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Definitive list of 1st tier, 2nd tier, and 3rd tier American cities
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:23 PM Author: excitant theater stage Create your list.
1st tier: Up to 3 cities 2nd tier: Up to 5 cities 3rd tier: Up to 10 cities
Everything else = ARE COUNTRY |
Date: February 18th, 2018 10:27 PM Author: Trip Public Bath 1st: NYC, LA, SF 2nd: Chicago, Atlanta, DC, Seattle, Boston 3rd: Philadelphia, Denver, Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, San Diego, Nashville, Phoenix, Portland |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:50 PM Author: contagious heaven not bad but no way does new orleans make this list, nashville also a stretch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434296) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:57 PM Author: excitant theater stage I think Nashville is arguably more important/prominent than Miami. Definitely more important than Phoenix even if it's smaller population wise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434331) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:03 PM Author: spectacular blood rage Nashville is culturally notable and booming but it's still not that big of a city (36th-largest MSA) which I think should dock some points. For comparison, Miami is 3x as big and is one of the 10 largest MSAs in the U.S.
New Orleans is even smaller (46th largest) and is poor, so it definitely doesn't belong. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:04 PM Author: irradiated magical cruise ship halford yeah but in miami if you don't speak brownlanguage you are fucked, that makes it a third world country and thus are country (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434365) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:03 PM Author: contagious heaven tbf i think miami is a stretch too but we have to reach at tier 3 anyways if we're putting this many cities in it
don't see nashville ahead of phoenix, as much of a shithole as phoenix is
think austin and vegas are both pretty clearly ahead of new orleans and nashville. could also make an argument for kansas city and minneapolis on this list. |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 7:39 AM Author: excitant theater stage The Phoenix MSA is much larger than the Nashville MSA but it's full of methed out proles and retirees who are baking in the sun until they die. Nashville has two real industries: healthcare (HCA and CHS are both headquartered there and Vandy Hospital is legit) and music. I can't think of any industries in Phoenix. It also has more universities (Phoenix is just basically TTT ASU) and a pretty booming growth in companies moving there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435619) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 7:45 AM Author: contagious heaven and pittsburgh has tech, insurance, and steel (at least what's left of it) but the fact that it has a few real industries (and more people than nashville btw) doesn't make it one of the 18 most important cities in the US
other than the music thing (which isn't really a real "industry" it's just part of the city's culture) nobody would know about the healthcare thing except someone with personal experience with nashville. i can't name phoenix's big industries off the top of my head but nobody outside of nashville can name them for nashville either. |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:26 PM Author: green lay lol i would argue memphis has more going for it
got St. Judes and FedEx
a port |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:04 PM Author: irradiated magical cruise ship halford nashville is, what, one of the two most important music scenes in the country? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434363) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:35 PM Author: spectacular blood rage First tier: NYC, Bay Area, D.C.
Second tier: LA, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, Dallas
Third tier: Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Philadelphia, Miami, Phoenix, San Diego, Twin Cities, Detroit, Denver
Seems a bit overly strict, tbh. Feels weird putting D.C. first but its importance and size have both surged so dramatically I don't think anything less can be justified. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:41 PM Author: excitant theater stage I think your list is CR. Interestingly, I think 20 years ago LA and the Bay Area would be swapped. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434241) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:38 AM Author: Purple fortuitous meteor Cr second sentence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435374) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:39 AM Author: Bat Shit Crazy Fear-inspiring Forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435378) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:43 PM Author: Pontificating Office How did Seattle, home to 2 of the world's biggest tech firms, not even make tier 3?
And LJL@not putting Chicago in Tier 1. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:44 PM Author: spectacular blood rage I literally have Seattle in tier 2 brother. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434251) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:45 PM Author: excitant theater stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434256) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:46 PM Author: Pontificating Office Nice edit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434263) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:46 PM Author: spectacular blood rage lmao jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434264) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:44 PM Author: dull misanthropic dilemma lol JJC your autism never ceases to amaze (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434254) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 9:51 AM Author: offensive swollen toaster flip Dallas & Houston. and lmao @ the home cooking in the third tier here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435886) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:41 PM Author: slippery french brunch 1st tier: nyc, chi, la
2nd tier: sf, dc, phi, bos, mia
3rd tier: sd, atl, orl, hou, dal, nville, phoe, sea |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 12:28 PM Author: Rusted house i didn't know you and Ice were the same person (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35436936) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:24 PM Author: green lay lol philadelphia and miami are minority filled shitholes
definitely think dallas should be 2nd maybe phoenix
both bigger than you would think |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:42 PM Author: Pontificating Office Tier 1: NYC, Chicago Tier 2: LA, SF, Seattle Tier 3: DC, Boston, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Austin |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:45 PM Author: dull misanthropic dilemma http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2874473&mc=30&forum_id=2 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434261) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:46 PM Author: contagious heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434272) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:46 PM Author: appetizing coral corner dysfunction 1: Las Vegas
2: NYC, Chicago, LA, SF, Houston
3: Seattle, Philly, DC, etc |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:53 PM Author: Embarrassed to the bone crawly kitchen Why SF over LA? There's more to this country than tech. SF is the HQ of what currently happens to be our hottest industry (and also a nice place to visit). That's it.
I don't like LA, but it's way more culturally important than SF. And much larger too. |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:59 PM Author: spectacular blood rage The Bay Area has a per capita GDP around 2x that of LA. That counts for a lot. It's the hub attracting the top talent for the top industries (and other industries, like finance, are heading to the Bay Area in tech's wake). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434341) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:53 PM Author: Lemon Talented Brethren Crotch 1. orange county, los angeles, sacramento
2. san diego, inland empire, san bernandino,
3. bay area, stockton, |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 10:54 PM Author: spectacular blood rage Fitting moniker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434315) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 11:18 AM Author: Adventurous Lilac Dopamine Love Of Her Life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35436496) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:03 PM Author: irradiated magical cruise ship halford 1st tier: Up to 3 cities NY, Shitcago, LA
2nd tier: Up to 5 cities SF, Houston, Dallas, Austin, DC
3rd tier: Miami, Denver, Boston, Nashville, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, Portland, Seattle, San Antonio (if there were a 4th tier before are country, i would demote SA and probably put SLC in 3rd tier) |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:41 PM Author: Duck-like range 1. NY, LA 2. Chicago, SF, Boston, DC 3. Seattle, Miami, Dallas, ATL |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:52 PM Author: glittery mad cow disease place of business 1. NYC, LA 2. Toronto, SF, DC, Chicago 3. Miami, Houston, Boston, Montreal, Vancouver, Seattle, Dallas, Phoenix |
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Date: February 18th, 2018 11:53 PM Author: Duck-like range (Ted Cruz) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35434621) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 1:49 AM Author: pale step-uncle's house boltzmann ITT: third worlders rate their third world cities (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435206) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 1:51 AM Author: bateful amethyst son of senegal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435216) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:04 AM Author: spectacular blood rage What's the point of rating South Korean cities? Whatever tier they're in, you wouldn't perform military service for the sake of defending them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435275) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:04 AM Author: dull misanthropic dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435276) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:10 AM Author: bateful amethyst son of senegal He's a reservist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435295) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:13 AM Author: pale step-uncle's house boltzmann Seoul literally puts any American city to shame. It's just sad how shitty American cities are. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435304) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:14 AM Author: spectacular blood rage Such a 180 city and you won't even defend it from North Korea? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435307) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:15 AM Author: pale step-uncle's house boltzmann If the government presses me into active duty, do you really think I'd go to jail instead of serving? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435312) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:26 AM Author: spectacular blood rage Tbh I suspect you'd just flee the country. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435340) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:39 AM Author: pale step-uncle's house boltzmann Nah. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435377) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 7:31 AM Author: Coiffed Exhilarant Bbw He'd be a comfort "woman" for the invading army (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435609) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 7:40 AM Author: contagious heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435620) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 9:52 AM Author: offensive swollen toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435890) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:15 AM Author: drunken windowlicker trailer park Lmao at this clitdick incel trying to step to another poster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435490) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 2:03 AM Author: unhinged becky sweet tailpipe nyc, la, dc
chicago, sf, boston, miami, seattle
who cares |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:19 AM Author: chocolate electric piazza tier 1: NYC/LA/SF
tier 2: Chicago/DC/Seattle/ATL/BOS
tier 3: MPLS, POR, SD, PHX, DEN, DAL, HOU, MIA, RDU, AUS |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:21 AM Author: Odious pit Cleveland being criminally underrated ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435502) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:40 AM Author: Slate codepig Dallas being absurdly overrated. Houston has been the central hub of the most important industry on the planet that has drastically altered the global economy and geopolitics for 30+ years. I get why people might want to live in Dallas over Houston, but Houston is clearly more important and relevant to more people in the U.S. and globally, i.e. less provincial and therefore farther away from are country. Houston is Tier 2, and it's the best candidate for #4 overall. Dallas is barely clinging to Tier 3 and at risk of being bumped by Austin, since it's been in a steady decline of economic and cultural relevance for 35 years and Austin's on the opposite trend line, though it's arguably leveling off/cresting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435521) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:29 AM Author: Dun 180 Coldplay Fan DFW is a mega-region of over 7 million people now. this isn't the 80's, when houston and DFW were tied - houston has fallen behind a bit. it is smaller and it floods all the time. austin is an afterthought compared to either of then. it's basically just texas's portland, with somewhat more mexicans. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435534) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 5:47 AM Author: Slate codepig It’s 500k more people than Houston metro, all of whom live 90+ minutes from downtown Dallas and work at places like Frito Lay or 7Eleven HQ. And that’s based on drawing a metro line around DFW that, if it was geographically consistent, would give Houston like half the gulf coast and all the towns on the 10 as far west as la grange. Meanwhile Houston has re-leveled the global economic foundation for the first time since the formation of OPEC. I get that the Doritos tacos at Taco Bell were a big hit, but not quite the same weight class. Dallas is the rust belt of Texas. A fading former capital that mostly represents a Texas identity people remember from last century. The fact that it manages to brain drain true Texas are country effectively via its super-exburbs to doesn’t make it a more important city at all. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435542) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:18 AM Author: Know-it-all Disgusting Casino "All the towns on the 10 as far west as la grange"
So what, like, Sealy? Columbus? am I missing any others? I don't think that's a huge number of people brother |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:49 AM Author: Cheese-eating Exciting Temple 1: NY SF LA (easy)
2: BOS DC CHI HOU DAL (have never been to ATL so that may be up there instead of DAL)
3: ATL MIA SEA SD SJ (if not part of SF) LV DEN PHI PHX POR |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 8:46 AM Author: chrome vivacious rigor internal respiration lol @ boston over philly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435702) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 8:45 AM Author: chrome vivacious rigor internal respiration 1st Tier: Princeton, Morristown, Hoboken 2nd Tier: New Brunswick, Newark, Atlantic City, Asbury Park, Jersey City 3rd Tier: Belmar, Camden, Flemington, Weehawken, Seaside Heights, Point Pleasant, Union City, Dover, Trenton, Cape May |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:19 PM Author: chrome vivacious rigor internal respiration cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441479) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:26 PM Author: Obsidian Cuck Tattoo Bayonne? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441549) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:27 PM Author: chrome vivacious rigor internal respiration more like BayNOnne! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441561) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 9:54 AM Author: offensive swollen toaster Pittsburgh is being terribly underrated here. I think xo is overrating the sun belt and underrating the rust belt. In terms of growing/shrinking it makes sense but there's still a lot of money, culture, and history in those cities that somewhere like Phoenix (lmao) will never reach (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435901) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 9:57 AM Author: dull misanthropic dilemma Pittsburgh is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35435925) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 11:38 AM Author: marvelous copper national security agency pocket flask 1st Tier: Austin, Dallas, Houston 2nd Tier: San Antonio, Fort Worth, El Paso, Midland, Lake Travis/Lakeway/Westlake 3rd Tier: Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Waco, Plano, Sugarland, Beaumont, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Laredo |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 12:22 PM Author: excitant theater stage Egregious El Paso trolling. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35436908) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 12:31 PM Author: Floppy avocado knife there should be a fifth tier, and that is where lubbock should be. i lived there for a bit - worst two years of my life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35436950) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 6:06 PM Author: offensive swollen toaster Beaumont is the worst city in America. I would rather live in Tyler, or Odessa. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35439287) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:25 PM Author: green lay lol maybe Port Arthur is worst
and yeah Tyler would be better. although they both have severe nigger infestation issues |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:19 PM Author: Wonderful Personal Credit Line 1st: NYC, SF, LA 2nd: Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, Miami, Seattle 3rd: San Diego, San Jose, Philadelphia, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Charlotte, Denver, Orlando, Las Vegas |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:30 PM Author: Trip Public Bath Atlanta?? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441584) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:36 PM Author: Wonderful Personal Credit Line lol cmon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441634) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:25 PM Author: Brass center 1. Denver or Honolulu 2. Anchorage 3. Killself |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:28 PM Author: Cyan passionate set Why is LA 1st tier? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441572) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 12:27 AM Author: Dun 180 Coldplay Fan it's really fucking big. the urban area has 16 million people. just by sheer size and wealth, it has an impact. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35442472) |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:38 PM Author: stirring nursing home 1st tier: THERE ARE NONE!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3897143&forum_id=2#35441652) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 12:47 AM Author: filthy cocky mexican your tier structures are incorrect. tier 1: NY, SF, LA, DC tier 2: houston, chicago, bos, atl, seattle, miami tier 3: vegas, SD, PDX, DFW, denver, philly Tier 4: nawlins, milwaukee, CLE, CIN, STL, pittsburgh, charlotte, etc. |