Whether out of convenience or laziness or a deeply-felt animosity for their hometown, filmmakers love fake-destroying Los Angeles.

It just looks so right with flames leaping up every 20 blocks or so. Deadspin's The Concourse blog has done the very important statistical work on Hollywood’s on-screen destruction of American cities and found Los Angeles has been totaled only slightly less than New York (and that's counting “Gotham” and not counting outlying areas of Southern California).

Starting with the spooky aliens of War of the Worlds in 1953, Los Angeles has been assaulted by giants, mutant ants, earthquakes, tidal waves, volcanos, ice, global warming, dirty bombs, errant superheroes, zombies, ancient Mayan prophesies, meteors, and, finally, sharknados.

Below is every filmic destruction by type of attack. Enjoy.

Monster Attacks

Them!, 1954

War of the Colossal Beast, 1958

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, 1958 (Tarzana)

Reptilian, 1999

Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus, 2010

Climatic Events

Tidal Wave: No Escape, 1997

Ice, 1998

The Day After Tomorrow, 2004

Geologic Events

Earthquake, 1974

The Great Los Angeles Earthquake, 1990

Volcano, 1997

10.5, 2004

10.5: Apocalypse, 2006

2012, 2009

This is the End, 2013

San Andreas, 2015

Infections

Night of the Comet, 1984

Gangs of the Dead, 2006

Silent Night, Zombie Night, 2009

Zombieland, 2009

Mankind

Panic in Year Zero!, 1962

Miracle Mile, 1988

Waterborne, 2005

Right at Your Door, 2006

Next, 2007

Alien Attacks

War of the Worlds, 1953

Independence Day, 1996

Skyline, 2010

Battle: Los Angeles, 2011

Space Rocks

The Apocalypse, 2007

Meteor Apocalypse, 2009

Superhero Battles

Hancock, 2008

Sharknado

Sharknado, 2013