900k to 1.5 Million Metro's People Know The Least About?

[mjlo]

Originally Posted by CincyExpert

I'm personally surprised that Grand Rapids has more votes than Bridgeport - but maybe that's just my midwest bias.

I've lived in NYC for nearly a decade now but couldn't tell you a thing about Bridgeport other than that it was maybe on a most dangerous cities list recently.

I always thought Grand Rapids had some notoriety as being the "2nd" city in Michigan (10th most populous state) behind Detroit.

I don't find it that surprising. It's close enough that folks in Chicago tend to be familiar with it, but the further away from the Midwest you get, the less aware people tend to be about GR. Especially if they are on the west coast. The vast majority of the public hear the name and state its in and just assume it must be another Cedar Rapids, or Akron, or as IvoryLeeSpurlock often mentions, Fort Wayne. When I lived there I met so many people who were surprised how big it actually was. GR is one of the later arrivals to this peer group(within the last 20 years) and most people aren't curious enough to research metro's in this population range.

[585WNY]

I voted for Rochester back in 2014 but today I’d revise my choice to either Worcester or Bridgeport. The former most people seem to be completely unaware of. If they know it’s in Massachusetts, they’ll assume a suburb of Boston. Bridgeport is in the shadow of New Haven, Hartford (especially) and even Stanford. I doubt many folks outside of the Northeast have ever heard of it in any serious conversation.

Grand Rapids is becoming fairly popular these days. Still not a household name by any means, but somewhere on people’s radar as a popular moving destination in the Midwest.

[Boston Shudra]

Originally Posted by 585WNY

I doubt many folks outside of the Northeast have ever heard of it in any serious conversation

A handful might know it from this: https://youtu.be/2B-f7bsWUMQ