Lets say your nation's enemy throws at you every nuke he got. but you have an ICBM ..

[sdifox]

Guys, guys, guys, keep it civil. This thread is made for arguing about which American city is the crappiest besides Detroit NOT arguing about whether the theoretical scenario is plausible.

Now you are just trying to stir up the non Americans!

 

[Jumpem]

Any place blue. LA, San Francisco, Chicago, New York city, etc.

 

[Terzo]

Any place blue. LA, San Francisco, Chicago, New York city, etc.

What did you do, run down a list of cities with the highest GDP in the US and decide those were best to nuke?

 

[Murloc]

the republic of Appenzell Innerrhoden

15'000 casualties, mostly right-wing herders who didn't allow women to vote until they were forced to do so by the federal government in 1990 thanks to a federal law promulgated in 1971, plus some cows.
No big loss. It's also in the northern part of switzerland and made of mountains, so it doesn't have much value for humans, and for nature it's not much damage because it's small.

 

[Jumpem]

What did you do, run down a list of cities with the highest GDP in the US and decide those were best to nuke?

Nope. I go by big government nanny-state places. NYC is tops on my list. How much better those of us upstate would be without it.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Can the incoming nuke that I can't shoot down target a smaller area? Say, like a stadium? An NFL stadium? Perhaps one in Foxborough, MA?



:awe:

 

[Schadenfroh]

n/m

 

[GagHalfrunt]

You are making a big assumption in that they would waste a nuke on Detroit.

Are you sure Detroit has not already been nuked?

I'd be pissed that there was only one city that needed to be sacrificed. At least half this country could disappear and we'd be better off.

 

[Scotteq]

Kupreanof, Alaska


Why?


Population: 25, and therefore minimal impact on the tax and voter base.

2nd positive aspect? Canada is close, and downwind.

 

[Terzo]

Nope. I go by big government nanny-state places. NYC is tops on my list. How much better those of us upstate would be without it.

Obviously I'm taking this too seriously, but we would lose so much. Broadway, UN headquarters, Juilliard, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, and a ton of television networks (okay, maybe that's a plus ).

Of course, depending on the OP's definition of a major city we'd lose a lot regardless. I'd try to balance loss of life with detrimental effects on the country. No doubt it'd be a difficult task.

Kupreanof, Alaska


Why?


Population: 25, and therefore minimal impact on the tax and voter base.

2nd positive aspect? Canada is close, and downwind.

OP stipulates major city. I don't think Kupreanof would count as a city, much less a major one .

 

[Mo0o]

Baltimore

 

[SandEagle]

Detroit.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

God bless America. Except Idaho. Fuck Idaho.

 

[guyver01]

There is obviously only one REAL answer to this question.

Whatever city TridenT lives in.

 

[SandEagle]

There is obviously only one REAL answer to this question.

Whatever city TridenT lives in.

He should move to Littleton, CO. 2 birds, 1 stone.

 

[guyver01]

He should move to Littleton, CO. 2 birds, 1 stone.

 

[NetGuySC]

Washington would be a good one,...... I'd consider it a form of term limits

 

[Gibsons]

LA. We'd lose most of the movie/porn/TV industry, but I can't think of a down side.

 

[Double Trouble]

I'd have to go with DC, but only if all our government reps were present.

 

[Tristicus]

Wait, we can destroy one state? Oh my gosh, really? A dream come true...


CALIFORNIA

 

[Possessed Freak]

New Orleans... maybe then they wouldn't rebuild it.

 

[Mo0o]

Wait, we can destroy one state? Oh my gosh, really? A dream come true...


CALIFORNIA

Why?

California produces a lot of stuff the benefits the rest of the country: movies, music, food, wine, technology: silicon valley, google, apple, ebay etc. It has a <1 federal spend/tax ratio. Which means it pays more in federal taxes than it spends (something that can't be said about North Carolina).

What exactly dont you like about California that actually affects your everyday life?

 

[ProfJohn]

Buffalo... why the hell anyone lives there in the first place.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Easy call, Salt Lake City, middle of nowhere, full of Morons.

 

[foghorn67]

Easy call, Salt Lake City, middle of nowhere, full of Morons.

No that's, Mormons...


...oh.

 

[JPS35]

DC
San Francisco
Jersey
Oregon