Most boring cities in the US
Vacations are supposed to be fun, but if by any chance you pick one of these 10 cities to visit, you’ll find yourself with very little to do and a lot of time to kill.
Using media reports from several sources, Forbes Magazine picked the top 10 more boring cities in the US. The cities were picked because of lack of news from those cities. In other words, nothing happen that was newsworthy in any of these towns.
I am not sure if this type of evaluation is valid, but at least it is fun to read.
Here there are
#1 Chula Vista, Calif.
Population: 217,478
The midway point between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, rarely makes national news, but when it does, it’s often in stories about the region’s border tensions. How many people even knew Chula Vista was one of the country’s 100 largest cities?
#2 Hialeah, Fla.
Population: 212,217
Hialeah, in the Miami metropolitan area, barely exists as an independent city in the eyes of the national media. Many stories featuring an appearance of Hialeah discussed the impact of the city’s Cuban-American population on the presidential election in Florida
#3 Mesa, Ariz.
Population: 452,933
Considering it’s the 38th largest city in the country, Mesa doesn’t appear often in the national media. Many of the residents are oriented toward Phoenix which, as a key hub of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, appeared in stories far more often this year. When Mesa was featured, it was usually in stories about the housing bubble that hit the Southwest.
# 4 North Las Vegas, Nev.
Population: 212,114
The lights of the Las Vegas Strip badly outshine the rest of the region. While the Strip is actually located in Paradise, Nev., to the south of Las Vegas proper, it appears few reporters have ever ventured north of Las Vegas. North Las Vegas’ existence barely registers in the national media, though the city has a population equivalent to Reno’s.
#5 Chandler, Ariz.
Population: 246,399
Chandler is one of a half-dozen small- to mid-sized cities nearly forgotten in the Phoenix sprawl. Arizona’s Maricopa County has twice the population of Manhattan, but the differences among its communities are virtually unknown to a national audience.
# 6 Santa Ana, Calif.
Population: 339,555
The city of Santa Ana was outdone by the infamous Santa Ana Winds that help fuel California’s wildfires. The city itself is ignored in favor of its larger neighbor, Los Angeles.
#7 Bakersfield, Calif.
Population: 315,837
Bakersfield is one of a number of inland California cities that owe what little media scrutiny they received to the region’s devastating housing bubble. Others on the list include Stockton, Fresno and Modesto
#8 Aurora, Colo.
Population: 311,794
In Colorado, only Denver and Colorado Springs are larger than Aurora–but because Aurora is tucked away in Denver’s southeast pocket, it is rarely mentioned as a separate entity.
#9 Gilbert, Ariz.
Population: 207,550
Another town forgotten in the Phoenix sprawl. Gilbert has grown rapidly in recent years, almost doubling since 2000, when the population was only 116,000. Even the government hasn’t quite caught up yet–Gilbert is still incorporated as a town rather than a city.
#10 Henderson, Nev.
Population: 249,386
If you’re a city in Nevada and not known for your casinos, it’s hard to get much notice. Henderson did make it into a number of campaign stories as Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain criss-crossed the state.
