(CNN) -- Who takes the cake: New York or L.A.? As part of our Destination USA project pitting rival cities against each other, New York beat Los Angeles in our completely unscientific poll, gaining 52% of the approximately 7,000 votes cast, compared with L.A.'s 48%. But Angelenos walloped New York in enthusiastic support for their city, sharing our Los Angeles lover's column on L.A.'s virtues more than 30,000 times on Facebook, compared with 1,400 endorsements for our transplanted New Yorker's love letter to NYC. And that robust participation from the City of Angels translated into more than 500 reader comments on the Los Angeles story, compared with 150 on the New York installment of the smackdown.
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New York City came out on top in our unscientific poll
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Los Angeles blew New York away in social media support
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The weather in L.A. and the energy in New York are frequently cited assets
"NYC is home for me, but @placeholder is my secret lover," she writes.