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Over 90 posters voted last round! Thank you to everyone who has made this such a fun competition so far.
Objective
Identify CD's most popular American metropolitan area of 2019 through a knockout-tournament-style voting system.
Methods
Identify the 64 most populous metro areas in the USA
Subjectively assign each metro area to one of four geographic regions (East, South, Midwest, and West)
Seed each metro area within each region from 1 to 16 (based on current population) and create a tournament bracket similar to what the NCAA uses for its annual men's and women's basketball tournaments
Complete a round-by-round vote until a winner is decided!
EAST REGION FINAL
1)New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA MSA (defeated #16 Albany 50-7, #8 Providence 43-12, & #4 Boston 60-18)
vs 2)Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA (defeated #15 Worcester 51-7, #10 Richmond 41-15, & #3 Philadelphia 47-31)
SOUTH REGION FINAL
4)Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA (defeated #13 New Orleans 33-19, #5 Tampa 49-18, & #1 Dallas 52-32)
vs 3)Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL MSA (defeated #14 Birmingham 35-11, #6 Charlotte 42-22, & #10 Nashville 43-37)
1)Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA MSA (defeated #16 Bakersfield 39-4, #8 Sacramento 39-9, & #5 Seattle 45-33)
vs 6)San Diego-Carlsbad, CA MSA (defeated #11 Salt Lake City 32-10, #3 San Francisco 25-22, & #7 Portland 49-25)
This poll will be open through Thursday night. Vote and share your thoughts!
/ 1) New York City -- I love DC, but NYC could be my second home. If life situations permitted, I'd live there in a heartbeat.
/ 4) Atlanta -- Another one of my favorite cities in NA. This one, I'm actually considering moving to, if relocating the kids doesn't pose too big of a challenge. I don't care much for Miami. Easy one for me.
\ 3) Minneapolis --
\ 6) San Diego -- Don't like L.A. Reminds me too much of Miami, but on the West Coast.
DC offers 1/10th of NYC.
Miami isn't for me.
Minneapolis offers 1/10th of Chicago.
San Diego is a dreamy coastal town, while LA is a sprawling, overgrown nightmare.
DC offers 1/10th of NYC.
Miami isn't for me.
Minneapolis offers 1/10th of Chicago.
San Diego is a dreamy coastal town, while LA is a sprawling, overgrown nightmare.
By that logic though San Diego also offers 1/10th of LA, if it's "bigger is better".
The only really balanced matchup is Miami vs Atlanta and the results show.
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