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Twin Cities
The Metroplex
The Valley of the Sun
The Puget Sound Area
Metrolina Daytonatti (new one I heard last year in Cincinnati)
All of these.
Ahem, it's Daytonnati...you know, similar to the spelling of Cincinnati.
Though you won't find anyone in Cincinnati or Dayton calling it that. It's something that the suburbs between made up.
I have heard the term Metroplex used in cities other than DFW (although not common). So it's kinds of a vague term. Twin Cities is more unique and I think more well known outside of Texas.
The "Twin Cities" was always mentioned in the Mary Tyler Moore show. Dallas does not have to win all the time. Geesh.
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Originally Posted by peterlemonjello
Honestly, no one outside Texas really uses the term Metroplex.
Outside Texas, its either "DFW" or just "Dallas". The city name Dallas is more well known than "Metroplex", "Twin Cities", "Minneapolis", or "St. Paul".
Ahem, it's Daytonnati...you know, similar to the spelling of Cincinnati.
Though you won't find anyone in Cincinnati or Dayton calling it that. It's something that the suburbs between made up.
Much to the chagrin of Fort Worth and St. Paul, to most people in the US the whole areas would be called "Dallas" and "Minneapolis.
The difference is that Minneapolis is sometimes exchanged for "Twin Cities", and a lot of people (dare I say, most) know what the Twin Cities are. "The Metroplex" on the other hand is rarely used by people around the country. I know what it is because, like most of you, I am interested in geography, but I would still call the area Dallas. DFW is equally unknown. I think most people outside Texas would have no idea what DFW or Metroplex meant. The fact that 3/4 sports teams all have the word Dallas in them does not help.
Whenever I hear "Metroplex", I always think of one of those giant, suburban, 24 screen cinemas for some reason.
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