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Sometimes I feel Chicago is just a weird fit for the tire region.
You see a city at 2.9 million people, and a metropolitan area nearing 10 million. The next largest is 910,000 in the city and 5 million in the metro... major difference.
Milwaukee is a city that stays true to it's Midwestern roots, and unlike Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Saint Louis- Milwaukee does not feel like the typical "rust belt" either. It screams Midwestern in nearly every way.
Minneapolis just like Chicago feels a bit out of place for the region as well. Kansas City is a special case, it's got it's own thing going on.
What would you say Chicago and Minneapolis feel like?
Why are there so many votes for St. Louis? It's barely in the Midwest.
St. Louis is very midwestern, it's only 5-6 hours from Chicago. I've always thought Minnesota had it's own feel that was completely apart from the midwest, not to sound like a stereotypical City-Data and SkyscraperCity "Minnesota elitist".
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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What would you say Chicago and Minneapolis feel like?
It's kind of like Houston in this essence. Way to diverse and way to big to fit the stereotypical image for it's region. Like Fort Worth on the other hand feels 100% purely Texas, and not so much international.
Milwaukee is diverse, but not to the same extent, and Milwaukee stays true to it's Midwestern roots. It's a great city from a regional cultural standpoint.
I know Milwaukee is Midwestern, but the I always think of the Twins Cities before Milwaukee because Minnesota is a bigger state therefore more big cities. When I want to go on a weekend trip I don't say hey let's go to Milwaukee! Even though I like Milwaukee. I also should have add Wichita. If you want i'll close this poll, and start a new one?
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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I know Milwaukee is Midwestern, but the I always think of the Twins Cities before Milwaukee because Minnesota is a bigger state therefore more big cities. When I want to go on a weekend trip I don't say hey let's go to Milwaukee! Even though I like Milwaukee. I also should have add Wichita. If you want i'll close this poll, and start a new one?
Sometimes I feel Chicago is just a weird fit for the tire region.
You see a city at 2.9 million people, and a metropolitan area nearing 10 million. The next largest is 910,000 in the city and 5 million in the metro... major difference.
It's no different than any other region of the country.
LA is 4 million people in the city and 16 million in the metro. Next biggest is SF with 800,000 in the city and 4 million in the METRO (not combined metro).
NYC has 8 million people in the city and 20 million in the metro. Next biggest would be Philly with 1.5 million in the city and 6 million in the metro.
The South is the only oddball region that has 4 cities of nearly identical size (Miami, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas).
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Milwaukee is a city that stays true to it's Midwestern roots, and unlike Cleveland, Detroit, Cincinnati, Saint Louis- Milwaukee does not feel like the typical "rust belt" either. It screams Midwestern in nearly every way.
I disagree. There's nothing really "Midwestern" at all about Milwaukee. We're easily the 2nd most diverse city in the Midwest after Chicago. We never had much of an agrarian tradition here in Milwaukee, it's always been centered around manufacturing. In fact, Milwaukee is 2nd only to San Jose in number of manufacturing jobs and WI leads the nation in manufacturing as a % of our economy.
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Minneapolis just like Chicago feels a bit out of place for the region as well. Kansas City is a special case, it's got it's own thing going on.
How so? There are grain elevators and silos all over the Twin Cities, even in the principle cities themselves, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
KC is not a special case, it's pretty much a giant Omaha with better BBQ joints.
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