Most Original Cities in America (shopping mall, ranking, place)

[jjbradleynyc]

Since there is a thread for "most generic cities in America," thought I'd start this one.

I did a search and couldn't find a thread with this exact content, but if so, maybe the moderators can merge it with an existing one.

Anyway, here's my list of top 25 "most original large cities over 100k," based on my experiences, in America:

25 Austin, TX
24 Philadelphia, PA
23 Madison, WI
22 Albuquerque, NM
21 Portland, OR

20 Nashville, TN
19 Savannah, GA
18 Charleston, SC
17 Memphis, TN
16 Pittsburgh, PA

15 St Louis, MO
14 San Antonio, TX
13 Las Vegas, NV
12 Santa Barbara, CA
11 San Diego, CA

10 Honolulu, HI
9 Seattle, WA
8 Miami, FL
7 Boston, MA
6 Chicago, IL

5 Los Angeles, CA
4 New Orleans, LA
3 Washington, DC
2 San Francisco, CA
1 NYC, NY

[masssachoicetts]

Shift la and dc down 4 each

[BostonBornMassMade]

Dc too high. Honolulu too low

[FL_Expert]

I like LA, but it largely felt like one big collection of shopping malls when I was there. I couldn’t rank it well for originality. To reiterate though, it is a great city just not the most original.

[1200RT]

I would rank Phila and Pitt higher.

LA ... interesting.

Vegas.. interesting as well. Not sure

[elchevere]

Yeah, Vegas is certainly original/ one-of-a-kind and deserves a higher ranking.

Originally Posted by 1200RT

I would rank Phila and Pitt higher.

LA ... interesting.

Vegas.. interesting as well. Not sure

[LINative]

Pretty decent list overall.

The only glaring thing that stands out to me is Philadelphia. She is far more original then most of the cities on the list and should be moved at least to where San Diego or Santa Barbara are.

[atadytic19]

I would replace Albuquerque with Santa Fe.
Miami should be higher than Chicago.
LA should be dropped a lot lower. Santa Barbara too.
Las Vegas should be lower.
Memphis should be ahead of San Antonio.
Honolulu should be way bigger than Seattle.

[LINative]

Originally Posted by atadytic19

I would replace Albuquerque with Santa Fe.
Miami should be higher than Chicago.
LA should be dropped a lot lower. Santa Barbara too.
Las Vegas should be lower.
Memphis should be ahead of San Antonio.
Honolulu should be way bigger than Seattle.

Good catch!

I was thinking Albuquerque was a little off for some reason - and honestly I had a vision of Bugs Bunny in my head lol. But maybe the OP was thinking of Santa Fe as well.

[Frustratedintelligence]

So the most culturally unique cities, pretty much

NYC
San Francisco
New Orleans
San Antonio
Savannah
Charleston