Sioux Falls vs. Minneapolis

[Burkmere]

Originally Posted by FIJI67

Forgive my potential ignorance here, but how is it even a fair comparison to compare raw data for a city with virtually no metro area (Sioux Falls) vs one city in a very large metro area (Bloomington in the Twin Cities) when the populations are vastly different? The TC has an approximate population of well over 3 million, Sioux Falls is not even a quarter million... am I missing something here?

I can guarantee the number of murders in the MPLS area/TC is well, WELL over the percentage of Sioux Falls, so I'm not even going to look at the numbers...

I thought the comparison was Bloomington vs Metro Sioux Falls...Sioux Falls has a metro area of a little over 250k...Bloomington has a population of 85,000.

[FIJI67]

Originally Posted by Burkmere

I thought the comparison was Bloomington vs Metro Sioux Falls...Sioux Falls has a metro area of a little over 250k...Bloomington has a population of 85,000.

I guess I'm still confused. Not trying to start any wars, just saw this thread and got super confused, because comparing Sioux Falls to the TC or Bloomington just, well, doesn't make sense to me.

IF the comparison was Sioux Falls Metro vs anything, I guess you'd have to compare it to TC metro, around 3.2 million, according to a quick Google.