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Old 05-26-2010, 10:47 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Rachael84 View Post
I have been to San Diego.

....and for the record, who says I'm talking about you?
I don't believe you, and get a clue. As recently as this morning you admitted you've never been. Why do you feel the need to lie?

It was obvious that you were targeting me, as you have brought this up in 3+ threads over the last 2 days.

 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:49 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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I don't believe you, and get a clue. As recently as this morning you admitted you've never been. Why do you feel the need to lie?

It was obvious that you were targeting me, as you have brought this up in 3+ threads over the last 2 days.

I never admitted i've never been to CA this morning.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:50 AM
 
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Good to know there's at least one realistic, honest, and nice Atlanta poster
I'm not the only one
 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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I'm not the only one

To many of us, there aren't any others worth mentioning.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:55 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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To many of us, there aren't any others worth mentioning.
Good thing I know I'm not in that list.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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To many of us, there aren't any others worth mentioning.
Right back at ya. I can assure you the feeling is mutual.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 10:56 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Good thing I know I'm not in that list.

I meant people from Atlanta.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Northridge, Los Angeles, CA
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Wow, I know exactly where the OP is coming from. The same 5 cities get mentioned in every single thread. However, it corresponds to another relevant list:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/10896672-post1.html
Combined Statistical Areas by Total Gross Product, 2008

1. New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA $1.434 Trillion
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area $81,389
Kingston, NY Metro Area $4,679
New Haven-Milford, CT Metro Area $37,643
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area $1,264,896
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area $21,029
Torrington, CT Micro Area
Trenton-Ewing, NJ Metro Area $24,458

2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA $866.095 Billion
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA Metro Area $717,884
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area $35,080
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area $113,080

3. Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA $533.542 Billion
Baltimore-Towson, MD Metro Area $133,012
Lexington Park, MD Micro Area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area $395,747
Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area $4,783

4. Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA $526.895 Billion
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metro Area $520,672
Kankakee-Bradley, IL Metro Area $3,094
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area $3,336

5. San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA $508.418 Billion
Napa, CA Metro Area $7,434
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area $310,825
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area $146,687
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Metro Area $9,903
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA Metro Area $20,229
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metro Area $13,340

Like it or not, these are the most economically powerful areas in the country, as of this point. People tend to have strong opinions about big cities one way or another. Even more so when you have so many metropolitan areas that have economies and populations larger than a lot of countries.

However, it would be nice to get a little bit of variety in threads. We should be more creative in what we are comparing instead of the old "skyline, diversity, and public transportation" rebouts we get time and time again.

Just as a note, the top 5 metro areas ALONE are 27% of the US GDP

Top 5 total: $3,868,950,000,000
US GDP total: $14,300,000,000,000
Top 5 % of GDP: 27.0%


That speaks VOLUMES about the power of the big metro areas.

Or another way to look at it, these areas combined:
Table of United States Combined Statistical Areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Top 5 population total: 65,726,606
US Total (http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html): (broken link) 309,357,242
Top 5 % of population: 21.2%

Basically, the top 5 produce 127% more in terms of GDP than their figures in population.

I do want to see more cities compared, but we should also widen our scope of comparison. It will keep this forum more exciting
 
Old 05-26-2010, 12:16 PM
 
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if i was to post a question about "Best City for COL"

The number 1 answer would be by defult NYC, SF, or Boston, and WE ALL KNOW none of these cities should be anywhere within people's TOP 10...Its things like this that **** me off on here the most....Its nothing but cheerleaders for one city or another, no giving their honest opinion.
 
Old 05-26-2010, 12:27 PM
 
Location: mn
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Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212 View Post
if i was to post a question about "Best City for COL"

The number 1 answer would be by defult NYC, SF, or Boston, and WE ALL KNOW none of these cities should be anywhere within people's TOP 10...Its things like this that **** me off on here the most....Its nothing but cheerleaders for one city or another, no giving their honest opinion.
How often is Mpls and Saint paul mentioned on the city vs. city forum. We have alot to offer here. I think the weather scares people off. Not me though. We have 3 months of summer here and thats too much for me. GO Minnesota and all those great cities!!!
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