Best places in the US to experience totality during the April 2024 solar eclipse

I vote for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland for having the best event name: "Total Eclipse of the HeartLAND Party", and they get bonus points if they play the song cued to actual totality and/or scream "turn around bright eyes" every time they notice someone without glasses on.

"Radar Base"? Radar Base is a census designated place that otherwise does not exist. Eagle Pass (it is not technically my hometown as I was born in Piedras Negras) is the first (significant) city to be visited by the totality event as it travels through the United States that could, in theory, accommodate visitors.

Practically, it can't accommodate anyone, as nearly all of the city's hotel rooms are perpetually booked-out by state national guardsmen assisting the 25,000-person city from being logistically ground to dust by the daily (yes, daily) influx of 3k-5k asylum-seekers traveling through the city.

The map shown here is better in my opinion -- it shows what percentage of the sun will be eclipsed for your location: https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-20...