You're the Independence Day aliens. What cities do you blow up?

[Jdvn1]

None. As an alien, I would be kind and gentle and oh so cuddly. Not at all the type of alien who would pulverize their opponent into a bloody mass of flesh and raw bone, spitting teeth and fragments of gum onto a world which has become mankind's hell and my glory.

Oh, aren't you're just the cutest little alien species!

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I blow up the ship with nimrod who decided invading Earth would be a good idea; once you've got a fleet that can cross interstellar space, there's pretty nearly nothing you'd want on earth that you can't get more easily from asteroids or gas giants -- which don't have annoying humans that shoot back.

Unless what you want is Humans, which IIRC is the driving 'resource' behind 90% of alien invader movies.

 

[devilbat]

Toronto and Calgary. Because I could.

 

[nerfherder]

Can I nominate Birmingham? Not for any strategic reason, just because.

In fact, if we can localise the destruction just to Villa Park, that'd be ideal.

And, in that vein, I'll nominate Sunderland. And Middlesborough. And everything in between...

Cheers,
Liam

 

[Viking Bastard]

I blow up the ship with nimrod who decided invading Earth would be a good idea...

For sport?

I mean, once you've reached that point in evolution, I wonder if there's that much to do.

 

[Mark CMG]

Depending on whether or not you want/need fresh water, Chicago might be on or off the list. If your method of destruction has the potential to severely contaminate in the long term, Chicago sits aside the greatest single freshwater resource on earth, the Great Lakes. So, Aliens, careful with those weapons!

 

[Acquana]

If I were a horrid, soulless alien bent on destorying the human race I'd probably start with Rome centered on the Vatican, honestly. Possibly the Holy Land. Go for the icons so they're too busy reeling from emotional warfare to think of throwing Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith at me.

Man, I'd hate me if I were a soulless alien bent on destroying the human race.

 

[Umbran]

Chicago sits aside the greatest single freshwater resource on earth, the Great Lakes. So, Aliens, careful with those weapons!

Dude, the Great Lakes are fresh in about the same sense that a pro basketball player's jockstrap is It may not be particularly salty, but if you go stick your head in it and take a big swallow, you're likley to mutate into an aboleth, or something...

 

[Xath]

I'd blow up Rhode Island. Why blow up a city, when with the same fire power, you can blow up a state?

 

[Chainsaw Mage]

As long as the cities are American, I wouldn't care which ones I blew up.