Favorite Southern Metros

[JA]

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The top 5 metros will proceed to the national semi-finals, so be sure to choose the metropolitan areas (major city(s), urban core, suburbs, and exurbs) that are your favorites. The criteria that define "favorites" are whatever factors you believe are most important in a metro, such as quality of life, skyline, architecture, local culture, climate, and so on. You have just 3 days to vote!

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[Goldwater]

Lots of good ones here too. I went with DFW, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville,and Raleigh.

[heatcharger]

1. DC
2. Raleigh
3. Austin
4. Charlotte
5. Atlanta

I had trouble picking between Charlotte, Atlanta, Nashville, and Dallas.

[Mr. Smith]

1. Charlotte
2. Baltimore
3. Raleigh
4. Nashville
5. Richmond

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Nashville, Birmingham, Greenville, Raleigh, Dallas

[RINO Tom]

1. Nashville
2. Memphis
3. New Orleans
4. Austin
5. Dallas

[Donerail]

1. Nashville
2. Tampa
3. Baltimore
4. Richmond
5. Louisville

[JGibson]

1. (write-in) Paducah, KY
2. Houston/Sugar Land/The Woodlands, TX
3. Washington DC/Fairfax/Arlington, DC-VA-MD
4. Nashville-Davidson/Murfreesboro/Franklin, TN
5. Atlanta/Sandy Springs/Roswell, GA

[JA]

Final Results...

1.   Austin-Round Rock, TX = 10 (9.9%)
1.   Nashville-Davidson_Murfreesboro_Franklin, TN = 10 (9.9%)
1.   Raleigh, NC = 10 (9.9%)
4.   Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV = 8 (7.9%)
5.   Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD = 7 (6.9%)
6.   Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL = 6 (5.9%)
6.   Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA = 6 (5.9%)
6.   Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC = 6 (5.9%)
9.   Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX = 5 (5%)
9.   Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL = 5 (5%)
9.   San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX = 5 (5%)
9.   New Orleans-Metairie, LA = 5 (5%)
13.   Louisville, KY-IN = 4 (4%)
13.   Richmond, VA = 4 (4%)
15.   Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX = 3 (3%)
16.   Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC = 2 (2%)
16.   Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC = 2 (2%)
18.   Memphis, TN-MS-AR = 1 (1%)
18.   Birmingham-Hoover, AL = 1 (1%)
18.   Knoxville, TN = 1 (1%)
21.   Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL = 0 (0%)
21.   Jacksonville, FL = 0 (0%)
21.   Oklahoma City, OK = 0 (0%)
21.   Tulsa, OK = 0 (0%)
21.   McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX = 0 (0%)

The metropolitan areas in bold proceed to the national semi-finals.

[Lechasseur]

New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Memphis, San Antonio

[Senator Sirius]

Can't vote anymore but Greenville and Knoxville are my favorites out of these.

[wxtransit]

Hands-down, Dallas.

[Del Tachi]

1.  Atlanta
2.  DC
3.  Birmingham
4.  Austin
5.  Memphis

[Dr. MB]

I've only ever been to the south once. So this is based off places I'd want to visit:

-New Orleans
-Miami
-Nashville
-San Antonio

[bagelman]

Back when this was new I was too tired to really sift through these, so I only voted for Louisville. There's probably a Skyline Chili in town, and I like Skyline Chili.