The Four Major U.S. Cities

[gocy444]

It’s NY, LA, Chicago and DC. Anything else is incorrect.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Whar' DSM?

I will not stand for this Otley erasure

 

[chuckd4735]

Are we talking metro areas or cities straight up? Houston is larger than Dallas straight up, but the Dallas/Fort Worth metro is much bigger than Houston metro.

 

[DesertClone1]

New York
Chicago
LA
4A. Houston
4B. Phoenix

by population.

 

[HFCS]

Bay Area is fifth largest population metro but probably pretty easily the #1 economic metro domestically if not globally.

Easy answer for #4 and probably outdated that it’s thought of after ny/la/chi.

 

[HFCS]

If we’re talking culture, I think the 4 are:
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Chicago

Maybe “high culture” but for pop culture I don’t think you can even have a list, it’s just LA and NYC would be a very distant second.

 

[Cyched]

I picked Dallas as #4, just because it’s a recognized name in one of our largest and most recognizable states.

You can make an argument for a lot of others such as Atlanta, Phoenix, Miami, Seattle, etc.

 

[CyGuy5]

What are Indy and Minneapolis doing on this list lol

 

[Cyched]

Also feels like we’re overlooking Boston and Philadelphia. NE cities that have been around longer than we’ve been a country, and have the history to go with it.

 

[Sigmapolis]

If you could Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario as part of LA then it is very close to NY.

 

[Al_4_State]

Philly or DC is #4.

Minneapolis and Indy are not remotely in this conversation.

 

[4theCYcle]

As others have stated, the top 3 seem obvious. 4th could be made a case of importance or geography or population. Guess it's however one qualifies that as. Miami is huge on tourism, geography makes sense, population not so much. DC makes some sense because of government and importance. Houston, Dallas, or Atlanta for geography and population. I put Atlanta, but all is it is once perspective. Shoot, Tokyo puts them all to shame in sheer size lol.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

I don’t see DC as an option. Given, it’s the nation’s capital and residence of the President, I’d put that at number 4. My #5 would be Houston or Dallas, as Texas the state needs some representation.

I don’t see Atlanta being in the top 8. Only relevant thing about that city is the airport and Sherman burned it to the ground.

 

[4theCYcle]

If you could Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario as part of LA then it is very close to NY.

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Guess I had Miami and Atlanta kind of wrong for population strength.

 

[BACyclone]

I agree that the top 3 are somewhat obvious by whatever definition you choose.

Personally I think going by pure population to arrive at the answer is lazy when you consider what are "THE cities".

My reaction was to think of something more qualitative - culturally significant, tourist destination, etc.

I suppose you can make an argument for D.C. but I'd vote for Miami as 4 and Dallas a 4B.

 

[Cyrealist]

Yep. Its an engagement-bait question which is why it went around tiktok and the like first.

There are really just 3 top cities. After that there's a bunch of cities in that next rung that you can come up with a justification for.

If I had to pick a 4th city I probably pick DC as it has a bunch of elements that make it much more culturally relevant, and it has a ton of power and influence despite not being as large as the top 3. Look at where most television and movie media has been set. If you added up LA\NY\Chicago\DC you probably get north of 90%.

I picked Houston as the 4th and I really think you need a Texas city on their. But your post made me think that Boston has a fairly high profile culturally.

 

[SolterraCyclone]

For the sake of argument (and cause it’s Friday at work) the 10 US cities in order

1. NYC
2. LA
3. Chicago
4. DC
5. Houston OR Dallas
6. Houston OR Dallas
7. San Francisco
8. Philadelphia
9. Boston
10. Atlanta

Honorable mentions: Miami and Seattle

Numbers 13-20 is when the Midwest cities start to come in

 

[Sigmapolis]

Guess I had Miami and Atlanta kind of wrong for population strength.

To be fair, these four are really close...

Miami
DC
'lanta
Philly

 

[Cyrealist]

If you could Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario as part of LA then it is very close to NY.

Who gets Iowa?

 

[AgronAlum]

Top three are easy. My first thought at number 4 was Hotlanta and that's what I voted for. Spaced out from the other three and it being a huge travel hub came to mind. I could be talked into DFW.