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Mega Metro: 10M+
Major Metro: 1-9M
Large Metro: 750K-1M
Medium Metro: 500K-750K
Small Metro: 250K-500K
Minor Metro: Under 250K
Just no...a metro like Fresno (Just over 1M) is definitely not in the same class as DFW or Houston or Atlanta, period.
My take...
Mega Metro (What I call "Tier 0"): NYC, LA
Major Metro: ~5M - 10M. Chicago technically is "Tier 0.5" but the like of DFW is also catching up quick for Chicago to stay in its own class.
Large Metro: ~2.8M - 5M. Drawing the line between St. Louis (2.82M) and Charlotte (2.66M).
Mid-Large Metro: ~2M - 2.8M. This includes a lots of Midwest metro (i.e. Indy, Columbus OH, Cincinnati) alongside metros like Austin.
Mid Metro: 1M-2M. This delineation is easier.
Mid-Small Metro: ~750k - 1M
Small Metro: ~500k - 750k
Minor Metro: ~200k - 500k
Micro Metro: <200
My other definition which is purely size based (and may possibly be better than my first)
Megacity - 10+ million
Large city - 5-10 million
Smaller Large city - 3-5 million
Midsize city - 1-3 million
small city - 500k-1m
very small city - 250k-500k
I feel like the minimum threshold for MSA size should really be more like 250k
Tier 1: 5+ million
Tier 2: 2 - 5 million
Tier 3: 1 - 2 million
Tier 4: 500k - 1m
Tier 5: <500k
Yeah I think above 5M an MSA pretty much has everything needed to be tier one. I know people get pissy when anything is listed with NYC but 5M and above are all top notch metros. NYC is definitely our #1 city, but we don't need to keep putting it alone in a tier all the time. You get top notch living in any one of our 5M cities.
Yeah I think above 5M an MSA pretty much has everything needed to be tier one. I know people get pissy when anything is listed with NYC but 5M and above are all top notch metros. NYC is definitely our #1 city, but we don't need to keep putting it alone in a tier all the time. You get top notch living in any one of our 5M cities.
Just no...a metro like Fresno (Just over 1M) is definitely not in the same class as DFW or Houston or Atlanta, period.
My take...
Mega Metro (What I call "Tier 0"): NYC, LA
Major Metro: ~5M - 10M. Chicago technically is "Tier 0.5" but the like of DFW is also catching up quick for Chicago to stay in its own class.
Large Metro: ~2.8M - 5M. Drawing the line between St. Louis (2.82M) and Charlotte (2.66M).
Mid-Large Metro: ~2M - 2.8M. This includes a lots of Midwest metro (i.e. Indy, Columbus OH, Cincinnati) alongside metros like Austin.
Mid Metro: 1M-2M. This delineation is easier.
Mid-Small Metro: ~750k - 1M
Small Metro: ~500k - 750k
Minor Metro: ~200k - 500k
Micro Metro: <200
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