In article .com,
"slas" wrote:

striker wrote:
Europeans, particularly Italians and French, besides living in two of the
most beautiful countries in the world, are known for their good taste when
it comes to quality of life (food, clothes, cars, night life, weather,
women, etc). According to a recent poll these are the impressions of
Europeans about American cities.

5 Best (the least American cities):

Miami
San Diego
NYC
San Francisco
Boston

5 Worst (typical American cities):

Houston
Dallas
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cleveland

Most Overrated (these cities are not necessarily bad, just plain overrated
by Americans who have no standards):

New Orleans
Austin
Los Angeles
Chicago
Las Vegas



Do Americans agree?

I agree. I would add Philadelphia to "worst"-- just for the horrible
food and sickening air quality alone.

Las Vegas is a complete waste of time.

I couldn't disagree more about Philadelphia and Las Vegas. Like anything
else, its a matter of personal taste, but anyone who can't find
enjoyable food in Philadelphia is simply not looking. Philly has some of
the most well respected restaurants in the country such as Le Bec Fin
and Sussanah Foo's. My favorite restaurant in Philly is Ralph's which is
the oldest family owned Italian restaurant in the country. The food
there is fantastic and prices are reasonable.

As for Las Vegas, its definitely a unique city, but to say its a waste
of time is silly. If anything, Las Vegas makes a great base of
operations to explore the national and state parks in that area such as
Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon, as well as Hoover Dam and the Lake
Meade area and the Grand Canyon.