would put Minneapolis/St. Paul on that list somewhere simply because they are two greatly different large cities connected into one metro, they are far enough away from other large metros that they have become a hothouse of their own culture, and there's a strange semi-Canadian vibe there (not only hockey crazy, but outlook on life) that is very different from other places in the US.
Yeah, Vegas is certainly original/ one-of-a-kind and deserves a higher ranking.
I partially agree, however Vegas was not (even close) to the first destination like this - Reno, Atlantic City, etc. Vegas, by nature, isn't original - the hotels are (by design) copies of other international destinations, in many cases - New York New York, Paris, Luxor, etc.
All of that said, its one of a kind, so I do believe it has a spot on the list.
I'd add Anchorage, AK to the list. Not many big cities in America where you can find moose and bear strolling around occasionally. Bonus points for the auroras and sled dogs.
This is a good overall list, and anyone could make a case to move many of the cities on the list up or down some notches. However, the middle part of the US is somewhat under-represented, especially the Great Plains. No mention of Denver, KC, Omaha, DFW, OKC or other city that represents that vast area. Is the entire Great Plains "generic"? That sounds coastal-centric.
DFW original? Not really. It's Anywhere, USA. Look at the housing stock post-1985. It doesn't matter if you're in Garland, Frisco, or Colleyville. All the subdivisions are interchangeable. The houses are ugly brick boxes with no curb appeal. The scenery around DFW isn't anything special, either. It could easily be mistaken for somewhere in Kansas. At ground level there's nothing that sets DFW apart from, say, Wichita or OKC except for size & demographics.
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