Top 5 most important cities on a national scale (live, state, compared)
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that isn't even the correct list of the top 10 largest metros. Going by wiki I guess so but for example SJ is excluded from SF? Full metro populations included it would be..
Feb 3 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released population estimates for Combined Statistical Areas (formerly known as Metropolitan Statistical Areas), Metropolitan Areas (stand-alone or components of CSAs), and Micropolitan Areas. The changes to these terms are discussed in the article Micropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of the U.S.A. from 2003 here on my site.
Most will likely be interested in the total populations for the thirty largest metropolitan areas, those urban and suburban areas containing populations above 1.9 million. The largest metropolitan areas remain 1) New York, 2) Los Angeles, 3) Chicago, 4) Washington D.C., and 5) Boston. Without further ado, here's the list, from New York City to San Antonio, of the thirty largest metropolitan areas in the United States (based on mid-year 2006 population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau)... 1) New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA - 21,976,224
2) Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA - 17,775,984
3) Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI - 9,725,317
4) Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV - 8,211,213
5) Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH - 7,465,634
6) San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA - 7,228,948
7) Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD - 6,382,714
8) Dallas-Fort Worth, TX - 6,359,758
9) Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX - 5,641,077
10) Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL - 5,478,667
11) Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL - 5,463,857
12) Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI - 5,410,014
13) Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ - 4,039,182
14) Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA - 3,876,211
15) Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI - 3,502,891
16) Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO - 2,927,911
17) San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA - 2,941,454
18) Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH - 2,917,801
19) St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL - 2,858,549
20) Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL - 2,697,731
21) Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA - 2,462,571
22) Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Truckee, CA-NV - 2,211,790
23) Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC - 2,191,604
24) Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA - 2,137,565
25) Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN - 2,147,617
26) Orlando-The Villages, FL - 2,053,623
27) Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS - 2,034,796
28) Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN - 1,984,644
29) Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH - 1,953,575
30) San Antonio, TX - 1,942,217
The Bay Area may be 6th in Population, but our economy is damn near tied for third.
Combined Statistical Area/ Total Gross Product($150B+) New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA $1.284 Trillion
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $825.3 Billion
Washington-Baltimore-Hagerstown, DC-MD-VA-WV $500.0 Billion
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI $490.9 Billion San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA $475.5 Billion
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH $383.8 Billion
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX $344.5 Billion
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX $341.5 Billion
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD $330.0 Billion
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL $262.6 Billion
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL $248.0 Billion
Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI $233.0 Billion
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA $217.9 Billion
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ $179.4 Billion
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI $186.7 Billion
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO $162.3 Billion
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA $157.8 Billion
That list is for CSA's not MSA's. If it were CSA's Miami/South Florida would've been ahead Washington DC, Atlanta, and Boston. But south Florida's CSA is it's MSA so that's why it's 11 on this list instead of 8th.
Huh? Your post is confusing. You say if it were Miami's CSA, it would be bigger than Boston and DC...but then say "that's why it's in 11th on this list and not 8th". If it were bigger than DC, it would be 4th. Were you just saying if this were MSA's, that would be the case?
The 60's. hippie culture (grateful dead, janis joplin, haight st., the fillmore etc...)Berkeley protest movement, the Gilman punk scene (Op Ivy, Rancid, Green Day), Oakland rap (2pac was from the Bay), timothy leary and LSD, the gay movement, google, beatniks etc. etc.....
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Originally Posted by TomDot
OK, so what cultural changes has SF contributed to the US? There were several posters who mentioned the fact that SF was the epicenter of several cultural changes in the US.
What do you believe these to be?
The 60's. hippie culture (grateful dead, janis joplin, haight st., the fillmore etc...)Berkeley protest movement, the Gilman punk scene (Op Ivy, Rancid, Green Day), Oakland rap (2pac was from the Bay), timothy leary and LSD, the gay movement, google, beatniks etc. etc.....
The 60's. hippie culture (grateful dead, janis joplin, haight st., the fillmore etc...)Berkeley protest movement, the Gilman punk scene (Op Ivy, Rancid, Green Day), Oakland rap (2pac was from the Bay), timothy leary and LSD, the gay movement, google, beatniks etc. etc.....
I'm with TomDot on this one...none of those seem to be a good thing. Hippies aren't really considered to be among the culturally elite. They just knew how to make being lazy and doing drugs look like it was some sort of political statement. Not that rap has added much of anything positive to our culture, but Tupac Shakur was from New York City and later Baltimore...he moved to Cali a few years later. Timothy Leary was a Harvard professor. Google is a company, not a culture. Beatniks are the sober versions of hippies.
Totally agree with you Tom, nothing of any value came out of Frisco. The only reason why it is important is because of San Jose and Silicon Valley nearby
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