Worst Cities To Live In If You're Afraid Of Monsters (According To Movies)

Here is a list of cities that we wouldn't recommend you live in just in case they are invaded by skyscraper-sized creatures:

When you make the decision to move to a major city somewhere in this great country, many factors come into play: weather, traffic, cost of living. What many people forget to consider is the potential attack by a vicious, gigantic lizard monster. It's more and more popular to plan ahead, but with the newest Godzilla film hitting screens this week, there's no better time than the present.

Luckily, there's no Puff Daddy music video in sight...

New York, New York

-Gorillas (King Kong)

-Radioactive Lizards (Godzilla 1998)

-??? (Cloverfield)

-Beast (The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms)

-Giant Bird (The Giant Claw)

-Kaiju (Destroy All Monsters)

-Winged Serpent (Q)

-Roaches (Mimic)

-StayPuft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters)

-Giant Plant (Hellboy 2: The Golden Army)

RKO Pictures / Via slate.com

Columbia Pictures / Via grizzlybomb.com

Of course, the Big Apple gets the A-list of monsters. One of the first movie monsters to rampage through Manhattan was King Kong (1933) and this summer they're getting Sharknados!

In case Godzilla is real and does theoretically attack, NYC city officials are prepared... sorta.

New York's Office of Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Bruno stated:

"In the event of a Godzilla attack, we'd be looking at area evacuations... He's a big guy, but he's not going to overtake the entire city, so we would try to determine what sectors of the city had to be moved."

"Clearly it would cause fire, explosions, casualties, damage, debris, bridges and tunnels being out. Roads being out, power issues and some slime. Those are issues that we do deal with — except for the slime."

San Francisco, California

Via Warner Bros.

-Kaiju (Pacific Rim)

-Radioactive Lizards, Mutos (Godzilla 2014)

It's a new decade and San Fran is getting a lot of love, or, more accurately, hate from movie monsters. Some of them, like the Kaiju here from "Pacific Rim," have a tough time walking around. Maybe we should cut them some slack for knocking over everything they touch.

They're basically giant toddlers that spray fire and destruction.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Via Walt Disney Pictures.

-Adam Szalinski (Honey I Blew Up The Kid)

-Radioactive Lizards, Mutos (Godzilla 2014)

Let's be honest, Las Vegas deserves to be attacked by monsters. Heck, everyone turns into some form of monster when they visit. Just go to The Strip at 4am to watch them turn!

Los Angeles, California

Via Warner Bros.

-Sharknado (Sharknado)

-Ants (Them!)

Technically, Sharknado is a violently rotating column of air with killer sharks inside, but let's not nitpick here. Because I needed an excuse to include this gif!

Ants are the most annoying insect ever, next to mosquitos, but imagining them at this size is truly terrifying. In this case, they think Los Angeles is a great place to start a colony and multiply. Much like the Kardashians.

San Diego, California

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-T-Rex (Jurassic Park: The Lost World)

-Tomatoes (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes)

San Diego has some of the best weather in the country and a very relaxed vibe. Even the monster attacks are chill. The T-Rex attack only lasted for a few minutes, and there were only three fatalities in total; a dog and two dudes. To be honest, one of them was very mean and he deserved it.

And I assume Killer Tomato attacks are both frightening and delicious. Macrobiotic/Gluten-free!

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Lessons learned:

So if you don't want to live in a city that will be attacked by gigantic monsters here are some tips.

1. Don't live in a city near a body of water.

2. Don't live in a city that a had nuclear tests in the 1950's.

3. Don't live in a city with Professor Wayne Szalinski.

4. Don't try to play God with science.

5. Don't live in Japan.