Cities of the Decade

Kind of a fun game to play is to try to think of what city best captures a particular decade. Some are pretty easy. 1920's would definitely go to Al Capone's Chicago, 1960's to the flower children of San Francsisco, and the 1980's to surfacey LA. Others take a little to figure out, but then make perfect sense. Like Seattle for the 1990's (Microsoft, Starbucks, and Grunge).

Others are trickier. The first things that came to my wife's mind for the 50's was the beat generation and atomic testing. I, on the otherhand, thought of a Leave it Beaverish Midwest city. And I have no idea for the 30's 40's or 70's. This decade is also pretty tricky. Perhaps we need some distance (and for it to finish). My only thought was that the defining parts of the 00's would likely be 9/11, the subsequent Middle East campaigns, and Bush's horrible presidency. If you focus on the last item and add in the of late focus on political curruption, could this decade be DC's? Not sure...

1920's = Chicago
1930's = Gary
1940's = Detroit
1950's = Cleveland
1960's = San Francisco
1970's = New York
1980's = LA
1990's = Seattle
2000's =Las Vegas