Posted Jul 19, 2010, 2:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hudkina
People often forget just how populated the "Rust Belt" still is, even after decades of population loss in certain areas. Detroit basically sits at the center with Chicago and Milwaukee to the west and Buffalo and Pittsburgh to the east.
BTW, if you include the 12 Micropolitan Areas within 150 miles of Boston on top of the 15 Metropolitan Areas already included, the population would jump to 13,902,461 using Census 2000 data. In other words, when Micropolitan Areas are included, Detroit jumps past Boston as far as this list particular list is concerned, that's especially true when you count the Canadian portion. (15.9 million vs 13.9 million)
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I figured Detroit would jump Boston - because just using my estimation which leaves off the Canadian portion it was only 350k less than Boston. In addition, when the radius is expanded by a certain distance, Detroit climbs even further.
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