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View Poll Results: Which ones better?
Dallas-Fort Worth 21 38.18%
Minneapolis-St. Paul 34 61.82%
Voters: 55. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-19-2008, 08:49 PM
 
Location: Iowa, Des Moines Metro
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You must be very new. When you ask broad questions such as this, it will slowly proceed into a pissing contest and you will have people become offended if they say the slightest negative about their area. So, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to choose between an area to live or are you just wanting a city vs city competition which leads to nothing.
Why is this such a big deal? He's just interested to see which twin-city area on i-35 people like better, and why! Not anything serious.
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Old 04-19-2008, 08:59 PM
 
Location: Camelot
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I am not a Vikings fan so I voted Dallas.
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:06 PM
 
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All I know is that DFW has seen the fastest population growth in terms of numerical change compared with ANY metro area.
Nope, the Census Bureau says Atlanta is growing faster.

METRO AREA....2000 POP....2007 POP....# CHANGE....% CHANGE
Atlanta....4,248,012....5,278,904....+1,030,892... .+ 24.3%
DFW....5,161,520....6,145,037....+983,517...+19.1%
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:23 PM
 
Location: still in exile......
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i would choose minneapolis because im not a fan of long,hot humid summers, but other than the summers, the Metroplex is really a good place to live.
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:57 PM
 
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DFW is more affordable, to my knowledge.

And MSP has a really harsh climate that may turn a lot of people off.
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Old 04-19-2008, 09:59 PM
 
Location: Indiana Uplands
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Nope, the Census Bureau says Atlanta is growing faster.

METRO AREA....2000 POP....2007 POP....# CHANGE....% CHANGE
Atlanta....4,248,012....5,278,904....+1,030,892... .+ 24.3%
DFW....5,161,520....6,145,037....+983,517...+19.1%

OK, I figured DFW was either #1 or #2 in terms of percentage growth.
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Old 04-19-2008, 10:05 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Why is this such a big deal? He's just interested to see which twin-city area on i-35 people like better, and why! Not anything serious.
but it's true!
both you and I know and have witnessed what he describes millions upon millions of times :O
DFW was the faster grow-er this past year, I remember seeing something like that...that is over the past 7-8 years...
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Old 04-19-2008, 10:20 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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Why is this such a big deal? He's just interested to see which twin-city area on i-35 people like better, and why! Not anything serious.
Have you forgotten all of the "Chicago vs. ____" threads in which the Chicagoans go on the attack making fun of other Midwestern cities in order to boost their own ego, much to the dismay of those who lived in these cities---people who inevitably came to their cities' defense and sparked arguments. I'm just waiting for the first person to bring up Dallas/Fort Worth's struggles with urban sprawl or Minneapolis/St. Paul's harsh winters and then have their words taken the wrong way, leading to yet another brou-ha-ha.

With that being said I voted for the Twin Cities simply because I love snowy, wintry weather and couldn't stand to live in the Metroplex, where their one inch of snow per year is met by instantly closed schools and panic-stricken residents!
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Old 04-19-2008, 11:00 PM
 
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You must be very new. When you ask broad questions such as this, it will slowly proceed into a pissing contest and you will have people become offended if they say the slightest negative about their area. So, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to choose between an area to live or are you just wanting a city vs city competition which leads to nothing.
If you don't like the thread don't read it.
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Old 04-19-2008, 11:14 PM
 
Location: Marshall-Shadeland, Pittsburgh, PA
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If you don't like the thread don't read it.
It's not that we "don't like the thread." It's that more often than not certain "thugs" (especially from Chicago) poke their noses into these threads and start belittling other smaller cities, which then leads to a lot of in-bickering, and the thread disintegrates away from its original purpose with side arguments. A lot of people here have strong hometown pride, and when someone diminishes that, naturally you're going to face some backlash.
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