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Detroit is a major metro area, I've always viewed it as such.
I do not. I view it as a mid-sized city (though definitely on the very high end of that spectrum), and certainly not as a "major metro", which to me would imply both population size and some level of "cultural status" a la NYC, LA and Chicago.
1. New York city
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Houston
5. Phoenix/Philadelphia
6. DC Metro
Medium:
in no particular oder
Boston
Dallas
San Fran
Miami/Ft Lauderdale
Atlanta
Seattle
Atlanta
San Diego
Smallish:
Charlotte
San Antonio
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cinncinatti
Indianapolis
Portland Oregon
Phoenix and Detroit are very similar sized, so no, I don't think everybody agrees on those two. Plus, you left off Detroit. Pull Phoenix with the "Medium" group, especially since Boston, Dallas, SF, Miami and Atlanta are bigger than Phoenix. Finally, you also omitted Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is the same size as San Diego.
Do you mean Small Metro, instead of Small City? I don't understand how those with a metro around 500-1 Mill, could be considered a Small city, although be considered Major at the same time.
No I don't. It's probably just a matter of perception and I guess value judgement, to an extent. I don't think of any of those sized cities as "major" in any way. In fact, I only think there are maybe 5 "major metros" in the US. As I said, I think of places like Portland, Cincy, Memphis, New Orleans, Buffalo, etc. as "small cities". I think of places like Baltimore, Denver and Seattle as mid-sized, and places like DC, Dallas, and Miami as "big cities".
I don't think there are many big cities. In fact, I don't think there are many "cities". In my mind, anything smaller than Knoxville or Toledo isn't a city. It's a "town". I'm from a town, lived in several towns from the Midwest to the PacNW, and I live in a small city now, and if I ever left it it would be for a smaller town. So it's not a slam, it's just how I classify the places people live in my mind.
Phoenix and Detroit are very similar sized, so no, I don't think everybody agrees on those two. Plus, you left off Detroit. Pull Phoenix with the "Medium" group, especially since Boston, Dallas, SF, Miami and Atlanta are bigger than Phoenix. Finally, you also omitted Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is the same size as San Diego.
I sense a Western bias...
I'd agree with that analysis even though I think I saw that that member was from Miami.
Phoenix and Detroit are very similar sized, so no, I don't think everybody agrees on those two. Plus, you left off Detroit. Pull Phoenix with the "Medium" group, especially since Boston, Dallas, SF, Miami and Atlanta are bigger than Phoenix. Finally, you also omitted Minneapolis-St. Paul, which is the same size as San Diego.
I sense a Western bias...
Your senses must be off, because I have no connection or affiliation with the west.
Strictly east coast through and through.
Sunbelt bias then (or anti-Midwest bias).....but no big deal, just thought I'd offer some feedback.
lol oh yeah.... totes "anti-midwest."
You nailed it.
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Your perception...
