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Hampton Roads, VA (pop. 1,707,369)
Providence, RI (pop. 1,604,291)
Grand Rapids, MI (pop. 1,016,603)
Birmingham, AL (pop. 1,140,300)
Rochester, NY (pop.1,083,278)
Greenville, SC (pop. 850,965)
McAllen, TX (pop. 815,996)
Bethlehem, PA (pop. 827,048)
All population figures are for the MSA, not the city proper
Last edited by Dawn.Davenport; 10-10-2014 at 12:22 PM..
Definitely Indianapolis and perhaps Jacksonville. Not too sure Stockton qualifies as a "major" city.
Others that get my vote are El Paso, which has a city population of nearly 700K, and Oklahoma City. Also, not sure if Omaha could quite qualify as "major", but I rarely ever hear it mentioned.
Fort Worth definitely gets overlooked, due to it's larger Eastern neighbor-city that it shares a metro with, but Fort Worth is definitely a major city in it's own right.
I disagree. Buffalo, with a population of only a quarter million in the city itslef and barely a million in the metro, is around the same size as Albany and Rochester, but gets considerably more attention than the other two (likely due the Bills, proximity to Niagara Falls, grandiose art deco skyline, and Buffalo wings).
Outside of New York, Buffalo is similar in size to Tucson, Albuquerque, Louisville, Birmingham, and Grand Rapids, and gets more attention than those cities.
I disagree. Buffalo, with a population of only a quarter million in the city itslef and barely a million in the metro, is around the same size as Albany and Rochester, but gets considerably more attention than the other two (likely due the Bills, proximity to Niagara Falls, grandiose art deco skyline, and Buffalo wings).
Outside of New York, Buffalo is similar in size to Tucson, Albuquerque, Louisville, Birmingham, and Grand Rapids, and gets more attention than those cities.
That's why I said "honorable mention". Meaning "maybe". I guess Buffalo just seems larger than it actually is. Having an NFL team and being the "second city" in it's state tends to cast it in that light.
It's kind of strange, but I don't think I ever met anyone from Buffalo--nor have I met anyone going there for any reason. And it seems kind of cool and interesting with the old architecture, but it's just not brought up outside of sports that often in my experience.
Living in the Western US my whole life, I've met plenty of people from Cleveland or Pittsburgh or other parts of Upstate New York or Detroit or other cities in Ohio or other places in the Northeast or Midwest... But I can't remember ever meeting anyone from Buffalo--or likewise ever meeting anyone from Indianapolis--or ever hearing much about those cities--except on CityData.
Maybe I should go to Buffalo next time I visit my inlaws in Upstate New York(still a fair drive away, but could be interesting).
Stockton on the other hand--don't bother. Had family near there and grew up driving through it to go somewhere else---and that town is sort of a lost cause.
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