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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: Zombie-like zippy mexican 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: Vigorous Primrose Personal Credit Line 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: Galvanic Pontificating Codepig 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: Zombie-like zippy mexican 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: bateful spruce stead 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: flesh halford friendly grandma 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: Galvanic Pontificating Codepig 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: Zombie-like zippy mexican 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: Galvanic Pontificating Codepig 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: swollen nofapping gas station 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: flesh halford friendly grandma 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: bateful spruce stead 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: Zombie-like zippy mexican 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: greedy newt 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: Ebony bearded school genital piercing (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: Talented Fantasy-prone Volcanic Crater Den 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: bateful spruce stead 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: Zombie-like zippy mexican (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: Talented Fantasy-prone Volcanic Crater Den 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: bateful spruce stead 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: Curious puce hospital 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: bearded temple 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: anal jade forum community account 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: Cobalt skinny woman 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: swollen nofapping gas station 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: Talented Fantasy-prone Volcanic Crater Den 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: Curious puce hospital 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: Galvanic Pontificating Codepig (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: boyish philosopher-king queen of the night 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: vivacious step-uncle's house mother 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: bateful spruce stead 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: high-end salmon crackhouse circlehead 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: bateful spruce stead 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: histrionic dilemma hominid (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: flesh halford friendly grandma 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: Cerise Senate Tank 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: Snowy native 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: Cerise Senate Tank (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: White coiffed field 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: Plum balding hell nibblets (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: bateful spruce stead 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: Curious puce hospital (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: Plum balding hell nibblets 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: White coiffed field 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: bateful spruce stead 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: White coiffed field 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: bateful spruce stead 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: White coiffed field 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: Mewling ultramarine trailer park roommate 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: Galvanic Pontificating Codepig (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: bearded temple (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: ruddy laughsome set organic girlfriend 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: Appetizing Institution Selfie nyc, la, dc
chicago, sf, boston, miami, seattle
who cares |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 4:19 AM Author: underhanded swashbuckling masturbator 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: Twinkling hairraiser coffee pot 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: aquamarine disturbing pocket flask 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: Mint Parlour 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: aquamarine disturbing pocket flask 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: Fuchsia public bath "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: Sooty titillating giraffe kitchen 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: Stirring Startling Ceo 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: Stirring Startling Ceo 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: Stirring Startling Ceo 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: glassy costumed range athletic conference 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: Stirring Startling Ceo 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: bearded temple 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: Curious puce hospital 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: citrine theater stage 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: Zombie-like zippy mexican 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 coldplay fan preventive strike 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: bearded temple 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: swollen nofapping gas station 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: khaki state turdskin 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: Vigorous Primrose Personal Credit Line 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: khaki state turdskin 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: canary national 1. Denver or Honolulu 2. Anchorage 3. Killself |
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Date: February 19th, 2018 10:28 PM Author: Slap-happy motley point round eye 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: Mint Parlour 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: contagious chestnut box office headpube 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: well-lubricated wonderful useless brakes library 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. |