Greater Detroit versus Greater Minneapolis/Saint Paul, which one is soundly the Midwest's second place in the hierarchy? (accent, live)

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Minnesota Spring

Bosch is a German company.

It is still the largest privately held company in the US.

[Min-Chi-Cbus]

Originally Posted by ram2

Bosch is the largest privately held company in the US.

Nein!

I know it's a Forbes article but it's objective, so the data should speak for itself:

http://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/

[Indentured Servant]

Originally Posted by Red John

Someone tried it anyway:

See, it makes no sense. This argument doesn't really have any place for radius miles, I don't even understand how that metric is relevant to the discussion between these two areas personally but whatever works I guess.

Because it is a selling point of a location. Remember....location, location, location? It represents that Detroit has much greater market accessibility than a place like Minneapolis. Por ejemplo Market Accessibility of Major North American Freight Distribution Clusters

[Drewcifer]

The distribution of freight is really not all that important as an economic driver though.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by Indentured Servant

Because it is a selling point of a location. Remember....location, location, location? It represents that Detroit has much greater market accessibility than a place like Minneapolis. Por ejemplo Market Accessibility of Major North American Freight Distribution Clusters

Yea, and that greater market accessibility should be reflected in its GDP. However, it seems silly to include them as part of the metro.

[Indentured Servant]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Yea, and that greater market accessibility should be reflected in its GDP. However, it seems silly to include them as part of the metro.

Haters

[Grizzly Addams]

Twin Cities. Because we are better at hockey.

[usroute10]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Addams

Twin Cities. Because we are better at hockey.

And we're better at music.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Grizzly Addams

Twin Cities. Because we are better at hockey.

When was the last time the Stanley Cup resided in MSP?

[rogead]

Originally Posted by usroute10

And we're better at music.

I'll give you a lot of credit for Motown, but Madonna and Eminem?