what is america's second city?

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Spooner

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NY - East Coast
LA - West Coast
Chicago - Middle

But Boston is #1 in terms of awesomeness :beer:
 
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If we're talking about proper cities (excluding the massive sprawl all around LA), I'd actually vote for San Francisco. Really dense and culteral place with a pretty nice skyline, tons of attractions, etc. Right in the city, without including everything around the Bay :) Then again, I haven't ever visited Chicago :(
 
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Treyshadow

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From a military perspective, Hampton Roads, VA

But from a civilian casualty perspective, Chicago, Boston... cities with large downtown areas.
 
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I would say Boston because of the universities there and Boston is a major player in the world financial markets. Also it has a historical significance that I feel makes it a more unique city.
 
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Siva

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
LA easy. It's what NY would be like if they had more room.
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Yeah, what NY would be if they had more room and everyone was beat over the head with a retarted stick.

LA sucks. There is no second city, NY dominates.
 
Perknose

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As others have pointed out, Chicago has long been traditionally known as the Second City, because for decades it was second in size and population to NY.

The knitting together of once sleepy and disparate communities after WW II by the freeways and its steady growth give metropolitan LA a strong claim to the title these days, but I agree, LA is NOT a city. There is no "there" there. However, LA now stands at the nexus of East and West, where traditional Western culture meets our Asian brothers in a synergy that for many is the future as represented by "now". And they are probably right.

San Fransisco is hands down the most beautiful and enticing burg in America. I might even surrender my anal virginity for the right to be able to afford to live there.

Under its federal veneer, Washington, DC is still a sleepy southern town. Anyone who knows it intimately knows that's true.

And I retain a strong affection for my home town of Philadelphia. It has irreplaceable culture and history out the wazoo, just in passing. I bought my Accord wagon from a couple who live on Elfeth's Alley, the oldest continuouly inhabited street in the United States of America.

However, there we have only one true major league metropolis in our great Republic: Gotham, the Big Apple, New York, New York (so nice, I say it twice). There really isn't a second place. If you can make it there . . .


 
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Mr N8

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Chicago. I've been to both LA and Chicago. I guess I'm biased, though, because I have friends in Chicago that know who, what, when, and where. LA was more of a hit and miss type trip.
 
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dethman

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Originally posted by: Perknose
San Fransisco is hands down the most beautiful and enticing burg in America. I might even surrender my anal virginity for the right to be able to afford to live there.
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Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: Perknose
As others have pointed out, Chicago has long been traditionally known as the Second City, because for decades it was second in size and population to NY.

The knitting together of once sleepy and disparate communities after WW II by the freeways and its steady growth give metropolitan LA a strong claim to the title these days, but I agree, LA is NOT a city. There is no "there" there. However, LA now stands at the nexus of East and West, where traditional Western culture meets our Asian brothers in a synergy that for many is the future as represented by "now". And they are probably right.

San Fransisco is hands down the most beautiful and enticing burg in America. I might even surrender my anal virginity for the right to be able to afford to live there.

Under its federal veneer, Washington, DC is still a sleepy southern town. Anyone who knows it intimately knows that's true.

And I retain a strong affection for my home town of Philadelphia. It has irreplaceable culture and history out the wazoo, just in passing. I bought my Accord wagon from a couple who live on Elfeth's Alley, the oldest continuouly inhabited street in the United States of America.

However, there we have only one true major league metropolis in our great Republic: Gotham, the Big Apple, New York, New York (so nice, I say it twice). There really isn't a second place. If you can make it there . . .
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The Bay Area isn't what it use to be. The place reeks of Yuppie Scum.
 
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