Favorite Metros if you removed the main city?

[NW4me]

SF Bay area w/o SF would still be a good place to live, with two major cities (Oakland and San Jose),
suburbs of all kinds, and woodsy Marin County for nature nuts like me.

[nadnerb]

Originally Posted by TheTimidBlueBars

Anyone wanna help think of some metros (medium to large ones that actually have a decent-sized suburban population) where the attractions are even more city-centered than Chicago?

Milwaukee seems like an obvious one. So is Portland, if you don't count Mt. Hood as part of the metro.

I disagree with Portland. Multnomah County contains a good chunk of the Columbia River Gorge and, thus, has places like Multnomah Falls, Rooster Rock State Park, Sauvie Island, Oxbow Park, and numerous spots that are popular especially during summer months. Multnomah Falls gets over two million visitors each year, making it the most-visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest.

If we're talking urban attractions, then I'd probably agree.

[ram2]

Originally Posted by Republic of Michigan

Detroit has the following in the suburbs:

Henry Ford Museum
Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Automotive Hall of Fame
Cranbrook Museum
Selfridge Air Museum
Yankee Air Museum
Holocaust Memorial Center
Ford House
Detroit Zoo

and a whole bunch in Ann Arbor

And Greenfield Village.

[bjimmy24]

The best parts of the Detroit metro are not in the city of Detroit. And there is some great stuff over there.