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I'd say Detroit. Second in both population and GDP, home to America's auto industry, and easily the 2nd most well known Midwestern city.
Unless drastic changes occur, I think Minneapolis will likely surpass Detroit in the near future and will continue to pull further away from Cleveland and St. Louis.
Oh.... I was thinking Fort Wayne, but when i got to the tier that it was in I typed Fort Collins.
Fort Collins is very much not midwest.
Oh, haha. I didn't know if there was something about Fort Collins that I didn't know about....? I thought maybe it was in sort of the flat, Midwestern-y plains of Colorado, but google maps was showing me great big mountains right by it.
Fort Wayne, though, is about as Midwestern as it gets
If the growth trend continues Minneapolis-St Paul will be 2nd in "metro" population and Indy will be 2nd to Chicago when it finally hits past the 1 million mark in "city" population.
I'd say Detroit. Second in both population and GDP, home to America's auto industry, and easily the 2nd most well known Midwestern city.
The Minneapolis area surpassed the Detroit area in GDP a few years ago.
Latest GDP totals (in $billions) per metropolitan area:
Minneapolis: $199.6 B
Detroit: $197.8 B
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Originally Posted by urbanologist
If the growth trend continues Minneapolis-St Paul will be 2nd in "metro" population and Indy will be 2nd to Chicago when it finally hits past the 1 million mark in "city" population.
If Minneapolis had the land area that Indianapolis has, MPLS would already be over the 1 million mark. Indianapolis is insanely large in terms of land area, 365.1 sq miles whereas Minneapolis is only 54.9 sq miles.
Indianapolis @ 365.1 sq. miles - 829,718
Minneapolis @ 363 sq. miles - 1,394,810
The Minneapolis area surpassed the Detroit area in GDP a few years ago.
Latest GDP totals (in $billions) per metropolitan area:
Minneapolis: $199.6 B
Detroit: $197.8 B
If Minneapolis had the land area that Indianapolis has, MPLS would already be over the 1 million mark. Indianapolis is insanely large in terms of land area, 365.1 sq miles whereas Minneapolis is only 54.9 sq miles.
Indianapolis @ 365.1 sq. miles - 829,718
Minneapolis @ 363 sq. miles - 1,394,810
That's wishful thinking but Minneapolis has not annexed more land for the city so it can't claim this. "If" Chicago had annexed Cook County it would be larger than LA in city population once again with over 5 million but it's not. "City" population not metro. Different category.
Last edited by urbanologist; 07-15-2012 at 11:30 PM..
That's wishful thinking but Minneapolis has not annexed more land for the city so it can't claim this. "If" Chicago had annexed Cook County it would be larger than LA in city population once again with over 5 million but it's not. "City" population not metro. Different category.
I'm not sure if the logic follows, since his point is against arbitrary legal delimitations of a city and then you go on to cite an arbitrary delimitation of a city in your rebuttal.
Oak Park or Evanston. Because they are next to Chicago.
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