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So I was wanting to list either the city or the metro that produces the most current players in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL.
I am pretty certain LA metro is the leader for the NBA. Many articles and charts that corroborate this from recent years.
I think the Miami metro leads for the NFL. There was some discrepancy here but when searching for current players there were several sources that put Miami and cities in the Miami MSA at the top.
Toronto is easily the leader for the NHL.
I inadvertently led with Chicago at the beginning not realizing Chicago is the leader for all time, not current players. For current players it seems the answer is actually somewhere in the Domincan Republic. I found sources that put Houston at the top spot for US cities, but then browsing the Baseball Almanac guide seems to imply that some other "cities" are ahead of Houston. Not sure about metro though.
Anyway that's where I'm at. Apologies if I wasted yours and google's time!!
That is a hard one to deduce since metro areas can fluctuate. Probably more data by state than by metro. Good try tho, kudos for keeping things alive.
That is a hard one to deduce since metro areas can fluctuate. Probably more data by state than by metro. Good try tho, kudos for keeping things alive.
Ha thanks. Yes home state seemed to have better records...
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Originally Posted by peninsular
For each of these, there is a larger town in a different state with the same name.
Aurora, CO
Glendale, AZ
Columbus, OH
Springfield, MO
I think there's got to be more to it than that. I was thinking Springfield, IL which gives us too state capitals but that doesnt work for Glendale or Aurora. When you put down Springfield, MO it made me think about state universities, but again Glendale and Aurora don't fit that either.
This may or may not have anything to do with it but I just stumbled upon the fact that there is an Aurora, Glendale, Columbus and obviously Springfield all in MO. Columbus, MO is unincorporated, but the rest are all municipalities.
For each of these, there is a larger town in a different state with the same name.
Aurora, CO
Glendale, AZ
Columbus, OH
Springfield, MO
Exactly. I could have added more (Pasadena, CA/TX; Peoria, IL/AZ; Portland, ME/OR, etc, etc) but chose my four from the first four that appeared second on a list of the largest cities in America..... or the first duplicate on the list. So my list is the first 4 on the list of the second largest of duplicate named cities in America. If that makes sense lol. So, Aurora IL is the largest city in America that has a larger city of the same name, Aurora, CO. Next on that list was Glendale, CA with Glendale, AZ ahead of it.... Then Columbus, GA, etc, etc
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Yonkers, NY
Hoboken, NJ
New Castle, DE
Hartford, CT
The only thing I can come up with is that they were all settled by the Dutch. The Dutch West Indies Company settled New Jersey, Ct, NY and Delaware. So the only thing I can think of is that they were all, at one time, capitals of New Netherland
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