Rating American Cities
NYC
8/10
It has amazing walkability in Manhattan and the transport is great but Staten Island and Parts of Queens really drag it down, especially when you realize there are no alleyways and The Rent is just absurd there
Philadelphia
8/10
It's pretty walkable and has usable transit, but the things that really seal the deal on my love for this city are the suprisingly low price, existence of trolleys and the culture. Needs some more corner stores though
Chicago
9/10
It's Walkable, has great culture, lake, it's got really good transit, it's not too cold usually, it has the rat hole, what's not to love about Chicago, the answer is Metra but that's okay, still my favorite US City
Seattle
7/10
Amazing momentum recently with urban improvements but they really dropped the ball with not building that subway in the 70s, the link and Orca card transit are pretty cool though
Baltimore
6/10
Extremely underrated but the urban decay is a real shame, I could really see it climbing it the rankings over the next 20 years though if things go well there
St.Paul-Minneapolis
7.5/10
It's improving fast, it's got leftist momentum, it's the heart of zoning reform in the us, the light rail is growing but most importantly, it's funny to put St. Paul first in the name
San Francisco
6/10
Far too expensive and it needs to build some housing soon, architecture and cable cars are neat though
Boston
7.5/10
The Trains want to kill me, but the rest of the city seems nice enough, it was designed to make drivers miserable and that's a plus in my book
Portland
7/10
Invented the modern streetcar in the us and has a lot of lesbians, Forest Park seems neat and is the home of gay Bicycle hipsters, what's not to love. Next
LA
4/10
You facinate and terrify me
DC
9/10
They should do brutalist metros more often they are so fucking neat, I like the cherry blossoms, but evil lies at the heart of this city and worst, it has 0, count them 0 skyscrapers
