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View Poll Results: Which city is the fourth most important in the nation?
San Francisco 118 25.00%
Washington D.C. 217 45.97%
Boston 63 13.35%
Houston 74 15.68%
Voters: 472. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 09-01-2010, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Census data
DFW 6,447,615 08 to 09 increase 146,530
Bay Area 4,588,680 08 to 09 incrrease 43,975

102,555 more people chose Dallas over Bay Area! Dallas's population will reach 7 + million in the next census. Largest concentration of corporate headquarters in the U.S. And you think your city is more important. LOl LOl The country has rejected MA stlye taxes and socialism. Boston and Taxachusetts have no political power! Let's see Kerry Nope!! Dukakis Nope!! Americans have chosen 3 Texans for president since MA. Your blind!

well technically George the senior was born in Massachusetts and George the Idiot was born in Connecticut.

Eisenhower and LBJ were born in Texas though

MA had 4 Presidents by Birth. The two Adams, JFK and George the Elder

althought they have not had a president in almost 100 years, Virginia still holds on supreme with 8 Presidents
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Old 09-01-2010, 12:39 PM
 
Location: The City
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Either way I am really not sure how presidents from a State influence any particular city
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Old 09-01-2010, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Either way I am really not sure how presidents from a State influence any particular city

It doesn't. But in case you were wondering Pennsylvania is 154 years overdue. Nothing from y'all since Buchanan
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Old 09-01-2010, 12:48 PM
 
Location: The City
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It doesn't. But in case you were wondering Pennsylvania is 154 years overdue. Nothing from y'all since Buchanan

well, the #2 and #3 today are both born in PA
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Old 09-01-2010, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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well, the #2 and #3 today are both born in PA

I know the #2 is the brown stuff, but what is the number 3? is it vomit?
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Old 09-01-2010, 01:07 PM
 
Location: The City
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I know the #2 is the brown stuff, but what is the number 3? is it vomit?

VP and Secretary of State
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Old 09-01-2010, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Denver
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Census data
DFW 6,447,615 08 to 09 increase 146,530
Bay Area 4,588,680 08 to 09 incrrease 43,975

102,555 more people chose Dallas over Bay Area! Dallas's population will reach 7 + million in the next census.
Hmmm...well actually:

Bay Area: 7,427,757

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Largest concentration of corporate headquarters in the U.S. And you think your city is more important.
Huh? Dallas has the largest concentration of corporate HQs in the US? Where'd you get that info? I posted why Boston would be considered to be more important than Dallas here. You obviously didn't read it, but then again I'm not sure you'd understand it.

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LOl LOl The country has rejected MA stlye taxes and socialism.
This is really a matter of blue states and red states...because as far as I can tell, Mass doesn't even have the highest taxes in the country...

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Boston and Taxachusetts have no political power!


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Americans have chosen 3 Texans for president since MA.
What does this sentence even mean?

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Your blind!
It may be my blind, but you're using it a lot right now.

P.S. I hope this isn't just someone with a fake username messing around with us haha. I am getting a creeping feeling this person isn't really this absurd.
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Old 09-01-2010, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA & Istanbul, Turkey
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The country has rejected MA stlye taxes and socialism. Boston and Taxachusetts have no political power! Let's see Kerry Nope!! Dukakis Nope!! Americans have chosen 3 Texans for president since MA. Your blind!
Taxachusetts? I thought that idea died once people actually decided to start reading, obviously you missed the boat on that one:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/sl_burden_ustotal&allstates-20080807.pdf (broken link)

The Tax Policy Center says 23rd in Tax Burden, below the national average.

And if you were wondering Mass doesnt ask the Federal Government for a handout either, we are a donor state (look up what that means if you decide to start reading)

The Tax Foundation - Federal Taxes Paid vs. Federal Spending Received by State, 1981-2005

I know it stings to know that when Boston does something they do it the best. See Healthcare and Education, we are not just the capital of America in both categories we are capital of the world. Try to dispute that.
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Old 09-01-2010, 06:34 PM
 
Location: In the heights
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We should consolidate all these arguments for Boston and Houston and other cities along those lines in a battle for ranking 6 through 12 (1-5 being a fight between Bay Area, CHI, DC, LA, NYC and 6 through 12 are duked out between ATL, BOS, DET, DFW, HOU, MIA, PHI). That would make the most sense.
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Old 09-01-2010, 08:26 PM
 
Location: Boston, MA & Istanbul, Turkey
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We should consolidate all these arguments for Boston and Houston and other cities along those lines in a battle for ranking 6 through 12 (1-5 being a fight between Bay Area, CHI, DC, LA, NYC and 6 through 12 are duked out between ATL, BOS, DET, DFW, HOU, MIA, PHI). That would make the most sense.
That actually makes alot of sense. I also think that the Top 5 (NYC, LA, CHI, DC, SF) are pretty much set in stone, anyone who says otherwise is really being a homer.
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