"City page" links in footer of home page: Spammy?

[MChi]

Is listing a bunch of links to city pages in the footer of a home page considered "spammy" to Google? (ie- Chicago Alarms, Illinois Alarms, Naperville Alarms, etc.)

What are the negative affects this might have on ranking, if any?

[irvingw]

If Chicago Alarms, Illinois Alarms, Naperville Alarms then yes

if Chicago, Illinois, Naperville then no

Top example is spamming "alarms" keyword

[TheeDigital]

It depends on the purpose.  Remember the Golden rule of Google, is to think like a user.  So if you think your content is spammy, Google will probably think it's spammy.

If you're listing words just for keyword purposes I would say yes, however if you're listing the cities you serve probably not.