What Are America’s Least Favorite Cities? Portland turned out to be the big winner in the latest TripAdvisor survey of its website users. In its American city survey of more than 3,400 U.S. respondents registered their opinions on the best and worst of major U.S. cities. Travelers named Portland the most underrated U.S. city, as well as the cleanest U.S. city. Detroit, however, was not well received by travelers, as it was considered the least favorite, least healthy, and dirtiest U.S. city. And, it’s clear that travelers have a love/hate relationship with New York: it was rated “Most Friendly” city, and “Least Friendly” City within the same survey. A snapshot of TripAdvisor findings follows:
Favorite City
1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Chicago, Boston (tie)
Least Favorite City
1. Detroit
2. Los Angeles
3. Atlanta
Most Underrated City
Portland
Most Overrated City
Las Vegas
Most Economical City
Las Vegas
Most Expensive City
New York City
Sexiest City
Miami
Most Boring City
Cleveland
Cleanest City
Portland
Dirtiest City
Detroit
Healthiest City
Seattle
Least Healthy City
Detroit
Friendliest and Most Helpful City
New York City
Least Friendly and Helpful City
New York City
Best Free Attractions
Washington D.C.
Most Romantic City
Honolulu
Nicest Sounding Accent
Atlanta
Most Annoying Accent
Boston
1 Comment
July 1, 2009 at 12:05 am
Apparently you need to have an ocean near you to be awesome.
Jake, I’d like to see the geographies represented by this survey. Seems like typical coastal bullshit to me. Come to Minneapolis. You’ll freak out. It’s 116.5% cleaner than Portland.