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What city is the best sports city? (City. Not state. U.S.only)

Best in terms of winning across all sports is clearly Boston but Boston, New York, and Chicago are all really similar in terms of fandom for their professional teams from what i've seen...

One thing I will say is moving to Chicago was an eye opener to me in terms of college football. Saturdays were/are an event. Every bar is an Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma bar etc. They have beer representing the states, they play the fight songs, people wear the jerseys, they have the flags, memorabilia etc. And it's not just Big 10 and Big 12 teams, you'll find your bar for most schools you're looking for and you'll have several options for a lot of them. You'll see school flags on people's houses, hanging outside of apartments etc. I never experienced this in New York or Boston.

The best in terms of hardcore fans I would imagine it would be cities like Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland where the sports teams are the lifeblood of the city. I'm not at all surprised storrsroars says Pittsburgh people wear jerseys to funerals and christenings.

Fans who will physically attack you over their teams- Philly.

Cubs vs. White Sox is fun to go to just to people watch, see the cultures clash, and for the fights. The fanbases couldn't be more polar opposites in terms of socioeconomics, how they dress, what they look like etc.

Best sports stadium setup- Detroit

Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings stadiums are all right next to each other downtown.
 
Just a small data point: My wife and I go to Disney World every Fall (football season) for the Food and Wine festival (it’s a little tradition - we have gone every year since we have known each other) and people love to represent their sports teams there. The most shirts, hats, jerseys, etc. I see down there for any team/sport are the Philadelphia Eagles, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers, in that order.

The Bills get an extra credit because they are the team that has by far the most families where everyone in the family walking around - Dad, Mom, the kids, the grandparents, the nanny, etc. are completely decked out in Bills gear. And this occurs any day of the week, not just Sundays, but I do see more on a Sunday.
 
superjohn said:
Best in terms of winning across all sports is clearly Boston but Boston, New York, and Chicago are all really similar in terms of fandom for their professional teams from what i've seen...

One thing I will say is moving to Chicago was an eye opener to me in terms of college football. Saturdays were/are an event. Every bar is an Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma bar etc. They have beer representing the states, they play the fight songs, people wear the jerseys, they have the flags, memorabilia etc. And it's not just Big 10 and Big 12 teams, you'll find your bar for most schools you're looking for and you'll have several options for a lot of them. You'll see school flags on people's houses, hanging outside of apartments etc. I never experienced this in New York or Boston.

The best in terms of hardcore fans I would imagine it would be cities like Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland where the sports teams are the lifeblood of the city. I'm not at all surprised storrsroars says Pittsburgh people wear jerseys to funerals and christenings.

Fans who will physically attack you over their teams- Philly.

Cubs vs. White Sox is fun to go to just to people watch, see the cultures clash, and for the fights. The fanbases couldn't be more polar opposites in terms of socioeconomics, how they dress, what they look like etc.

Best sports stadium setup- Detroit

Lions, Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings stadiums are all right next to each other downtown.
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There is a phenomenon amongst cubs fans that i cant chalk up to coincidence. Compared to NY and Red Sox fans: i can see a person with a yankees hat or a Boston hat and if I start talking baseball there is a chance that they aren't really up on the team, or are casual fans, or they are from the area. But with Cubs fans, if i see a cubs shirt, hat, flag, whatever- i can always launch into a specific baseball conversation and I'll always be knowledgeably engaged. This is also true for many small-mid market teams, but for a huge market, cubs fans seem unique in that regard
 
1. Boston
2. New York
3. Chicago
4. Philly
 
I think some of the discussion of Boston is skewed by the recent success of the various franchises. Any city would be perceived to have a rabid fan base if all of their teams are winning. That said, it has been a great time to be a sports fan living in the Boston area although the Pats/Bruins/Red Sox and now with the Tatum injury, possibly the Celtics, are all stuck in mediocrity. Look at the Red Sox as their attendance in recent years is down ~10% as the team has underperformed.
 
Probably Boston overall but every star NBA player in history has mentioned how they made sure to shine when they played at the Mecca of basketball, MSG. Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, etc…
 
New York and Los Angeles are both carrying twice the pro teams as any other city, so the debate is between those two and not your podunk little second cities.
 
Fishy said:
New York and Los Angeles are both carrying twice the pro teams as any other city, so the debate is between those two and not your podunk little second cities.
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Your facts are correct but why does that make them the "best" sports city? Please explain. If "best" just means most number of pro sports teams then this really isn't a discussion.

Your argument is like that pizza article that ranked best states for pizza and New Hampshire was #1 because it had the most pizza restaurants per capita. I think we all agreed that was a dumb definition of "best".
 
Boston, 41 championships

Storrs, 26 national titles
 
I just type "What city is the best sports city in USA?" in Chrome,
And it gives me answer: Las Angeles

LA Sport City.jpg
 
HooperScooper said:
Your facts are correct but why does that make them the "best" sports city? Please explain. If "best" just means most number of pro sports teams then this really isn't a discussion.

Your argument is like that pizza article that ranked best states for pizza and New Hampshire was #1 because it had the most pizza restaurants per capita. I think we all agreed that was a dumb definition of "best".
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This is not hard, Simple Jack.

The answer is not Boston, so take your second city little man syndrome and walk off. Go have another Miller Lite or Dunkacchino or whatever your kind needs to self-soothe and let the LA and NY fans sort this out.
 
Fishy said:
This is not hard, Simple Jack.

The answer is not Boston, so take your second city little man syndrome and walk off. Go have another Miller Lite or Dunkacchino or whatever your kind needs to self-soothe and let the LA and NY fans sort this out.
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Lol. Remind me how many championships all those NY teams have won this century. NY should be called the sports city "Doing Less with More".
 
Deepster said:
You want to provoke a Boston sports fan?

Just casually mention DeflateGate or the fact the titles with David Ortiz don’t count because he was on roids.

They have the self control of a toddler.
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Aren’t you a Mets and Jets fan? I don’t know how anyone could go through life like that. At least you have UConn though.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Bizarre take. I lived in the Bay Area, most of the people don't follow sports at all. Giants games were empty unless they played the Dodgers before the new park. Niners were popular enough, but much of the population, heavily immigrant based, didn't even know anything about American football. The Warriors? Back in the 90s nobody even remembered they were there. Never heard anything about them in the paper or sports talk radio. The Sharks were new so were fairly popular.

Boston and NY most people know/follows every team. LA is miles ahead of the Bay Area.
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I agree with Husky Hawk. I have lived in Oakland for the last 25 years and most people don’t give a crap about sports. We lost all three of our professional sports teams, because no one cares, and no one wants to give them a dime to help them stay. The one exception is everyone goes bonkers about the warriors when they win. The bandwagon gets absolutely crazy. However as soon as they start losing, meh no one cares. I love the Oakland A’s and routinely there would be less than 5000 people at games. Just a completely empty arena. Far more people in Bay Area have the attitude pro sports teams are evil entities that are stealing money from cities than there are people who like sports. But I will say the couple thousand As fans who still went to games were some of the greatest fans and great people to hang out with at a game.
 
Scottobot said:
I agree with Husky Hawk. I have lived in Oakland for the last 25 years and most people don’t give a crap about sports. We lost all three of our professional sports teams, because no one cares, and no one wants to give them a dime to help them stay. The one exception is everyone goes bonkers about the warriors when they win. The bandwagon gets absolutely crazy. However as soon as they start losing, meh no one cares. I love the Oakland A’s and routinely there would be less than 5000 people at games. Just a completely empty arena. Far more people in Bay Area have the attitude pro sports teams are evil entities that are stealing money from cities than there are people who like sports. But I will say the couple thousand As fans who still went to games were some of the greatest fans and great people to hang out with at a game.
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And does the Bay Area really support college athletics to any great degree?
 
HooperScooper said:
Aren’t you a Mets and Jets fan? I don’t know how anyone could go through life like that. At least you have UConn though.
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Come at me with something I haven’t heard, junior. Zzzzzz.
 
Cleveland is a great sports city in terms of seriousness and intensity. Not much winning.

I think Boston, Chicago and Philly check off most boxes, as does Pittsburgh a bit.

My city, Buffalo, could compete for NFL cities, but not overall sports cities.

The fans here are a bit dopey sometimes with their actual knowledge, but football they're not bad. Passion is unquestionably elite. Passion is there for every sport too, I would love if we got an NBA or MLB team. When Marlins and Rockies came in, Buffalo was a finalist.

Even when Oats and Bobby Hurley had UB humming, Buffalo was into basketball.
 
Scottobot said:
I agree with Husky Hawk. I have lived in Oakland for the last 25 years and most people don’t give a crap about sports. We lost all three of our professional sports teams, because no one cares, and no one wants to give them a dime to help them stay. The one exception is everyone goes bonkers about the warriors when they win. The bandwagon gets absolutely crazy. However as soon as they start losing, meh no one cares. I love the Oakland A’s and routinely there would be less than 5000 people at games. Just a completely empty arena. Far more people in Bay Area have the attitude pro sports teams are evil entities that are stealing money from cities than there are people who like sports. But I will say the couple thousand As fans who still went to games were some of the greatest fans and great people to hang out with at a game.
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Where do you live in Oakland? I had dinner on Piedmont last week.

My experience is that sports fans up there - at least people with roots in Oakland - loved the As but hated John Fisher.
 
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