It seems as though there’s a new reason to move every day. With lists like “America’s Healthiest Cities, America’s Happiest Cities, America’s Best Single Cities” how is a gal supposed to make a decision? Well for those of you who are competitive and don’t take to losing very gracefully check out this new list from USA Today, “America’s Winningest Cities”. It may have you packing for a rather surprising new locale.
Here’s how they calculated the winningest sports cities in North America: To qualify, cities had to have at least 2 major sports. Records were taken from seasons in progress (NFL, NBA, NHL) or the most recently completed season (MLB, MLS). Each individual team’s winning percentage was calculated, and each sport was given an equal weight in devising an overall winning percentage for the city. For example, if a city had an NBA team with a win percentage of 75% and an MLB team who finished .500, the city’s winning percentage would be 62.5%. Team records were calculated on December 4th and playoff records were excluded.
So here is how the list shapped up:
1) Indianapolis 77.8%
2) Portland 73.3%
3) Denver 64.8%
4) New Orleans 64.0%
5) Seattle 63.3%
6) Kansas City 62.8%
7) San Jose 62.4%
8) Cincinnati 61.1%
9) Boston 59.2%
10) Charlotte 58.6%
11) St. Louis 56.9%
12) Miami 55.3%
13) Pittsburgh 55.0%
14) Phoenix 54.4%
15) Montreal 54.3%
16) Dallas 54.1%
17) Los Angeles 53.6%
18) Detroit 52.5%
19) Baltimore 51.3%
20) Oakland 50.1%
21) Chicago 49.0%
22) Philadelphia 46.9%
23) Tampa Bay 46.8%
24) Atlanta 43.9%
25) Minneapolis 43.1%
26) Houston 42.8%
27) New York 42.4%
28) Toronto 41.2%
29) Columbus 40.9%
30) Salt Lake City 40.0%
31) Cleveland 39.8%
32) Washington 39.4%
33) Milwaukee 32.3%
34) Buffalo 27.4%
Before you start packing or throwing your current or hometown under the bus, remember that this is the current list but that in any given season your team and city can redeem themselves. Plus, sports are cyclical, so don’t give up your current digs just for a W. And congrats to those of you already living amongst the winners! Enjoy it!
For the original article go to http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/12/winningest-sports-cities-indianapolis-portland/