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Denver as it's THE only major city in it's region. It's amazing how isolated this city is.
That's why I picked Denver. It's not like SLC would compete for that category, and whether or not Boise is in that region is irrelevant since it will be Denver regardless.
Atlanta has peers within it's region that are about equal if not greater importance, especially if you count Texas and South Florida as the same region.
Boston would be it only if you're talking about the New England region and excluding New York.
I was thinking about cities that have major influences over their respective regions. Boston, Denver, and Atlanta came to mind.
Boston/New England
Atlanta/Deep South
Denver/Rockies
I'm sure that there's other examples, but I think these are probably the most prominent. Which of these three do you feel has a stronger influence over their region. You can use the following criteria if you'd like, or your own.
Atlanta is least because in the southeast, there's a lot of competition in Miami, Tampa, Nashville, and Charlotte. Whereas Boston has no equal in the NE and Denver has no competition in the Mtn time.
That's why I picked Denver. It's not like SLC would compete for that category, and whether or not Boise is in that region is irrelevant since it will be Denver regardless.
Atlanta has peers within it's region that are about equal if not greater importance, especially if you count Texas and South Florida as the same region.
Boston would be it only if you're talking about the New England region and excluding New York.
The thread is asking about New England. Not the Northeast.
Boise, Missoula, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque are just so detached from Denver even compared to Hartford.
Almost everyone in New England lives within east daytrip distance of Boston. That’s just not true of these other regions which have other centers of gravity just due to shear scale.
So I get it. By the book, if we use arbitrary lines (New England vs. "Deep South"), then I understand your argument.
But I look at it as far as population and reach. ATL is the epicenter of a larger population and area than Boston.
Atlanta's MSA and CSA is larger, but then keeping going. ATL is the city with major sports, destinations, events across AL, GA, SC, and has popularity pull up to NC. My wife lived in Birmingham.. ATL owns that market from a major city perspective, as an example.
Boston and it's pull with RI, NH, ME, and VT just isn't the same.
You forget about Miama, Tampa, Charlotte, and Nashville as material competition. Boston and Denver don't have anywhere near that competition.
Boston would be it only if you're talking about the New England region and excluding New York.
That’s what we’re talking about. As the OP came and made clear. Folks took New England and added New York City to it. Even though 1/15 new englanders lives in the New York CSA and more than 1/2 live in Bostons.
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