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For another way to look at the data from my examination of the distinctive music-listening of US cities, I ranked the top 10 cities by distinctive affiliation to some major genres.  
 

acoustic pop  

1Spokane
2Knoxville
3Grand Rapids
4St. Paul
5Norman
6Birmingham
7Nashville
8Austin
9Madison
10Athens
 

alternative country  

1Nashville
2Louisville
3Raleigh
4Frisco
5Charleston
6Fort Worth
7Birmingham
8College Station
9Grand Prairie
10Greenville
 

alternative dance  

1San Francisco
2Santa Monica
3Tucson
4New York
5Tempe
6Pasadena
7San Diego
8Gainesville
9Chicago
10San Luis Obispo
 

bachata  

1Newark
2The Bronx
3Jersey City
4Miami
5Hollywood FL
6Brooklyn
7Fort Lauderdale
8Hialeah
9West Palm Beach
10Tampa
 

banda  

1Mountain View
2Mesquite
3Irving
4Newark
5Concord
6Oakland
7Santa Ana
8Anaheim
9Bakersfield
10Los Angeles
 

ccm  

1Springfield MO
2Grand Rapids
3Oklahoma City
4Spokane
5Birmingham
6Tulsa
7St. Paul
8Colorado Springs
9Knoxville
10Norman
 

chillwave  

1San Francisco
2Santa Monica
3Portland OR
4Seattle
5Brooklyn
6New York
7Pasadena
8New Orleans
9Berkeley
10San Diego
 

contemporary country  

1Des Moines
2Lincoln
3Omaha
4Indianapolis
5Columbia MO
6Akron
7APO
8Dayton
9Lexington
10Albuquerque
 

country  

1APO
2Indianapolis
3Akron
4Albuquerque
5Des Moines
6Omaha
7Columbia MO
8Lincoln
9San Antonio
10Dayton
 

crunk  

1Humble
2Katy
3Houston
4Charlotte
5Orlando
6Baton Rouge
7Farmington
8Memphis
9Irving
10Tampa
 

dance pop  

1Baltimore
2Greensboro
3Detroit
4Las Vegas
5Philadelphia
6Gilbert
7Pompano Beach
8Trenton
9Wilmington DE
10Atlanta
 

dirty south rap  

1Humble
2Katy
3Houston
4Charlotte
5Atlanta
6Irving
7Orlando
8Farmington
9Memphis
10Arlington TX
 

duranguense  

1Mesquite
2Irving
3Mountain View
4Arlington TX
5Dallas
6Newark
7Jersey City
8Concord
9Houston
10Oakland
 

edm  

1Irvine
2Hoboken
3San Jose
4Fremont
5Santa Clara
6Berkeley
7State College
8Reno
9Sunnyvale
10Bellevue
 

electro house  

1Hoboken
2Irvine
3San Jose
4Fremont
5Santa Clara
6Berkeley
7New York
8State College
9Boston
10Sunnyvale
 

folk  

1Nashville
2Charleston
3Louisville
4Raleigh
5Portland OR
6Chapel Hill
7Birmingham
8Greenville
9Knoxville
10Wilmington NC
 

freak folk  

1Portland OR
2Brooklyn
3Seattle
4Cambridge
5San Francisco
6Somerville
7Santa Monica
8Athens
9Austin
10Denton
 

g funk  

1Hayward
2Concord
3Oakland
4Sacramento
5Stockton
6San Jose
7Fresno
8Fremont
9Los Angeles
10Whittier
 

hip hop  

1Hartford
2Silver Spring
3Worcester
4Ann Arbor
5Farmington
6Philadelphia
7Wilmington DE
8Tampa
9Boca Raton
10Hyattsville
 

house  

1Hoboken
2Irvine
3San Jose
4Fremont
5Santa Clara
6Berkeley
7State College
8Sunnyvale
9Reno
10Orange
 

hurban  

1Miami
2Hollywood FL
3Hialeah
4Fort Lauderdale
5Newark
6West Palm Beach
7Jersey City
8The Bronx
9El Paso
10Miami Beach
 

hyphy  

1Concord
2Hayward
3Sacramento
4Stockton
5Oakland
6Fresno
7San Jose
8Fremont
9Santa Clara
10San Francisco
 

indie folk  

1Portland OR
2Somerville
3Cambridge
4Madison
5Eugene
6Spokane
7Louisville
8Milwaukee
9New Haven
10Durham
 

indie pop  

1Portland OR
2Somerville
3Austin
4Cambridge
5Chicago
6New Orleans
7Seattle
8Eugene
9Lawrence
10Milwaukee
 

indie rock  

1Portland OR
2Chicago
3Cambridge
4Somerville
5Seattle
6Austin
7Columbus
8Tempe
9San Diego
10St. Louis
 

indietronica  

1Santa Monica
2San Francisco
3Portland OR
4Seattle
5New York
6San Diego
7Bellevue
8Pasadena
9Anchorage
10Brooklyn
 

jam band  

1Boulder
2Athens
3Denver
4Fort Collins
5Charleston
6Birmingham
7Columbia SC
8Baton Rouge
9New Orleans
10Wilmington NC
 

jerk  

1Stockton
2Hayward
3Sacramento
4Oakland
5Concord
6Fremont
7Corona
8San Jose
9Bakersfield
10Phoenix
 

latin  

1El Paso
2Miami
3Hialeah
4Miami Beach
5Hollywood FL
6Fort Lauderdale
7Boca Raton
8West Palm Beach
9Mesquite
10Jersey City
 

lo-fi  

1Portland OR
2Austin
3Seattle
4Cambridge
5Chicago
6Somerville
7Brooklyn
8Santa Monica
9Cincinnati
10Louisville
 

mariachi  

1Mountain View
2Newark
3Mesquite
4Irving
5Concord
6Jersey City
7Oakland
8Santa Ana
9El Paso
10Dallas
 

norteno  

1Mountain View
2Mesquite
3Irving
4Newark
5Concord
6Oakland
7Santa Ana
8Anaheim
9Bakersfield
10Houston
 

nu gaze  

1Portland OR
2Brooklyn
3Santa Monica
4Seattle
5San Francisco
6San Diego
7Pasadena
8Lawrence
9New Orleans
10New York
 

outlaw country  

1Fort Worth
2Grand Prairie
3Frisco
4College Station
5Lewisville
6Lubbock
7Spring
8Dallas
9San Antonio
10Arlington TX
 

pop  

1Gilbert
2Pompano Beach
3Chandler
4Trenton
5Las Vegas
6Plano
7Santa Clara
8Anchorage
9Vancouver
10Fresno
 

pop punk  

1Mesa
2Virginia Beach
3Trenton
4Chandler
5Buffalo
6Gilbert
7Pittsburgh
8Tucson
9Colorado Springs
10East Lansing
 

progressive bluegrass  

1Denver
2Boulder
3Fort Collins
4Raleigh
5Charleston
6Knoxville
7Chapel Hill
8Greenville
9Louisville
10Nashville
 

r&b  

1Baltimore
2Detroit
3Atlanta
4Greensboro
5Memphis
6Philadelphia
7Hyattsville
8Richmond
9Norfolk
10Las Vegas
 

r-neg-b  

1San Francisco
2Santa Monica
3New York
4Brooklyn
5Providence
6Seattle
7Pasadena
8Portland OR
9Baltimore
10Hyattsville
 

ranchera  

1Mountain View
2Newark
3Mesquite
4Irving
5Concord
6Jersey City
7Oakland
8Santa Ana
9Dallas
10Los Angeles
 

reggaeton  

1Hialeah
2Miami
3Hollywood FL
4Fort Lauderdale
5West Palm Beach
6Orlando
7Boca Raton
8Miami Beach
9Tampa
10Jersey City
 

shimmer pop  

1St. Louis
2Santa Monica
3Lawrence
4San Francisco
5Kansas City
6Overland Park
7Littleton
8Colorado Springs
9Aurora
10Bellevue
 

stomp and holler  

1Portland OR
2Somerville
3Louisville
4Minneapolis
5Wilmington NC
6Cambridge
7Eugene
8Madison
9Milwaukee
10Spokane
 

synthpop  

1San Francisco
2Santa Monica
3New York
4Tucson
5Pasadena
6San Diego
7Tempe
8Bellevue
9Chicago
10Gainesville
 

trap music  

1Charlotte
2Memphis
3Humble
4Richmond
5Farmington
6Silver Spring
7Orlando
8Toledo
9Baton Rouge
10Katy
 

west coast rap  

1Hayward
2Concord
3Sacramento
4Oakland
5Stockton
6San Jose
7Fresno
8Fremont
9Los Angeles
10Whittier
 

worship  

1Springfield MO
2Grand Rapids
3Spokane
4Tulsa
5Birmingham
6St. Paul
7Oklahoma City
8Greenville
9Knoxville
10Murfreesboro
 
 

This might also be the preface for a volume of sociology essays.
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