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Nashville and Memphis
Louisville and Lexington
Omaha and Lincoln
Birmingham and Mongomery
New Orleans and Baton Rouge
I select Louisville vs Lexington. The cities have a strong basketball rivalry and they contrast one another with Louisville leaning a little more toward "blue" collar atmosphere vs. Lexington's "white" collar atmosphere. Louisville has the edge with thoroughbred racing with Churchill Downs, but the best horse country and horse farms are around Lexington.
Louisville has a more big city feel while Lexington seems more like a small town that has overgrown it's boundaries. Louisville is a big river city (the Ohio) vs. landlocked Lexington. Louisville's public transportation is marginally better, but it's far easier and quicker to get out of town in a car around Lexington.
Both cities are uniquely Kentucky while having their own distinct personalities. I lived roughly seven years on two occasions in Louisville, and for one six year stretch in Lexington. And both cities have fine traditions and good people, each thinking THEIR city is the best!
Ohio has 3 cities with very different character and different histories, each which could claim to be the premier city in the state for different reasons. Though I don't know if it has the "most competition," since the cities don't pay all that much mind to each other. But if the conversation gets started, it is bound to get bitter. They all think it is obvious they are the best in the state.
Uh ... you've quoted the stats for the metropolitan statistical areas ... which include other cities and unincorporated areas. In the case of Dallas-Fort Worth, it includes the city of Fort Worth, which has its own rivalry with Dallas.
Comparing the city population only:
Houston: 2,145,146
Dallas: 1,223,229
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the US, and the largest in Texas. Dallas is ninth-largest in the US, but is third-largest in Texas, coming in behind San Antonio, which has 1,359,758.
Houston really doesn't care about what Dallas is, or does.
Given the lengths you go to to prove Houston's superior size while diminishing Dallas, I am not so sure that you don't care.
Nashville vs. Memphis, for sure...but Knoxville and Chattanooga factor in to a degree. Or you could say East vs. Middle vs. West.
Birmingham vs....the rest of Alabama. Montgomery is behind Mobile and Huntsville in terms of just about everything. It's only saving grace is it's the seat of Alabama's government.
And even that should be in question. I think this state would be better served if the state capital was in Birmingham.
High Point-Greensboro-Winston-Salem vs Raleigh-Durham
Although the two areas share many common characteristics, I don't think they really compete. But Greensboro and Winston-Salem, as individual cities, often compete with each other.
Although the two areas share many common characteristics, I don't think they really compete. But Greensboro and Winston-Salem, as individual cities, often compete with each other.
Interesting.
Are they still in the same MSA or CSA?. If so why compete against each other?
Are they still in the same MSA or CSA?. If so why compete against each other?
They are in the same CSA. They used to be one MSA prior to that.
They are around the same size, so they tend to compete for primacy in the region. But truth be told, it seems like Greensboro is most often the "agitator" in such cases--like doing a big annexation which retains its status as the larger municipality, or going after economic development projects that might have Winston-Salem on its radar.
They are in the same CSA. They used to be one MSA prior to that.
They are around the same size, so they tend to compete for primacy in the region. But truth be told, it seems like Greensboro is most often the "agitator" in such cases--like doing a big annexation which retains its status as the larger municipality, or going after economic development projects that might have Winston-Salem on its radar.
Looking from the outside, I would of thought that those two and High Point would be working together for the benefit of region as a whole.
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Louisville vs Lexington
