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View Poll Results: Most evenly divided metro area
NYC (NY, NJ,) 5 6.94%
Philly (PA, NJ) 2 2.78%
D.C (MD, VA) 50 69.44%
KC (KS, MO) 18 25.00%
Cincy (OH, KY) 4 5.56%
Quad Cities (IL, IA) 11 15.28%
Portland(OR, WA) 1 1.39%
Augusta (GA, SC) 2 2.78%
St. Louis (MO, IL) 0 0%
Omaha (NE, IA) 0 0%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 72. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-26-2019, 09:57 AM
 
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Old 06-26-2019, 02:37 PM
 
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DC runs away with this because city isn’t in either state. Every other multi-state metro starts out with one state at a decided advantage, because it has THE city.
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Old 06-26-2019, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Richmond, VA
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I found this a little tough. Ultimately I chose DC, mainly because it was intentionally designed to not only traverse two states, but two regions. But looking at the Jersey side of the Hudson from Manhattan, you feel like you're looking at a major metro area in its own right.
Ehhh, that's not entirely true. The capital was definitely intended to be entirely within the south on balance for southern states taking on northern revolutionary war debts, acceding to federalism, among other disputes, etc. However, the city is either straddling or arguably within a transitional zone today. Anyhow, the DMV wins this poll.
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Old 06-26-2019, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Watching half my country turn into Gilead
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Not to nitpick, but several of these metros (NYC, Phila., D.C., Cincy) spread over more than just two states.

And while DC is most likely number one, who is number two?
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Old 06-26-2019, 03:29 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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I voted DC because I believe that while the NoVA suburbs are more populous and arguably more prosperous than the MD suburbs, the difference isn't that vast on either metric.

KC would be my second choice.
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Old 06-26-2019, 03:29 PM
 
Location: Beautiful and sanitary DC
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Agreed: great idea for a thread. I split my vote between three regions (MD/VA, MO/KS, IL/IA) where it's obvious that the old money is on one side, and the new money is on the other.

Quad Cities even has the split and the shift embedded in its name--it coalesced along both sides of the river, and what's included has changed over time. East Moline, IL was included in the shift from Tri-Cities to Quad, then sidelined as it was edged out by Bettendorf, IA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quad_C...of_an_identity
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Old 06-26-2019, 04:01 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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The Omaha/Council Bluffs one is extremely lopsided to the Nebraska side. Kansas City might be a good one, but the bigger and more influential Kansas City is the one on the Missouri side.

I'd say the Quad Cities, DC, and KC metros are about the most even.
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Old 06-26-2019, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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DC runs away with this because city isn’t in either state. Every other multi-state metro starts out with one state at a decided advantage, because it has THE city.
Yes, although don’t forget about Kansas City, KS, which directly borders Kansas City, MO just over the river. It contributes a substantial amount to the region (along with the Kansas side suburbs).

But your point is certainly valid in that the DMV is unique because D.C. is not contained in a state.
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Old 06-26-2019, 05:08 PM
 
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I voted DC because I believe that while the NoVA suburbs are more populous and arguably more prosperous than the MD suburbs, the difference isn't that vast on either metric.

KC would be my second choice.
If you include Howard and Anne Arundel county as part of the D.C metro. "Which IMO you should" The Maryland side accounts for around 60% of the D.C metro. Technically KC is more evenly split if you look at it from that standpoint.
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Old 06-26-2019, 05:19 PM
 
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I was going to vote NYC before noticing DC.

NE New Jersey has several million people. In percentage of metro (various definitions) it wouldn't win, but for the volume of the city that's on the other side in one state it would win easily.
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