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I don't know much about Fort Worth, but I think St. Paul has a lot more pull within its metro area. St. Paul is the seat of the state government, major center for the medical device industry, and has a very distinct personality and culture sort of separate from Minneapolis. Fort Worth I have always thought of as more of a city that grew up because of Dallas, not in spite of it. But I could be wrong.
My impression is also that the Minneapolis-St. Paul rivalry is a bit more....um...intense? than Dallas vs. Fort Worth....
.... see?
1. WRONG.
2. Just go back to Super Bowl XLV, for example. I promise you, it's more intense here.
Fort Worth IS in the shadow of Dallas. It's part of the DFW area and would not stand alone as a MAJOR city without Dallas unless Fort Worth captured a lot of the growth that would have gone to Dallas instead. Same with St Paul. They would be more in line with OKC, a small metro that gets about the amount of attention it deserves for what the city offers.
what do you mean the growth that would have gone to Dallas. They are twin cities. They grew up together. Just like FW would not have grown as much without Dallas, Dallas would not have grown as much without FW.
There is a reason why they have a regional airport. It serves the REGION. Without FW balancing out cities such as OKC could have served as the hub instead. I don't think Dallas alone makes a better case for the airport without FW. Its the regional strength that drove growth.
Just like FW would have been in line with OKC without Dallas, Dallas would also be in line with OKC without FC. It goes both ways
Yea, and the city of Wichita is bigger than the city of St Louis. So what. We all know that Wichita does not compare to StL nor is Wichita a bigger city than St Loius.
Miami is the largest city in FL.
If Des Moines annexed 80% of the state of Iowa, would you rank it a top five city?
If 80% of Iowa were annexed by Minnesota, would anyone outside of Iowa care?
Louisville, Jacksonville, and Omaha are all decent choices here. Not big metros, but larger cities with respectable sized CBDs. You rarely hear anything about any of these cities.
Columbus, Ohio - 800,000 residents but zero name recognition.
Columbus gets more than its fair share of recognition. Not as much as similar sized city Austin, but not as many cities are over exposed as Austin.
I think Fort Worth, Charlotte, Sacramento... are overshadowed
Austin, Portland... are over-hyped in comparison to what they offer
Cities like Milwaukee, Cleveland, Cincinnati, St Louis, Baltimore are not under-hyped or over-hyped. They received their hype in the past but for some reason they could not keep/maintain the hype like the other big boys of the day (NY, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia)
How about Fort Lauderdale or West Palm Beach? People lump them in with Miami, but both FTL (MSA pop 1.7 mil) and WPB (MSA pop 1.4 mil) are decently large metro areas in and of themselves, and each has their own unique vibe and culture. Skylines are underrated as well.
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