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Inspired by this forum's 2nd annual Metro Madness tournament (https://www.city-data.com/forum/city...o-madness.html), I thought it would be fun to run a similar concurrent competition with the next 16 largest metro areas for each respective region of the country.
The following 64 metros vary in size between 250k and 1 million people.
Please choose a winner in each match-up using whatever criteria you prefer.
The voting deadline for this round is Sunday, July 5th at 9:00 PM EST.
NORTHEAST-MID ATLANTIC REGION
#1 Springfield, MA MSA vs #16 Erie, PA MSA
#8 Reading, PA MSA vs #9 Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA
#5 Lancaster, PA MSA vs #12 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
#4 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA vs #13 Roanoke, VA MSA
#6 Portland-South Portland, ME MSA vs #11 Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA
#3 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA vs #14 Utica-Rome, NY MSA
#7 York-Hanover, PA MSA vs #10 Salisbury, MD-DE MSA
#2 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA vs #15 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA
MIDWEST REGION
#1 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA vs #16 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
#8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA vs #9 Ann Arbor, MI MSA
#5 Flint, MI MSA vs #12 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA
#4 Fort Wayne, IN MSA vs #13 Green Bay, WI MSA
#6 Peoria, IL MSA vs #11 Rockford, IL MSA
#3 Springfield, MO MSA vs #14 Evansville, IN-KY MSA
#7 Canton-Massillon, OH MSA vs #10 Lincoln, NE MSA
#2 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA vs #15 Duluth, MN-WI MSA
SOUTH REGION
#1 Greenville-Anderson, SC MSA vs #16 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA
#8 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA vs #9 Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA
#5 El Paso, TX MSA vs #12 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
#4 Baton Rouge, LA MSA vs #13 Winston-Salem, NC MSA
#6 Columbia, SC MSA vs #11 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA
#3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA vs #14 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA
#7 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA vs #10 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA
#2 Knoxville, TN MSA vs #15 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA
WEST REGION
#1 Stockton, CA MSA vs #16 Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA
#8 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA vs #9 Reno, NV MSA
#5 Provo-Orem, UT MSA vs #12 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA
#4 Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA vs #13 Salinas, CA MSA
#6 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA MSA vs #11 Vallejo, CA MSA
Inspired by this forum's 2nd annual Metro Madness tournament (https://www.city-data.com/forum/city...o-madness.html), I thought it would be fun to run a similar concurrent competition with the next 16 largest metro areas for each respective region of the country.
The following 64 metros vary in size between 250k and 1 million people.
Please choose a winner in each match-up using whatever criteria you prefer.
The voting deadline for this round is Sunday, July 5th at 9:00 PM EST.
NORTHEAST-MID ATLANTIC REGION
#1 Springfield, MA MSA vs #16 Erie, PA MSA
#8 Reading, PA MSA vs #9 Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA
#5 Lancaster, PA MSA vs #12 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA --- the Huntington area seems really pretty
#4 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA vs #13 Roanoke, VA MSA
#6 Portland-South Portland, ME MSA vs #11 Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA
#3 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA vs #14 Utica-Rome, NY MSA
#7 York-Hanover, PA MSA vs #10 Salisbury, MD-DE MSA
#2 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA vs #15 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA
MIDWEST REGION
#1 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA vs #16 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
#8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA vs #9 Ann Arbor, MI MSA
#5 Flint, MI MSA vs #12 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA
#4 Fort Wayne, IN MSA vs #13 Green Bay, WI MSA --- Fort Wayne seemed very bland to me
#6 Peoria, IL MSA vs #11 Rockford, IL MSA
#3 Springfield, MO MSA vs #14 Evansville, IN-KY MSA --- don't have a good impression of either so I guess I'll take the river town
#7 Canton-Massillon, OH MSA vs #10 Lincoln, NE MSA
#2 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA vs #15 Duluth, MN-WI MSA --- almost had a meetup with some Midwest friends in Youngtown but it didn't end up happening
SOUTH REGION
#1 Greenville-Anderson, SC MSA vs #16 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA
#8 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA vs #9 Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA
#5 El Paso, TX MSA vs #12 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
#4 Baton Rouge, LA MSA vs #13 Winston-Salem, NC MSA
#6 Columbia, SC MSA vs #11 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA
#3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA vs #14 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA
#7 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA vs #10 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA --- I got Sarasota County once on the "you're moving to a random county" thread which has made me curious about it
#2 Knoxville, TN MSA vs #15 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA
WEST REGION
#1 Stockton, CA MSA vs #16 Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA --- but I still think Eugene is very overrated and Stockton is somewhat underrated
#8 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA vs #9 Reno, NV MSA
#5 Provo-Orem, UT MSA vs #12 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA
#4 Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA vs #13 Salinas, CA MSA
#6 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA MSA vs #11 Vallejo, CA MSA
#3 Colorado Springs, CO MSA vs #14 Salem, OR MSA --- all the Oregonians I meet seem to hate Salem and I don't understand it
Some preliminary thoughts, what exactly were these seedings based off? Springfield MA, Lansing MI, Greenville SC and Stockton CA are the number 1 seeds? Ann Arbor MI is a #9 seed? Lincoln NE is a #10 seed? Winston Salem NC is a #13 seed? Eugene OR is a #16 seed? And perhaps my biggest "say what" was Durham-Chapel Hill NC a #15 seed?
NORTHEAST-MID ATLANTIC REGION
#1 Springfield, MA MSA vs #16 Erie, PA MSA
#8 Reading, PA MSA vs #9 Manchester-Nashua, NH MSA
#5 Lancaster, PA MSA vs #12 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH MSA
#4 Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA vs #13 Roanoke, VA MSA
#6 Portland-South Portland, ME MSA vs #11 Trenton-Princeton, NJ MSA
#3 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA vs #14 Utica-Rome, NY MSA
#7 York-Hanover, PA MSA vs #10 Salisbury, MD-DE MSA
#2 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA vs #15 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA
MIDWEST REGION
#1 Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA vs #16 Cedar Rapids, IA MSA
#8 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL MSA vs #9 Ann Arbor, MI MSA
#5 Flint, MI MSA vs #12 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI MSA
#4 Fort Wayne, IN MSA vs #13 Green Bay, WI MSA
#6 Peoria, IL MSA vs #11 Rockford, IL MSA
#3 Springfield, MO MSA vs #14 Evansville, IN-KY MSA
#7 Canton-Massillon, OH MSA vs #10 Lincoln, NE MSA
#2 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA vs #15 Duluth, MN-WI MSA
SOUTH REGION
#1 Greenville-Anderson, SC MSA vs #16 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA
#8 Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA vs #9 Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA
#5 El Paso, TX MSA vs #12 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA
#4 Baton Rouge, LA MSA vs #13 Winston-Salem, NC MSA
#6 Columbia, SC MSA vs #11 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA
#3 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA vs #14 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA
#7 North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL MSA vs #10 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA
#2 Knoxville, TN MSA vs #15 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC MSA
WEST REGION
#1 Stockton, CA MSA vs #16 Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA
#8 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA MSA vs #9 Reno, NV MSA
#5 Provo-Orem, UT MSA vs #12 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA MSA
#4 Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA vs #13 Salinas, CA MSA
#6 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA MSA vs #11 Vallejo, CA MSA
#3 Colorado Springs, CO MSA vs #14 Salem, OR MSA
#7 Modesto, CA MSA vs #10 Visalia, CA MSA
#2 Boise City, ID MSA vs #15 Anchorage, AK MSA[/quote]
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