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View Poll Results: What's your favorite U.S. and Canadian major cities?
New York, NY 86 42.16%
Toronto, ON 70 34.31%
Los Angeles, CA 44 21.57%
Montreal, QC 76 37.25%
Chicago, IL 79 38.73%
Washington, D.C. 38 18.63%
Vancouver, BC 64 31.37%
Miami, FL 26 12.75%
Boston, MA 55 26.96%
Ottawa, ON 13 6.37%
Honolulu, HI 31 15.20%
San Francisco, CA 73 35.78%
Las Vegas, NV 20 9.80%
Quebec City, QC 45 22.06%
Philadelphia, PA 46 22.55%
New Orleans, LA 27 13.24%
Dallas, TX 15 7.35%
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN 37 18.14%
Atlanta, GA 33 16.18%
Seattle, WA 58 28.43%
Phoenix, AZ 16 7.84%
Detroit, MI 11 5.39%
Denver, CO 32 15.69%
Albuquerque, NM 17 8.33%
Salt Lake City, UT 14 6.86%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 204. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-21-2012, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis (St. Louis Park)
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I don't understand why Dallas, tied for 2nd to last place, is THE fastest-growing major metro in the country if (apparently) it's not very popular! I wonder if popularity and growth are in fact negatively correlated...

I chose:
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Wash. D.C.

I suspect I'd also love and could easily be in my top 5: Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Philly, but haven't been to them yet.
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Old 08-21-2012, 02:30 PM
 
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I don't understand why Dallas, tied for 2nd to last place, is THE fastest-growing major metro in the country if (apparently) it's not very popular! I wonder if popularity and growth are in fact negatively correlated...

I chose:
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Wash. D.C.

I suspect I'd also love and could easily be in my top 5: Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Philly, but haven't been to them yet.
Because Dallas is still growing. All the cities doing well have matured a long long time ago.
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Old 08-21-2012, 07:10 PM
 
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Originally Posted by Min-Chi-Cbus View Post
I don't understand why Dallas, tied for 2nd to last place, is THE fastest-growing major metro in the country if (apparently) it's not very popular! I wonder if popularity and growth are in fact negatively correlated...

I chose:
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Wash. D.C.

I suspect I'd also love and could easily be in my top 5: Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Philly, but haven't been to them yet.
Well 2/3 of the growth in Dallas' metro was from hispanics. There was huge growth, but it's not like all that growth was from other Americans going there. There are many many reasons why a place might be growing, not just cause it must be popular for everyone.
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Old 10-14-2012, 09:32 PM
 
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No Houston?
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Old 10-15-2012, 01:20 AM
 
Location: Austin
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I can see much love for the northeast in which I can respect, but how can someone not add Houston to the list? Also Dallas is growing & maturing at the sametime, it a literally change from what it was 10 yrs ago into a thriving metropolis.
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Old 10-15-2012, 03:37 PM
 
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Favorite in the US: Los Angeles
Favorite in Canada: Montreal

Dichotomous, but there it is.

Funny - Salt Lake City is almost at the bottom, with only Detroit behind it.
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Old 10-15-2012, 10:02 PM
 
Location: Cypress
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Favorite US: Houston
Favorite Canada: Toronto
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:05 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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New York
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Chicago, Los Angeles (tie)
Toronto
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San Francisco
Washington
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Old 10-15-2012, 11:11 PM
 
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New York

Washington DC

San Francisco
Chicago
Miami
Toronto
Boston

San Diego
Tucson
Seattle
Denver
Vancouver

Dallas
Atlanta
Houston
Los Angeles
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Old 10-19-2012, 07:29 AM
 
Location: My Room
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I'm surprised Ottawa and Quebec made it but not Calgary.
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