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Every state has a primary city, the financial hub, the capital, or the largest city in the state, be what it may. Most states are easy, Chicago is Illinois' primary city, Denver is Colorado's primary city. But what about second cities? Every state has to have a runner up city, the second most important, second most visited, second most populous, second coolest, etc, whatever it is, share each state's SECOND city. You can do all 50 states or just the ones that interest you, just curious to see what people think. Have fun!
Illinois is hard. I would say probably Rockford or Peoria. But, truth be told, in terms of its cultural sphere of influence, and that nearly 700,000+ people live in the Illinois suburbs, I might be inclined to say St. Louis, Missouri.
Alabama - Mobile
Alaska - Fairbanks
Arizona - Tucson
Arkansas - Fayetteville
California - San Francisco
Colorado - Colorado Springs
Florida - Tampa
Georgia - Augusta
Illinois - Springfield
Kansas - Wichita
Kentucky - Lexington
Louisiana - Baton Rouge
Michigan - Lansing
Minnesota - St. Paul
Mississippi - Biloxi
Missouri - Kansas City
Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada - Reno
New Mexico - Santa Fe
New York - Rochester
North Carolina - Raleigh
Ohio - Columbus
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
South Carolina - Columbia
Tennessee - Memphis
Texas - Dallas
Virginia - Richmond
Washington - Tacoma
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Connecticut - New Haven
Delaware - Dover
Hawaii - Hilo
Idaho - Coeur d'Alene
Indiana - South Bend
Maine - Bangor
Maryland - Annapolis
Massachusetts - Springfield
Montana - Missoula
New Hampshire - Nashua
New Jersey - Atlantic City
New York - Buffalo
North Dakota - Bismark
Oregon - Eugene
Rhode Island - Newport
South Dakota - Rapid City
Utah - St. George
Vermont - Rutland
Washington - Spokane
West Virginia - Huntington
Wisconsin - Madison
Wyoming - Casper
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Originally Posted by bawac34618
Georgia - Augusta
Going to have to disagree here, I think Savannah has a whole lot more notoriety.
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Texas is interesting because there isn't really consensus on what their alpha city is. Dallas is the larger Metro. Houston has a bigger city population and larger GDP. Which city is the most important in that state?
Alabama - Mobile
Alaska - Fairbanks
Arizona - Tucson
Arkansas - Fayetteville
California - San Francisco
Colorado - Colorado Springs
Florida - Tampa
Georgia - Augusta
Illinois - Springfield
Kansas - Wichita
Kentucky - Lexington
Louisiana - Baton Rouge
Michigan - Lansing
Minnesota - St. Paul
Mississippi - Biloxi
Missouri - Kansas City
Nebraska - Lincoln
Nevada - Reno
New Mexico - Santa Fe
New York - Rochester
North Carolina - Raleigh
Ohio - Columbus
Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh
South Carolina - Columbia
Tennessee - Memphis
Texas - Dallas
Virginia - Richmond
Washington - Tacoma
I'd like to know your logic behind some of these. If Oklahoma City is Oklahoma's SECOND city, Then you must be assuming that Tulsa would be it's first. I don't know another soul on here that would carry that same logic.
Also I'd challenge that Lansing is Michigan's second city when it's metro area is less than half the size of Grand Rapids
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