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Midwest: Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Probably the easiest region of all for states.
Northeast: New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey or Massachusetts. New Jersey is more populous and has a larger economy, but Massachusetts seem to be the center of New England.
South: Texas, Florida, and Georgia, not much over North Carolina and Virginia. Hard to pick the last one, but I decided on Georgia because of how Atlanta is called the "capital of the South."
West: California, Washington, and Arizona or Colorado. Third place mind as well be a tie, or be replaced by Alaska and Hawaii, significant for their geography and size, in Alaska's case.
For cities, the Northeast has New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, no contest on the top three, while the most important cities in the Midwest as Chicago, Minneapolis, and probably Detroit. Los Angeles and the Bay Area for the West, followed by either Seattle or Phoenix, cannot really decide on one, though I am leaning towards the latter.
With the South, I'm just going to name them alphabetically, to avoid controversy: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, and Washington D.C. I didn't include Atlanta because it is smaller and because it, if I remember correctly, punches under it's weight economically, as opposed to the larger DFW, Houston, and Washington D.C.,who punch above their weight. Also, while it may be called the capital of the South, Atlanta is even smaller than Miami when looking at urban population and is growing slower than all the other four metros.
Note, I took significant to mean important, rather than something like culturally unique or name recognition. I also used Census-desinated regions because the OP divided the country into four regions whose names correspond exactly to that of the Census' four regions. If y'all want to argue that "x, y, and a are not part of the South," fine, move Washington D.C. to the Northeast, replacing Boston or Philadelphia, leaving the top three to be DFW, Houston, and Miami. Or also take out Miami and replace it with Atlanta, since so many people don't consider it part of the South. If Texas doesn't count either, it is Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville. There are also San Antonio, Austin, Baltimore, Orlando, and Tampa, but they probably won't fit in as part of the South for a person who excludes most of the original four cities.
Midwest: Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Probably the easiest region of all for states.
Northeast: New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey or Massachusetts. New Jersey is more populous and has a larger economy, but Massachusetts seem to be the center of New England.
South: Texas, Florida, and Georgia, not much over North Carolina and Virginia. Hard to pick the last one, but I decided on Georgia because of how Atlanta is called the "capital of the South."
West: California, Washington, and Arizona or Colorado. Third place mind as well be a tie, or be replaced by Alaska and Hawaii, significant for their geography and size, in Alaska's case.
For cities, the Northeast has New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, no contest on the top three, while the most important cities in the Midwest as Chicago, Minneapolis, and probably Detroit. Los Angeles and the Bay Area for the West, followed by either Seattle or Phoenix, cannot really decide on one, though I am leaning towards the latter.
With the South, I'm just going to name them alphabetically, to avoid controversy: Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami, and Washington D.C. I didn't include Atlanta because it is smaller and because it, if I remember correctly, punches under it's weight economically, as opposed to the larger DFW, Houston, and Washington D.C.,who punch above their weight. Also, while it may be called the capital of the South, Atlanta is even smaller than Miami when looking at urban population and is growing slower than all the other four metros.
Note, I took significant to mean important, rather than something like culturally unique or name recognition. I also used Census-desinated regions because the OP divided the country into four regions whose names correspond exactly to that of the Census' four regions. If y'all want to argue that "x, y, and a are not part of the South," fine, move Washington D.C. to the Northeast, replacing Boston or Philadelphia, leaving the top three to be DFW, Houston, and Miami. Or also take out Miami and replace it with Atlanta, since so many people don't consider it part of the South. If Texas doesn't count either, it is Atlanta, Charlotte, and Nashville. There are also San Antonio, Austin, Baltimore, Orlando, and Tampa, but they probably won't fit in as part of the South for a person who excludes most of the original four cities.
Lean the other way. Seattle ranks higher than Phoenix in terms of national importance
I don't think the West is a region.
Northeast: New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Southeast: Atlanta, Miami, Houston
Midwest: Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis
Mountain West: Denver, SLC, Boise
Southwest: Phoenix, Las Vegas, Albuquerque
PNW/ SOCAL (West Coast): Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle
I don't think the West is a region.
Northeast: New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Southeast: Atlanta, Miami, Houston
Midwest: Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis
Mountain West: Denver, SLC, Boise
Southwest: Phoenix, Las Vegas, Albuquerque
PNW/ SOCAL (West Coast): Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle
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NE: New York (no question), Massachusetts (Boston, heart of New England), Pennsylvania (more distinct than New Jersey which includes the metros of other states' cities, while still having a large population and economic importance). Cities: Boston, New York and Philadelphia (nothing to explain).
MW: Illinois (of course), Ohio and ???. Cities: Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis.
SE: Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and their largest cities.
Here is how I would stack them up with more localized regions.
Pacific Northwest: Washington
Southwest: California
Rocky Mountain: Colorado
Plains: Oklahoma
Upper Midwest: Minnesota
Great Lakes: Illinois
Mid-Central: Missouri
South: Georgia
Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Northeast: New York
Florida and Texas are important but the debate as to their regions is not something I wish to get into.
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Here is how I would stack them up with more localized regions.
Pacific Northwest: Washington
Southwest: California
Rocky Mountain: Colorado
Plains: Oklahoma
Upper Midwest: Minnesota
Great Lakes: Illinois
Mid-Central: Missouri
South: Georgia
Mid-Atlantic: Virginia
Northeast: New York
Florida and Texas are important but the debate as to their regions is not something I wish to get into.
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Southern Illinois. Sometimes called mid-south, perhaps a better term.
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