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Originally Posted by Tuckerman
States with one dominant big city:
Alabama: Birmingham
Arizona: Phoenix
Colorado: Denver
Georgia: Atlanta
Illinois: Chicago
Louisiana: NO
Maryland: Baltimore
Massachusetts: Boston
Minnesota: Twin Cities
Michigan: Detroit
Oregon: Portland
New York: NYC
Washington: Seattle
States with 2 big cities domination debatable:
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Missouri
Pennsylvania
States with multiple big cities, domination debatable:
California
Florida
Ohio
Texas
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I think Pennsylvania and California have a clear winner, but a very prominent runner-up.
I would also include North Carolina in the domination debatable category. Charlotte dominates as a city, but by metro area Raleigh is very close on many metrics.