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Though this may sound odd...I think you could make an argument for Madison>Milwaukee.
I feel like Madison gets a huge amount of publicity...but at the same time, maybe I'm just listening to ESPN Radio too much.
More people probably do know Milwaukee overall, but among my demographic (basically, Millennial Yuppies), I do think Madison gets more attention.
I can only speak anecdotally, but I've had several people ask me or assume that Madison is the biggest city in Wisconsin. For international people, if they like basketball they'll know Milwaukee for the Bucks, but otherwise, they often know Madison for the university.
Without the Jaguars I feel like Jacksonvillr wouldn't be all that well-known though.
JAX has been large enough for a long enough time, especially with it's positioning on I-95. The average US Citizen is going to have heard of Jacksonville, if they are not big into SEC football Gainesville wouldn't be on their radar. I'm not sure Gainesville even has that much notoriety, when compared to other major state schools around the country.
We take for granted what we know as city nerds. We have a much higher level of awareness for places that most people have barely heard of. In truth there are only a handful college towns that are well known and iconic. For instance Minneapolis isn't regarded for being the home of the University of Minnesota, it's famous for being Minneapolis.
JAX has been large enough for a long enough time, especially with it's positioning on I-95. The average US Citizen is going to have heard of Jacksonville, if they are not big into SEC football Gainesville wouldn't be on their radar. I'm not sure Gainesville even has that much notoriety, when compared to other major state schools around the country.
We take for granted what we know as city nerds. We have a much higher level of awareness for places that most people have barely heard of. In truth there are only a handful college towns that are well known and iconic. For instance Minneapolis isn't regarded for being the home of the University of Minnesota, it's famous for being Minneapolis.
Yeah, there's no doubt Jax has far greater name recognition than Gville. But I will admit that circa 2007/08 Gainesville was doing pretty well for itself, during its reign as "Titletown USA." I remember seeing the actual name of Gainesville all over the place.
There are 14 cities in NC that are larger than Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Of those 14, I'd say that the following may be less well known to many.
Fayetteville
Cary
High Point
Greenville
Concord
Gastonia
Jacksonville
That said, here on C-D, Cary seems to get discussed more than the others on the list as one of the largest "towns" in the country.
I'd say this is spot on.
Cary is only widely known by giddy prospective/future NE transplants and the friends/family they gab to about how new and fancy and perfect Cary is...with a little help from various "lifestyle" magazines. But yes; that's a large demographic here on C-D...at least in the NC forum. Still on a national level; I'd say Chapel Hill is far more well known than Cary.
If we're going for imaginary cities/towns....I'd be willing to bet that most Americans "know" about Mayberry and many probably assume it's a real town.
Cary is only widely known by giddy prospective/future NE transplants and the friends/family they gab to about how new and fancy and perfect Cary is...with a little help from various "lifestyle" magazines. But yes; that's a large demographic here on C-D...at least in the NC forum. Still on a national level; I'd say Chapel Hill is far more well known than Cary.
If we're going for imaginary cities/towns....I'd be willing to bet that most Americans "know" about Mayberry and many probably assume it's a real town.
Princeton over Patterson
New Haven over Bridgeport
Middlebury over Rutland
Kent over Canton
Santa Cruz over Stockton (and many, many, many others)
Cambridge over Worcester
Tempe over Chandler
Laramie over Casper
Bozeman over Great Falls
Kalamazoo over Livonia
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Princeton over Patterson
New Haven over Bridgeport
Middlebury over Rutland
Kent over Canton
Santa Cruz over Stockton (and many, many, many others)
Cambridge over Worcester
Tempe over Chandler
Laramie over Casper
Bozeman over Great Falls
Kalamazoo over Livonia
People may know about Canton due to the Football Hall of Fame.
Aren't New Haven and Bridgeport pretty close in terms of city population?
I guess Pullman over Yakima and some of the bigger Seattle suburban cities may be another example.
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