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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
As wwmiv said, the south doesn't have a clear and definitive alpha metro that stands above all others in the region the same way that the other 3 US macro regions do.
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Los Angeles is the biggest cultural hub of the West Coast and has the most people. And while it nominally has the largest economy, that is not true in a hegemonic way, as is true of NYC on the East Coast and Chicago in the Great Lakes. And in the world-changing sector of tech, which has gobbled up so many other sectors, the Bay Area and Seattle rival or supersede LA.
And I agree with you about the South. Just as I don't think LA is to the West Coast what Chicago is to the Great Lakes, I don't see any any city playing the "New York" hegemon of the South (which includes Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and Miami).