The NEW UGLIEST AWARD Go To Cities in Utah, Nevada and California

There was a list released last year that ranked the 200 most glamorous big cities to the least glamorous big cities in America. Of course my hometown was LAST on the list. It is the Least Glamorous and many in the comments called it the Ugliest. Crushing. But hey, not all cities can be the most beautiful. Some have to do all the work and we should still appreciate them.

Why do we do these list that disparage my hometown? Of course it's on the westside and a little run down, but it holds such great memories for me.

In fact, there were a lot of sports in the 2002 Winter Olympics that were held in my hometown!

Coming in at #200 on the list of 200......
My hometown of  WEST VALLET CITY, UTAH

What how??? What is the criteria?
As Reported by the Salt Lake Tribune: "LawnStarter, an outdoor home service company, compared the 200 biggest cities in the United States based on six categories broken down into 39 “glam factors.” The metrics include the number of million-dollar homes, Michelin-starred restaurants, plastic surgeons, luxury jewelry shops and exclusive yacht clubs."

Well that makes sense why would anyone in landlocked middle of Utah own a yacht? Well apparently some do. I can't even comprehend having enough money to have a yacht I will rarely be able to use.

Here is how I remember my hometown: ♥

(WEST VALLEY CITY, UT: Maverik Center funeral of Battalion Chief Matthew David Burchett 2018 in West Valley City, Utah. Burchett was killed as he was fighting the Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California, the largest fire in California history.)

We came together to play, mourn, celebrate and our school games were full of citizens. It was awesome.

The least glamorous city in Nevada coming in at
#191 of 200 is...NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. 

It is very dry and dessert-y. Far less attention to pizazz unlike Vegas, but who is gonna live up to that without spending big bucks? I feel like most cities would pale in comparison. But hey you do have an Amazon fulfillment center. And that makes it so I get my deliveries in Southern Utah pretty quick. So, thanks Northern Las Vegas!

And coming in at  #195 of 200 is MORENO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. 

This is what comes up in a search of pictures of Moreno Valley, California. Run down homes with BANK REPO signs on them. The pictures look like a rundown wasteland. This is what a lot of people focus on.  But not all of Moreno Valley looks like that, right? . But what is we focused on things like this next pic?

HECK YES!!!! -CHICAGO - JUNE 26: T.J. Ellis, of Moreno Valley, California, performs during the BMX Dirt Final of the Nike 6.0 BMX Open on June 26, 2009 at Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)-

I've never been to Moreno Valley, California,  so you are gonna have to defend this one yourselves. But I would love to hear about it! Let me know @ aaronee@townsquaremedia.com

You can see the full rankings here: 200 Biggest Cities