2025, Top 10 cities in your state?

[murksiderock]

And has the hierarchy changed any within the last decade?

Note, Top 10 obviously, doesn't necessarily mean ten biggest cities, though it could correlate with that. It's just the 10 most relevant cities in your state, however you define relevance...

I'll start:

North Carolina
1. Charlotte
2. Raleigh
3. Greensboro
4. Durham
5. Winston-Salem
6. Asheville
7. Wilmington
8. Fayetteville
9. Greenville
10. Cary or Concord

If I was doing it as a pyramid rather than sequentially:

Charlotte, Raleigh
Greensboro
Durham, Winston
Asheville, Wilmington
Fayetteville, Greenville
Cary, Concord

California
1. Los Angeles
2. San Francisco
3. San Diego
4. San Jose
5. Sacramento
6. Oakland
7. Fresno
8. Bakersfield
9. Anaheim
10. Riverside

Pyramid:

Los Angeles, San Francisco
San Diego
San Jose, Sacramento, Oakland
Fresno, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Riverside

 

[murksiderock]

In NC, I don't think the hierarchy has changed much, if at all. Same 10 (or 11) cities...

In California, I think Sacramento surpassed Oakland in the mid-to-late 2010s, as it's quality of life is just so much better (safety, schools, cost of living, etc). San Jose passed Oakland as well, I think the biggest shift of the last decade is Oakland's decline more than anything...

I'd also say that Bakersfield and Riverside rising as cities of note has been noticeable....

 

[daemonova]

Georgia doesn't have ten good cities in it

Atlanta
Savannah
Macon
Columbus
Athens
Augusta
Sandy springs
Roswell
South Fulton
Brookhaven

 

[Canada Goose]

New York

1)NYC

2)Buffalo

3)Albany

4)Rochester

5)Niagara Falls


Florida

1)Miami

2)Tampa

3)Orlando

4)Fort Lauderdale

5)Jacksonville


Nethier NY nor FL has 10 cities worth mentioning IMO.

 

[Neuromancer]

New York

1)NYC

2)Buffalo

3)Albany

4)Rochester

5)Niagara Falls


Florida

1)Miami

2)Tampa

3)Orlando

4)Fort Lauderdale

5)Jacksonville


Nethier NY nor FL has 10 cities worth mentioning IMO.

NYC is a city made of cities. Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island. So those should go up there. Our city is greatest city in the world don't ever sell it short.

 

[Doomsday]

San Francisco trash. Most overrated city on Planet Earth.

 

[WaveMolecules]

NYC is a city made of cities. Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island. So those should go up there. Our city is greatest city in the world don't ever sell it short.

im biased but i really think NYC is the GOAT city.

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Huntsville
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Shelby county
Baldwin county
Kay Ivey Correctional Facility

 

[Sire366]

Stating to relevance for me, is what cities are essential to the economy, tourism, and impact people’s life. So I’d go:

1. Philly
2. Pittsburgh
3. Harrisburg
4. Bethlehem
5. Scranton
6. State college
7. Lancaster
8. Erie
9. Allentown
10. Monroeville

 

[King Poetic]

For me

1. San Diego
2. Los Angeles
3. San Francisco
4. San Jose
5. Long Beach
6. Oakland
7. Sac town
8. Anaheim
9. Fresno
10. Bakersfield

 

[Neuromancer]

im biased but i really think NYC is the GOAT city.

I know people who have lived all over and say the same thing.

 

[The Pledge]

Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville

There aren’t any other cities here

If there are I never heard of em

 

[Hater Eraser]

San Francisco trash. Most overrated city on Planet Earth

 

[DonB90]

Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville

There aren’t any other cities here

If there are I never heard of em

That's why non Floridians shouldn't speak on Flawda


1.Ft Lauderdale
2.Tampa
3.Miami
4.Orlando
5.Key West
6.Tallahasse
7.Jacksonville
8.Daytona Beach
9.Panama City
10. Destin

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

I wish we had new state boundaries because New Orleans should be my my state capitol, I have more in common with people from the gulf coast than people from the foothills of Appalachia (Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta)