Americans: do you live in a major city or not

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1 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA MSA New York Metro Area, Greater New York, Tri-State Area NY-NJ-PA 19,006,798 18,323,002 A263+3.73% New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA MSA Greater Los Angeles, The Southland CA 12,872,808 12,365,627 A232+4.10% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
3 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI MSA Chicago metropolitan area, Chicagoland IL-IN-WI 09,569,624 09,098,316 A223+5.18% Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA
4 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA The Metroplex, Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, DFW Metroplex, North Texas TX 06,300,006 05,161,544 A037+22.06% Dallas-Fort Worth, TX CSA
5 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Delaware Valley PA-NJ-DE-MD 05,838,471 05,687,147 A268+2.66% Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD CSA
6 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX MSA Greater Houston TX 05,728,143 04,715,407 A034+21.48% Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX CSA
7 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL MSA South Florida, Gold Coast, or Miami metro FL 05,414,772 05,007,564 A152+8.13% ZZZ
8 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA Metro Atlanta GA 05,376,285 04,247,981 A022+26.56% Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL CSA
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA National Capital Area, Greater Washington, DMV DC-VA-MD-WV 05,358,130 04,796,183 A101+11.72% Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
10 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH MSA Greater Boston MA-NH 04,522,858 04,391,344 A273+2.99% Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH CSA
11 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI MSA Metro Detroit, Southeast Michigan MI 04,425,110 04,452,557 A300-0.62% Detroit-Warren-Flint, MI CSA
12 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA Valley of the Sun AZ 04,281,899 03,251,876 A010+31.67% ZZZ
13 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA MSA Bay Area, Northern California CA 04,274,531 04,123,740 A277+3.66% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
14 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA Inland Empire CA 04,115,871 03,254,821 A019+26.45% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
15 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA MSA Puget Sound WA 03,344,813 03,043,878 A139+9.87% Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA
16 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA Twin Cities MN-WI 03,229,878 02,968,806 A154+8.79% Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud, MN-WI CSA
17 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA MSA San Diego County CA 03,001,072 02,813,833 A202+6.65% ZZZ
18 St. Louis, MO-IL MSA Greater St. Louis MO-IL 02,816,710 02,698,687 A236+4.37% St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL CSA
19 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL MSA Tampa Bay FL 02,733,761 02,395,997 A069+14.10% ZZZ
20 Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA Baltimore Metro MD 02,667,117 02,552,994 A225+4.47% Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia, DC-MD-VA-WV CSA
21 Denver-Aurora, CO MSA The Front Range,Denver Metropolitan Area, Mile-High Area CO 02,506,626 02,179,240 A077+15.02% Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO CSA
22 Pittsburgh, PA MSA Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Tri-State, Metro Pittsburgh, Three Rivers Region PA 02,351,192 02,431,087 A348-3.29% Pittsburgh-New Castle, PA CSA
23 Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA MSA Portland Metro Area, Greater Portland OR-WA 02,207,462 01,927,881 A084+14.50% ZZZ
24 Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA Greater Cincinnati, The Tri-State OH-KY-IN 02,155,137 02,009,632 A193+7.24% Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington, OH-KY-IN CSA
25 Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA MSA Greater Sacramento CA 02,109,832 01,796,857 A051+17.42% Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Yuba City, CA-NV CSA
26 Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH MSA Greater Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, The North Coast OH 02,088,291 02,148,143 A338-2.79% Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA
27 Orlando-Kissimmee, FL MSA Greater Orlando, Central Florida FL 02,054,574 01,644,561 A026+24.93% Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL CSA
28 San Antonio, TX MSA Greater San Antonio TX 02,031,445 01,711,703 A052+18.68% ZZZ
29 Kansas City, MO-KS MSA Greater Kansas City MO-KS 02,002,047 01,836,038 A150+9.04% Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA
30 Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA Clark County, Las Vegas Valley NV 01,865,746 01,375,765 A006+35.62% Las Vegas-Paradise-Pahrump, NV CSA
31 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA Bay Area, South Bay, Silicon Valley CA 01,819,198 01,735,819 A235+4.80% San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA
32 Columbus, OH MSA Columbus Metropolitan Area OH 01,773,120 01,612,694 A137+9.95% Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe, OH CSA
33 Indianapolis-Carmel, IN MSA Nine-County Region IN 01,715,459 01,525,104 A095+12.48% Indianapolis-Anderson-Columbus, IN CSA
34 Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC MSA Metrolina NC-SC 01,701,799 01,330,448 A023+27.91% Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC CSA
35 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA Hampton Roads VA-NC 01,658,292 01,576,370 A212+5.20% ZZZ
36 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Greater Austin, Central Texas TX 01,652,602 01,249,763 A011+32.23% ZZZ
37 Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA MSA Providence metropolitan area RI-MA 01,596,611 01,582,997 A293+0.86% Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH CSA
38 Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN MSA The Mid-State TN 01,550,733 01,311,789 A053+18.22% Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia, TN CSA
39 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA Greater Milwaukee WI 01,549,308 01,500,741 A258+3.24% Milwaukee-Racine-Waukesha, WI CSA
40 Jacksonville, FL MSA First Coast FL 01,313,228 01,122,750 A054+16.97% ZZZ
41 Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA The Mid-South TN-MS-AR 01,285,732 01,205,204 A191+6.68% ZZZ
42 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA Kentuckiana KY-IN 01,244,696 01,161,975 A194+7.19% Louisville-Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg, KY-IN CSA
43 Richmond, VA MSA Richmond-Petersburg VA 01,225,626 01,096,957 A106+11.73% ZZZ
44 Oklahoma City, OK MSA OKC Metro, Greater OKC OK 01,206,142 01,095,421 A134+10.11% Oklahoma City-Shawnee, OK CSA
45 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT MSA Greater Hartford CT 01,190,512 01,148,618 A244+3.65% Hartford-West Hartford-Willimantic, CT CSA
46 New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA MSA Greater New Orleans LA 01,134,029 01,316,510 A363-13.86% New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA CSA
47 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY MSA Western New York,Niagara Frontier,Buffalo-Niagara NY 01,124,309 01,170,109 A351-3.91% Buffalo-Niagara-Cattaraugus, NY CSA
48 Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA Greater Birmingham AL 01,117,608 01,052,238 A208+6.21% Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman, AL CSA
49 Salt Lake City, UT MSA Wasatch Front UT 01,115,692 00,968,858 A072+15.16% Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA
50 Raleigh-Cary, NC MSA Research Triangle, The Triangle NC 01,088,765 00,797,071 A007+36.60% Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA
51 Rochester, NY MSA Western New York, Genesee Valley NY 01,034,090 01,037,831 A318-0.36% Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY CSA
52 Tucson, AZ MSA The Old Pueblo AZ 00,1,012,018 00,843,746 A060+19.94% ZZZ
53 Tulsa, OK MSA Green Country OK 00,916,079 00,859,532 A209+6.58% Tulsa-Bartlesville, OK CSA
54 Fresno, CA MSA Fresno County CA 00,909,153 00,799,407 A086+13.73% Fresno-Madera, CA CSA
55 Honolulu, HI MSA Oʻahu HI 00,905,034 00,876,156 A249+3.30% ZZZ
56 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT MSA Fairfield County CT 00,895,030 00,882,567 A287+1.41% New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
57 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY MSA Capital District, Capital Region, Capitaland NY 00,853,919 00,825,875 A250+3.40% Albany-Schenectady-Amsterdam, NY CSA
58 New Haven-Milford, CT MSA Greater New Haven CT 00,846,101 00,824,008 A266+2.68% New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
59 Albuquerque, NM MSA The Duke City, ABQ, Rio Grande Valley NM 00,845,913 00,729,649 A062+15.93% ZZZ
60 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA MSA Omaha Metro NE-IA 00,837,925 00,767,041 A148+9.24% Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA CSA
61 Dayton, OH MSA Miami Valley OH 00,836,544 00,848,153 A325-1.37% Dayton-Springfield-Greenville, OH CSA
62 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ MSA Lehigh Valley PA-NJ 00,808,210 00,740,395 A142+9.16% ZZZ
63 Bakersfield, CA MSA Kern County CA 00,800,458 00,661,645 A032+20.98% ZZZ
64 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA MSA Ventura County CA 00,797,740 00,753,197 A196+5.91% Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA CSA
65 Worcester, MA MSA Worcester County MA 00,781,352 00,749,973 A231+4.18% Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH CSA
66 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI MSA West Michigan, Grand Valley MI 00,776,742 00,740,482 A217+4.90% Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI CSA
67 Baton Rouge, LA MSA Plantation Country, Capital Region, The 225 LA 00,770,037 00,602,894 A131+27.7% Baton Rouge-Pierre Part, LA CSA
68 El Paso, TX MSA El Paso County TX 00,734,669 00,679,622 A151+8.10% ZZZ
69 Columbia, SC MSA Midlands, SC SC 00,716,030 00,647,253 A104+10.63% Columbia-Newberry, SC CSA
70 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA Hidalgo County, Rio Grande Valley TX 00,710,514 00,569,463 A021+24.77% ZZZ
71 Akron, OH MSA OH 00,699,356 00,694,960 A297+0.63% Cleveland-Akron-Elyria, OH CSA
72 Greensboro-High Point, NC MSA Piedmont Triad NC 00,698,497 00,643,447 A144+8.56% Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC CSA
73 Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL MSA FL 00,687,181 00,589,963 A050+16.48% Sarasota-Bradenton-Punta Gorda, FL CSA
74 Springfield, MA MSA Pioneer Valley MA 00,682,657 00,680,014 A298+0.39% ZZZ
75 Knoxville, TN MSA East Tennessee TN 00,681,525 00,616,080 A105+10.62% Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette, TN CSA
76 Stockton, CA MSA San Joaquin County CA 00,670,990 00,563,596 A036+19.06% ZZZ
77 Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY MSA Hudson Valley NY 00,669,915 00,621,517 A160+7.79% New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA
78 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR MSA AR 00,666,401 00,610,518 A129+9.15% Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR CSA
79 Toledo, OH MSA Metro Toledo OH 00,650,955 00,659,184 A324-1.25% Toledo-Fremont, OH CSA
80 Syracuse, NY MSA Central New York NY 00,645,293 00,650,154 A319-0.75% Syracuse-Auburn, NY CSA
81 Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, SC MSA South Carolina Lowcountry SC 00,630,100 00,548,972 A059+14.78% ZZZ
82 Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC MSA The Upstate SC 00,613,828 00,559,922 A118+9.63% Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC CSA
83 Colorado Springs, CO MSA Pikes Peak Region CO 00,609,096 00,537,488 A075+13.32% ZZZ
84 Wichita, KS MSA KS 00,596,452 00,571,171 A226+4.43% Wichita-Winfield, KS CSA
85 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA FL 00,590,564 00,440,888 A004+33.95% ZZZ
86 Boise City-Nampa, ID MSA Treasure Valley ID 00,587,689 00,464,840 A014+26.43% ZZZ
87 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL MSA FL 00,574,746 00,483,924 A039+18.77% ZZZ
88 Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA MSA Mahoning Valley OH-PA 00,570,704 00,602,964 A358-5.35% Youngstown-Warren-East Liverpool, OH-PA CSA
89 Madison, WI MSA Madison Metro Area WI 00,555,626 00,501,773 A099+10.73% Madison-Baraboo, WI CSA
90 Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA Wyoming Valley PA 00,549,430 00,560,627 A333-2.00% ZZZ
91 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA MSA Greater Des Moines, Central Iowa IA 00,546,599 00,481,398 A070+13.54% Des Moines-Newton-Pella, IA CSA
92 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL MSA Space Coast FL 00,536,161 00,476,230 A085+12.58% ZZZ
93 Jackson, MS MSA MS 00,534,047 00,497,197 A167+7.41% Jackson-Yazoo City, MS CSA
94 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA PA 00,528,892 00,509,081 A237+3.89% Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon, PA CSA
95 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA Central Savannah River Area GA-SC 00,528,519 00,499,653 A201+5.78% ZZZ
96 Ogden-Clearfield, UT MSA UT 00,518,349 00,442,656 A047+17.10% Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA
97 Chattanooga, TN-GA MSA Scenic City, Tennessee Valley TN-GA 00,514,568 00,476,513 A157+7.99% Chattanooga-Cleveland-Athens, TN-GA CSA
98 Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME MSA ME 00,513,102 00,487,566 A211+5.24% Portland-Lewiston-South Portland, ME CSA
99 Modesto, CA MSA Stanislaus County CA 00,511,263 00,446,994 A063+14.38% ZZZ
100 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL MSA FL 00,500,413 00,443,343 A080+12.87% Orlando-Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL CSA

should we include suburbs btw, like if you're from schaumburg does that count as chicago by virtue of being in the metropolitan area?

yeah i think metro area counts

i men like is eastern queens really more new yorky than north jersey

xp - aha - i see. despite many years of maligning the place, i would rather live in akron than columbus.

me too probably!

that is clear proof that akron is MAJOR

We need to develop a complex equation including pizza quality and crust thickness, city name font size on the Rand McNally map of the U.S.A., number of Grammy Award-winning sound engineering winners, Gucci loafer sales figures, serial killings, number of annual Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight showings, "urban" music festival frequency and attendance, average restaurant tip rate, quality of Major League Soccer franchise, and annual ostrich egg consumption.

Well, in terms of national profile, the Upper East and Upper West Sides are forever linked, much like Harlem/Spanish Harlem and the Bronx/the South Bronx. It's really only when you live there that you get a sense of them as different entities.

why don't we just agree that "a major American city" means Manhattan?

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number of annual Rocky Horror Picture Show midnight showings

Hahaha this one isn't bad, actually!

why don't we just agree that "a major American city" means Manhattan?

that would not be fair to Chicago and LA and New Haven and other places with great pizza, tho

someone from nyc once told me she thought of chicago as being in the middle of nowhere

surface area is the best measure

hell no, that would mean Houston would win

volume, actually

lol @ "win"

surface area + topological complexity

psychological density

emotional turpitude

basically my criteria is if you want to go out and eat a not-terribly-obscure cuisine for dinner and have no where to do so, you do not live in a major city

pointy areas with small footprints are necessarily more 'urban' than flat areas with big footprints

JXN, WY, has like a bazillion ethnic restaurants, as does Aspen

Is there an Indian restaurant y or n

pretty sure it's y in both cases

blended haircuts vs. mohawks

let's say that only the cities that show up in Google Maps at this scale are major cities:
http://img28.picoodle.com/img/img28/2/5/26/brianm/f_mapm_1d0dcc1.jpg

Pittsburgh - not a major city

pittsburgh--totally major city

sorry dayton

let's say that only the cities that show up in Google Maps at this scale are major cities:

the map includes cities that are major for their region, but not at a national scale

no major cities in either carolina ;_;

Superbowl championships count for a lot, Ed. Pittsburgh's in.

haha it doesn't include like anything on the east coast?

I think I DIED is onto something here.

hahah I vote for the google maps definition

this was totally a troll-y thread idea tho

i think u should only vote yes if a major in of the branches of the armed forces lives in your city

it doesnt include new york city

wichita, tulsa: yes
boston: no

JXN, WY, has like a bazillion ethnic restaurants, as does Aspen

Summer Camp for people from major cities tbh

Americans: do you live in a top ten metro area or not

it doesnt include new york city

<3 <3 <3

altho i wonder if wikipedia has an article or map showing that - where majors live i mean - one could be living next door to me and i wouldnt even know

it doesnt include new york city

even better

how dare u

Summer Camp for people from major cities tbh

― Reggiano Jackson (gabbneb), Tuesday, May 26, 2009 1:23 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark

yeah duh!

btw i used to live next door to a major

in D______k Township!!!! not even incorporated!!!

it has an awesome commercial with a jingle that is still stuck in my head

american cities featured on 'the real world':

nyc
la
sf
miami
boston
seattle
new orleans
chicago
las vegas
san diego
philadelphia
austin
denver
honolulu?

dece list

I'll be goddamned if San Diego is more major than my town.

we're including Toronto, too, since it's pretty much touching.

― sussing out the Slick Hustler (I DIED), Tuesday, May 26, 2009 6:31 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Shit, I even voted "I don't live in a major city" to skew results/protest lack of Canadiana

St. Ignace, Michigan

now we're talkin'

kinda doubt that movie theaters in Stockton show very many of these directors' work. San Jose does very rarely.

lol miami is the only of those ive never been to - i decided to include it because it seems special and unique tho

― ice cr?m, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:53 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it has an art fair, and dwayne wade, thats all u really need to be a major city imo

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