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Seems like a lot of people on here basically posted the largest metro in the state and said it dominated, well... obviously the largest population center is dominant in size, but that doesn't mean anything if there are other large (but not as large) metro areas in the state. Places like Utah or Nebraska where the majority of the population is in one area is what the OP was asking for I believe.
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If you have to exclude Ft. Wayne and Evansville to say Indiana is dominated by Indianapolis, then it's not dominated by Indy. Actually, NW Indiana is oriented towards Chicago.
I've been to Evansville, my sister in law is from there. Small town.
Bigger than a lot of cities we are talking about here. Almost as big as Salt Lake City.
Not quite. SLC is pretty much confined to downtown, the airport, Federal Heights, the university/zoo, Sugarhouse and Holladay. There are 800,000 other people who live in Salt Lake Valley. Evansville has very few suburbs and carries very little weight in Indiana politics and economics compared to Indianapolis.
Idaho has more than just Boise, but I think Nevada would be a great example as well that I forgot. Maybe Oregon too...?
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Originally Posted by Katiana
Idaho has Boise at just under 200,000, and three other cities just over 50,000. Minnesota has the TC, and Duluth and Rochester at ~ 85,000 each. Those are not small cities.
NYC is pretty overwhelming, but I don't think NY belongs on that list. There are other large population centers around the state, notable Buffalo, Syracuse and Rochester.
Most people outside of the northeast don't even know much about Buffalo and other New York State cities, so NYC is definitely a state dominated by one city.
Georgia - Atlanta (Savannah is relatively smaller)
Delaware - Wilmington
New York - New York City
Illinois - Chicago
Massachusetts - Boston
Maine - Portland
Indiana - Indianapolis
Iowa - Des Moines
Louisiana - New Orleans
Idaho - Boise
Utah - Salt Lake City
Minnesota - Minneapolis/St. Paul
Hawaii - Honolulu
Alaska - Anchorage
Nebraska - Omaha (Lincoln is small)
South Carolina - Charleston
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Arkansas - Little Rock
Maryland - Baltimore (Washington DC isn't part of Maryland and that region is its own thing that is separate from the rest of the state)
Oregon - Portland
Washington - Seattle-Tacoma
You completely right about all the states listed except for South Carolina. This is one state that is well balanced.
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