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Originally Posted by subterranean
It just has an outsized reputation. It’s only had one decade where it lost population as a Metro. Grand Rapids MSA is larger than all of those metros (and other seemingly bigger places like Honolulu, Buffalo, Albuquerque, Boise) but doesn’t have anywhere near the cultural cache.
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Not suggesting any relocation, but can you imagine Grand Rapids or Tulsa having both an NFL and NBA team, though? I know the Nola team's, particularly the Saints, have a ton of support from the entire state, and even beyond so it's a different circumstance.
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Originally Posted by SpawnOfVulcan
The redefinition of MSAs dropped a Parrish from the metro's definition. That's part of why the drop was so dramatic.
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Did not know that, thank you.