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I voted for 4. Didn't read the criteria beforehand. So shoot me.
I picked Worcester, Rochester, Louisville, and Grand Rapids. Worcester I know, but I don't think many people do. I don't think it's "overlooked" or "underrated." I think it's really more of a satellite city to Boston. One of three major satellite cities to be specific (along with Manchester to the North and Providence to the South). As far as New England cities go, it's sort of "meh." It's not a bad place, but it doesn't have the size of Boston, the charm of a city like Portland, or the level of amenities that similarly sized Providence has.
Rochester is New York's second most important Great Lake city. I don't really know anything about it other than that.
Grand Rapids is another one I really know very little about.
Louisville obviously has a major university and I've heard great things from those who have visited and it's a city that intrigues me.
Fresno almost got a vote, but I've been there (very briefly). A friend of mine in the Marine's who was stationed in Lemoore suggested a few restaurants in Fresno. We swung through on the way to Yosemite and some food and a beer at Silver Dollar. I also have a shirt from a long time ago that says, "Fresno? Fres YES!"
Grand Rapids - A lot going on there. $2billion in investment over the last 10 years and counting Almost a complete transformation from 20/30 years ago. Under 5% unemployment, with rapidly developing social scenes in Microbreweries, Art, and Food/Entertainment. I think it gets overlooked because of the seemingly small city population. It's 44sq miles which is smaller than quite a bit of its peer cities. Also because it being in Michigan people often lump all Michigan cities under the Michigan stereotype which sticks with it no matter how much it improves.
I did my homework on this one.
Being a Louisville homer I think It gets a decent amount of press, perhaps it's a little under-rated but we tend to see more notariety than the other cities on that list.
I voted for 4. Didn't read the criteria beforehand. So shoot me.
I picked Worcester, Rochester, Louisville, and Grand Rapids. Worcester I know, but I don't think many people do. I don't think it's "overlooked" or "underrated." I think it's really more of a satellite city to Boston. One of three major satellite cities to be specific (along with Manchester to the North and Providence to the South). As far as New England cities go, it's sort of "meh." It's not a bad place, but it doesn't have the size of Boston, the charm of a city like Portland, or the level of amenities that similarly sized Providence has.
The Worcester Metro doesn't have 900,000 people. MSA population is 800,000 people and that's generous, it includes all of Worcester County. So, small towns and rural areas well outside Worcester, particularly the northern part of the county. The urban area population is a bit more reasonable, 462,000. It's probably still poorly unknown for a place with 1/2 million people probably because it's overshadowed by Boston and near so many other cities. Similar sized urban areas include Toledo, OH, Witchita, KS and Knoxville, TN.
Wikipedia has been saying for 2 years that it's 923,672.
Maybe it does, but nei is right. According to the Census Bureau (the agency that defines MSAs), The Worcester MSA is simply the entirety of Worcester County, MA. Worcester County has a population of 798,552 (2013 estimate is 809,106). That would make the Worcester MSA's population about 800,000.
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