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

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

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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".
 
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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?
 
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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.
 
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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Just to add to my previous comment, the people who are sports fans here are really into it. Raiders and A’s fans are pretty die hard, but there are people from all over the world and all over the country here. A lot of people here came from somewhere else. People from other countries are not always into American sports.
 
Tough to beat Chicago. Nothing better than a Saturday day game in the bleachers of Wrigley. When they are good the city goes nuts. When they are bad it's still the place to be. As bad as the Sox are, they've still won some ships, and the food is titz. Bulls, yeah post MJ... people still show. Blackhawks had a hell of a run in the 2010's.. Still arguably the toughest ticket, people show. DA Bears Stink - but godamitt the city still rides them. Chicago might not have even above average teams overall right now but everyone cares and i'll be damned if you come from out of town in the summer and act like you don't want to hit up Wrigley
 
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I think the best sports cities have at least 4 teams that matter locally and lots of fans who follow multiple sports. They have a storied history or unique sports culture and teams with a strong identity/brand. Bonus points if college athletics are also a big deal.

1. Boston: championships and legendary history; also loyal fans who've lived through title droughts
2. Philadelphia: fans have a well-earned reputation as fanatical and hostile
(I consider it in Boston & Philly's favor that they have only 1 pro team per sport and are smaller cities. Fan bases in NYC and LA are divided and more spread out across their metro areas)
3. NYC: historic venues, sports celebrities, iconic moments, a tough mass media market to play in
4. Chicago: passionate fan bases, lots of history

Honorable mention to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and Seattle.

LA would make the list but I'm annoyed by all the fake celebrity and fair weather fans who show up late and leave early. Also the number of orgs that have left or relocated there.
 
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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I know, imagine being a Mets, Jets, Nets and St John's fan?

You can throw in the Knicks and the Rangers too

The Islanders and the Yanks keep the city relevant

Should we count before the war titles?
 
LA is the best answer, but it’s really between NYC and LA.

San Francisco would be on the next tier with Philadelphia. Miami, Boston, and the rest of the middling cities are well below the Top 4.
 
UConnTrumbull said:
If we go by titles across all sport it’s Boston.

For best live experience it’s hard to beat NY when the Knicks, Yankees/Mets, Rangers, Giants/Jets are good.

Yes, I may be northeast biased.
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As a fellow NY fan, its diluted somewhat with all the duplicate sports team. Sure the city is big enough for both, but imagine if there were only the Yankees, Knicks, Rangers and Giants and how fanatical the fan base would be.

Mets, Nets, Islanders and Jets coexistence splits city loyalties but do offer alternatives during droughts and bad times.

I'm sure there are fans who like the whole NYC lineup of teams.
 
willie99 said:
I know, imagine being a Mets, Jets, Nets and St John's fan?

You can throw in the Knicks and the Rangers too

The Islanders and the Yanks keep the city relevant

Should we count before the war titles?
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Islanders? You know Mike Bossy doesn't play for them anymore, right?

I also think Giants fans may have an issue with your post.
 
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Deepster said:
Islanders? You know Mike Bossy doesn't play for them anymore, right?

I also think Giants fans may have an issue with your post.
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Let them make the playoffs first :)

Hey, some people think UCLA is a "blueblood", so there's that



PS: I was thinking about titles in the post segregation era
 
LA loses football teams on a regular basis

The Charges play a road game every week. The Rams play road games 75% of the time

The Dodgers and Lakers are legit, although the Dodgers crowd shows up for their sushi in the 6th inning

I do still love Vin Scully
 
Underrated despite rubbish team performances, Detroit. One of very few cities with all 4 major sports playing within city. Zero Super Bowls ever nor NFL championships nearly in forever. Last hoops title a few decades ago. No World Series wins in over 4 decades. No Stanley Cup wins in Hockey Town since early 2000s. Weird enough for band wagoners in many cities, Detroit sports fans surprisingly remain loyal.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
Underrated despite rubbish team performances, Detroit. One of very few cities with all 4 major sports playing within city. Zero Super Bowls ever nor NFL championships nearly in forever. Last hoops title a few decades ago. No World Series wins in over 4 decades. No Stanley Cup wins in Hockey Town since early 2000s. Weird enough for band wagoners in many cities, Detroit sports fans surprisingly remain loyal.
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Final 4 is in Indy this upcoming season and then it's in Detroit.

Detroit has the best sports complex with all 4 stadiums right next to each other in the city.
 
superjohn said:
Final 4 is in Indy this upcoming season and then it's in Detroit.

Detroit has the best sports complex with all 4 stadiums right next to each other in the city.
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If you've been there, you understand they have NOTHING else going.
 
willie99 said:
LA loses football teams on a regular basis

The Charges play a road game every week. The Rams play road games 75% of the time

The Dodgers and Lakers are legit, although the Dodgers crowd shows up for their sushi in the 6th inning

I do still love Vin Scully
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Even though I said LA as my answer, I remember going to a Dodger/Giants game at Dodger stadium where the division title was on the line late in the season. It was a 1 run game and it was the season where Bonds was poised to break McGuire record. The place was packed. Until they pulled Bonds in the 7th because they weren't pitching to him and the place cleared out. It was a very meaningful game. That left a sour taste in my mouth. (But that may have been the Michelada)
 
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