Hipster Duck
Senior Member
With all the silly city rankings articles that get put out, I was wondering if we might have some fun ranking North American cities ourselves. The objective of this game is to rank a North American city in terms of an "urban quality of life"*, without factoring cost of living or the relativity of size. For example, Montreal is inarguably cheaper than Toronto to live in, but it can be argued whether it is a better city for urban-minded people. Also, metro Ottawa is about a quarter of the size of metro Atlanta but has about the same urban appeal, but that doesn't mean that Ottawa should get 4X the score Atlanta does.
* Yeah, I know that's impossible to quantify, but think about how much you like a certain city for its urban attributes.
Use a rating of 100 for Toronto. So, if you think a city has more of an urban appeal than Toronto, it would be more than 100. If it has less urban appeal than rate it below 100. If you don't honestly know the qualities of a city, leave it blank or write "I don't know". Also, think of a city in terms of its metropolitan region, so SF includes Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose.
Here's the list. I'll be back to post my own rankings later.
Enjoy!
Remember: Toronto = 100
Canada
St. John's
Halifax
St. John
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Hamilton
KW
London
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
US Northeast
Portland, ME
Boston
Providence
New Haven
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington DC
US Rust Belt
Buffalo
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Detroit
US South
Richmond
Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach)
Charlotte + Raleigh/Durham
Charleston
Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Tampa/St Pete
Miami
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
Louisville
Houston
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
US Midwest
Minneapolis/St.Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
US Mountain States
Denver/Boulder
Salt Lake
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Reno
US West Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angeles/Riverside
San Diego
Other
Honolulu
* Yeah, I know that's impossible to quantify, but think about how much you like a certain city for its urban attributes.
Use a rating of 100 for Toronto. So, if you think a city has more of an urban appeal than Toronto, it would be more than 100. If it has less urban appeal than rate it below 100. If you don't honestly know the qualities of a city, leave it blank or write "I don't know". Also, think of a city in terms of its metropolitan region, so SF includes Berkeley, Oakland, San Jose.
Here's the list. I'll be back to post my own rankings later.
Enjoy!
Remember: Toronto = 100
Canada
St. John's
Halifax
St. John
Quebec
Montreal
Ottawa
Hamilton
KW
London
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
US Northeast
Portland, ME
Boston
Providence
New Haven
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington DC
US Rust Belt
Buffalo
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Cincinnati
Louisville
Detroit
US South
Richmond
Hampton Roads (Norfolk, Newport News, Virginia Beach)
Charlotte + Raleigh/Durham
Charleston
Atlanta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Tampa/St Pete
Miami
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Little Rock
Louisville
Houston
Dallas
Austin
San Antonio
US Midwest
Minneapolis/St.Paul
Milwaukee
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Des Moines
Oklahoma City
US Mountain States
Denver/Boulder
Salt Lake
Albuquerque
Phoenix
Las Vegas
Reno
US West Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angeles/Riverside
San Diego
Other
Honolulu