A good way to identify which cities suck is to say to a native "<their city> sucks". If they agree that it sucks, it probably sucks. If they get really mad an

A good way to identify which cities suck is to say to a native "<their city> sucks". If they agree that it sucks, it probably sucks. If they get really mad and defensive about it, it definitely sucks. If they're just bemused or laugh it off, it's probably nice.