States known only for their cities or states without any well-known cities (living in, moving to)

[Ebck120]

Originally Posted by mwalker96

Richmond and VA beach are pretty known. Lynchburg is where Liberty University is.

Maybe regionally and within specific circles but they're not generally well known across the nation.

[SonySegaTendo617]

Originally Posted by knke0204

Who here can name any other cities in Minnesota besides Minneapolis and St. Paul, which are connected?

Rochester?
Duluth?
Maybe St. Cloud?

There are really no other major cities other than the big metro we have here.

Off the top of my head:

States with multiples:
- Texas - Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso
- Cali - LA, SF, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego
- Florida - Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando
- New York - NYC, Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse
- Ohio - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus

States with a couple or so:
- Missouri - Kansas City, St. Louis
- Washington - Seattle, Spokane
- Georgia - Atlanta, Savannah
- North Carolina - Charlotte, Raleigh
- Arizona - Phoenix, Tucson
- Tennessee - Memphis, Nashville
- Wisconsin - Madison, Milwaukee
- Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh, Philadelphia


That's all I have. I'm tired.

Hmm for Minnesota, I think most people would only be aware of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester(and a LOT because the health group Mayo Clinic originated here), and Duluth. But when you talk about much smaller places like St. Cloud, that's where it starts to get debatable that not as many may be aware of this town. Same with Bemidji, Baxter, Moorhead, etc.

Mankato is debatable, when it comes to name recognition outside of its state. I think in neighboring states(particularly Wisconsin, but perhaps also in Iowa and South Dakota and Illinois and etc) that people may've heard of Mankato, due to the fact several colleges are based there. Outside of the Midwest, I don't think Mankato is as well known.

[boreatwork]

Maryland. Most folks associate Maryland with Baltimore. I can tell by the which city would you move to in each state thread.

[nadnerb]

New Jersey. It’s a very populated state and if someone asked me to name the biggest or most important city there, I would draw a blank. Same with Connecticut.

[SonySegaTendo617]

Originally Posted by nadnerb

New Jersey. It’s a very populated state and if someone asked me to name the biggest or most important city there, I would draw a blank. Same with Connecticut.

Is it Trenton, or Newark? Or another one? I'm not sure, myself. I get the sense from googling Trenton that it used to be a more relevant city when industrial manufacturing was bigger, vs. today. That said it still has a little relevance, as it is the New Jersey state capitol.

[5-all]

Originally Posted by IShootNikon

New Jersey is an interesting example.

It's obviously a major and important state but since it borders other well populated states and two of the biggest cities (NYC and Philadelphia), NJ does not have any "major" cities to call it's own.

As far as I know it does not have any cities over 300K and majority of it's population are essentially "suburbs" or at least satellite cities for NYC and Philadelphia (apologies if suburbs is the incorrect term).

Since I have never lived there, as far as the TV market are there dedicated TV networks that cover the NJ side of NYC? Or is there only one ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX for this market?

Newark, NJ has a population of over 300k. Jersey City at 283K is not far behind.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by nadnerb

New Jersey. It’s a very populated state and if someone asked me to name the biggest or most important city there, I would draw a blank. Same with Connecticut.

I'd think a fair amount of people would name Newark and Hartford, but overall, neither is strongly associated with any of its cities.

[bus man]

Originally Posted by nadnerb

New Jersey. It’s a very populated state and if someone asked me to name the biggest or most important city there, I would draw a blank. Same with Connecticut.

The "problem" with New Jersey and Connecticut is that they both have a few decent-sized cities but none that are major standouts in any way. It also doesn't help that both of them happen to have major, well-known cities in other states nearby. For New Jersey, there's Newark and Trenton, but they both tend to be overshadowed by New York City and Philadelphia, respectively. For Connecticut, there's . . . I don't know, Hartford, I guess. No other cities in that state really stand out for me, even though I could name several others off the top of my head. But the state tends to be overshadowed by New York City, and to a lesser extent Providence and Boston.

[585WNY]

Originally Posted by citylove101

But I think naming four cities in New York would be easy for most people: New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, West Point. Almost everyone would know those four.

You would think, but the average person is not nearly as geographically aware as the average City-Data poster. I’m a Rochester native now living in Atlanta. Whenever I tell people I’m from New York, everybody assumes NYC (usually Brooklyn for some strange reason). If I try to specify in any way, their eyes just glaze over. Nobody knows where Rochester is. I’ve had people think it’s a neighborhood in the five boroughs. Nobody knows what “Upstate” means. Even a city with high name recognition like Buffalo isn’t known other than the Bills. The only exception is people who are originally from the Northeast or have family there.

[Bluefox]

Indiana is known for Indianapolis and Gary - I think most people would recognize those names. Yet it’s a state that also isn’t known for its cities, really. I think most people would think the same thing when they hear “Indiana” as they would with “Iowa”. Cornfields.