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There is no question that New York is the biggest city in the nation, followed by LA and Chicago. But what about the 4th biggest city? Vote and explain why. Oh and take the definition of "city" loosely as you may. Whatever you consider America's 4th biggest area to be - be it actual city limits, urban area, MSA, CSA or other statistics.
I would say either San Francisco or Philadelphia. Both are very dense with huge urban cores. San Fran has the bay preventing it from being continuous, however if you look at the bay as a circle, you see almost nonstop, dense development going around the city. It's quite impressive. As for Philadelphia, it is often overshadowed by NYC, and there are big areas that are geographically much closer to Philly, and do have Philly ties, but are part of NY's CSA because it is just THAT big and influential in the region. That's not to say Philadelphia's influence doesn't spread into NY's. People often discredit it, but the fact of the matter is that there are more people living in and around Philadelphia in a large area than there are around other cities, despite those cities having "bigger CSA's" or "more regional influence."
I always think of Miami. I've seen somewhere that the 4 biggest and most important cities were NYC, LA, Chicago and Miami. Don't know why that is, but that's what I'm going with!
I always think of Miami. I've seen somewhere that the 4 biggest and most important cities were NYC, LA, Chicago and Miami. Don't know why that is, but that's what I'm going with!
Miami's GDP flat out sucks. If it weren't for tourism Miami would be even further down the list.
I always think of Miami. I've seen somewhere that the 4 biggest and most important cities were NYC, LA, Chicago and Miami. Don't know why that is, but that's what I'm going with!
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