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Originally Posted by kidphilly
Yes but Wilt is WAY WAY more associated with Philly than SF
Unlike Kobe from Philly who is more associated with LA now
Yeah true, his 100 point game was when he was in Philadelphia.
But Silicon Valley, the best player the Bay Area CSA has had in it's history probably has been Wilt Chamberlain. If they've had someone better, haha, my fault for not recognizing it because I don't keep up with Golden State.
Just going off the criteria, Minneapolis definitely belongs with those cities. The Minneapolis area is home to more fortune 500 companies than the Philadelphia, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh and St. Louis areas and has several large, private companies including the country's largest. The Minneapolis Star Tribune also has a larger circulation than the Dallas Morning News, Detroit Free Press, San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
It's very odd that they would rank St. Paul below cities like Des Moines, Orlando, Omaha, Knoxville, Little Rock etc..
Anyway, back to the jluke's post. If I were to rank the cities you mentioned into tiers, I would rank them as follows:
Tier 3
San Francisco
Boston
Houston
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Dallas
Tier 4
Minneapolis
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Tier 5
St. Louis
(Bolded statement above) Many people read the local papers on the internet now. Why pay for a newspaper when you can have it for free on the net?
Yeah true, his 100 point game was when he was in Philadelphia.
But Silicon Valley, the best player the Bay Area CSA has had in it's history probably has been Wilt Chamberlain. If they've had someone better, haha, my fault for not recognizing it because I don't keep up with Golden State.
Yes he did play there - just for reference here is an all-Philly NBA squad - not sure any city can match this
Rand McNally has a staff of people, all kinds of information available, computers, calculators, pencils and whatever else is needed to rank these cities based on certain criteria. And here on CD some people will argue that Rand McNally is wrong. They base their opinion on...their opinion. Do I even assume that people have read the books put out by Rand McNally?
Not a bad list at all. I think people also have to take into account the regional coverage of cities. For instance, Syracuse has the 39th biggest economic regional coverage area in the US and it doesn't include the parts of Canada close by, in which many come from to patronize businesses in Syracuse and the surrounding area.
And I don't think LA is worthy of a AAAA ranking. In fact, I'd demote it to a AA ranking and let chicago enjoy AAA by itself.
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