53 responses

Major US cities: tier list, averaged

Put every city in a tier, from F at the bottom to S at the top. Every city is colored by its mean rating. This is a survey of the people who filled it in, not of the country.

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Albuquerque: 2.27 average; 26 responsesAnchorage: 2.40 average; 30 responsesAtlanta: 3.15 average; 34 responsesAustin: 3.73 average; 26 responsesBaltimore: 2.59 average; 29 responsesBaton Rouge: 1.60 average; 25 responsesBoise: 2.04 average; 24 responsesBoston: 4.85 average; 41 responsesBridgeport: 2.18 average; 28 responsesBuffalo: 2.23 average; 26 responsesChicago: 4.98 average; 44 responsesCincinnati: 2.45 average; 29 responsesCleveland: 2.52 average; 29 responsesColorado Springs: 3.19 average; 26 responsesColumbia: 1.86 average; 22 responsesCorpus Christi: 1.48 average; 21 responsesDallas: 2.78 average; 27 responsesDenver: 4.00 average; 40 responsesDes Moines: 2.24 average; 25 responsesDetroit: 2.73 average; 33 responsesEl Paso: 1.73 average; 22 responsesFresno: 1.77 average; 30 responsesFt. Worth: 2.39 average; 23 responsesHonolulu: 4.04 average; 28 responsesHouston: 2.52 average; 27 responsesIndianapolis: 2.22 average; 32 responsesJackson: 1.50 average; 24 responsesJacksonville: 1.64 average; 28 responsesKansas City: 2.52 average; 29 responsesKnoxville: 2.05 average; 21 responsesLaredo: 1.24 average; 21 responsesLas Vegas: 2.79 average; 33 responsesLos Angeles: 4.30 average; 44 responsesMemphis: 1.64 average; 25 responsesMiami: 3.59 average; 39 responsesMilwaukee: 2.92 average; 24 responsesMinneapolis: 3.90 average; 31 responsesNashville: 3.07 average; 29 responsesNew Orleans: 3.64 average; 36 responsesNew York: 5.60 average; 40 responsesNorfolk: 2.18 average; 22 responsesOklahoma City: 1.50 average; 24 responsesOmaha: 1.92 average; 24 responsesOrlando: 2.08 average; 36 responsesPhiladelphia: 4.24 average; 33 responsesPhoenix: 2.60 average; 40 responsesPittsburgh: 3.24 average; 29 responsesPortland: 3.33 average; 27 responsesRaleigh: 2.88 average; 26 responsesReno: 2.13 average; 23 responsesRichmond: 2.96 average; 23 responsesRochester: 2.08 average; 26 responsesSacramento: 2.93 average; 29 responsesSalem: 2.76 average; 21 responsesSalt Lake City: 3.54 average; 26 responsesSan Antonio: 2.58 average; 24 responsesSan Bernardino: 2.03 average; 29 responsesSan Diego: 4.67 average; 39 responsesSan Francisco: 4.58 average; 43 responsesSan Jose: 2.93 average; 29 responsesSeattle: 4.23 average; 31 responsesShreveport: 1.21 average; 24 responsesSpokane: 2.59 average; 22 responsesSt. Louis: 2.37 average; 27 responsesSt. Paul: 3.40 average; 25 responsesSyracuse: 2.38 average; 24 responsesTampa: 2.36 average; 33 responsesTucson: 2.37 average; 30 responsesTulsa: 1.41 average; 22 responsesVancouver: 3.22 average; 23 responsesWashington, D.C.: 4.31 average; 42 responses
FDCBAS
The ranking
Highest average first
  1. 01New York5.60n=40
  2. 02Chicago4.98n=44
  3. 03Boston4.85n=41
  4. 04San Diego4.67n=39
  5. 05San Francisco4.58n=43
  6. 06Washington, D.C.4.31n=42
  7. 07Los Angeles4.30n=44
  8. 08Philadelphia4.24n=33
  9. 09Seattle4.23n=31
  10. 10Honolulu4.04n=28
  11. 11Denver4.00n=40
  12. 12Minneapolis3.90n=31
  13. 13Austin3.73n=26
  14. 14New Orleans3.64n=36
  15. 15Miami3.59n=39
  16. 16Salt Lake City3.54n=26
  17. 17St. Paul3.40n=25
  18. 18Portland3.33n=27
  19. 19Pittsburgh3.24n=29
  20. 20Vancouver3.22n=23
Where people disagreed most
Widest split first
  1. Vancouver22% agreed · n=23
  2. Nashville28% agreed · n=29
  3. Salem29% agreed · n=21
  4. Des Moines44% agreed · n=25
  5. Honolulu36% agreed · n=28
  6. Miami31% agreed · n=39
  7. Seattle39% agreed · n=31
  8. Phoenix30% agreed · n=40
  9. Minneapolis32% agreed · n=31
  10. Portland30% agreed · n=27