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re: Big cities in the United States that you almost never hear about
Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:06 pm to beaverfever
Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:06 pm to beaverfever
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Laredo Texas- 250k people
yeah but I bet you still know the song. we were forced to memorize it as 1st graders
might have been for a play or something but still
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Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:54 pm to beaverfever
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'm thinking San Jose is much more suburban so it's not quite as culturally relevant.
It's an old school California town that's being taken over by Silicon Valley. It doesn't have the problems of Oakland, nor of San Francisco. What they call the 'ghetto', isn't anywhere near what a ghetto is in B.R. or N.O. It's massively affluent, but sleepy in some ways at the same time.
I personally find it to have some great views with the mountains all around, and esp if you head over the mountains to Santa Cruz.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:56 pm to Brosef Stalin
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I remember San Jose Sharks Starter jackets being popular back in the day
Yep, buddy of mine from Zachary didn't know shite about hockey, but had one as soon as that became a fad for certain types that I won't mention to keep from a banning.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:56 pm to Sayre
San Jose feels like a massive suburb to me.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 2:58 pm to northshorebamaman
Wouldn't argue with that. Most of the Valley would fit that description. Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, all the way up to San Mateo.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:01 pm to The Boat
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Baton Rouge's metro is 830k.
The metro is only 230k. The greater baton rouge area is about 830k
Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:02 pm to Sayre
Agreed. And it wasn't an insult. I grew up there and loved it . Haven't been back in 20 years, though. Spending a week in Palo Alto this summer. It will be interesting to see how much the area has changed.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:03 pm to Sayre
The only thing I know about San Jose is that when I first finished my degree and got out of the military, I was very close to applying to their police department because they start you out at like 90k or something crazy.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:21 pm to OU812
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I live in the Richmond, VA metro area and considering there is about 16,000 more people here than NOLA, there isnt shite to do here! They onky have a AA baseball team and some minor league indoor football team that plays in an arena that was built in 1973. VA Beach is the largest city in Virginia btw, and Hampton Roads is the largest metro.
OU812 I hope to meet you sometime, because I don't understand your dislike for Richmond.
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Posted on 2/27/18 at 3:26 pm to Steadyhands
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The metro is only 230k. The greater baton rouge area is about 830k
Baton Rouge is a little less than 230k
The Baton Rouge Metro Area is 830k
Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:03 pm to TDcline
Just to throw it into the mix, Orange County CA has eight cities with a population over 100k (Anaheim, Irvine, Santa Ana, Orange, Huntington Beach, Garden Grove, Fullerton, Costa Mesa) and that doesn't include Mission Viejo (93k) or Newport Beach (85k). In total 3 million people live in an area roughly the same size as St Landry Parish.
Orange County is essentially one big city found between LA and San Diego.
Orange County is essentially one big city found between LA and San Diego.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:26 pm to ksayetiger
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And northwest arkansas (springdale, fayetteville, rodgers) metro near 600,000.
I know not big, but heck of a lot bigger than 99% of people think
The drive between those cities is now like one big city now.
Yep. It's a lot bigger than I expected when I moved there. But much to the cities themselves. But several have grown together along I49. I hated to leave there. But I was homesick when I arrived, so I bailed back to the gulf coast.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 4:28 pm to McVick
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Forbes- Ten Coolest US Cities to Visit in 2018
When I think about what is cool, I immediately think of Forbes magazine.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 6:03 pm to SamuelClemens
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I always thought a large part of them were there somehow related to the military.
The growth is not related to the military...
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Posted on 2/27/18 at 6:14 pm to TDcline
Edinburg-McAllen-Mission TX MSA, otherwise known as the Valley, has close to 800K.
Even in other parts of Texas you rarely hear any news good or bad from that area.
Even in other parts of Texas you rarely hear any news good or bad from that area.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 6:35 pm to TejasHorn
The Evansville, IN / Hendersonville, KY metro area has 350K, nobody not from that area would think they had that many people.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:46 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Nearly a third of the state lives in Louisville metro.
I don't recall Kentucky annexing Indiana, although we did defeat them in the Civil War.
7 Kentucky counties and 5 Indiana counties make up the Louisville metro area.
I have a bias? You're damn right. I want a Kentucky city to be the capital, not one that serves a large population in another state.
Posted on 2/27/18 at 8:47 pm to TejasHorn
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Even in other parts of Texas you rarely hear any news good or bad from that area.
It's usually on the list f the poorest city/county
Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:03 pm to TDcline
Jacksonville, FL
Santa Barbara, CA
Utica, NY
Saint Paul, MN
Indianapolis, IN
Provo, UT
Olympia, WA
Ft Collins, CO
Sioux Falls, SD
Santa Barbara, CA
Utica, NY
Saint Paul, MN
Indianapolis, IN
Provo, UT
Olympia, WA
Ft Collins, CO
Sioux Falls, SD
Posted on 2/27/18 at 9:23 pm to Kentucker
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Kentucker
This guy really hates Louisville, Kentucky
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