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Originally Posted by 10023
But “second city of the Midwest” is a silly concept anyway because the Midwest isn’t a discrete economy or culture.
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as i said earlier, this "2nd city" notion can work at all different kinds of scales.
metro areas, states, megalopolises, micro-regions, macro-regions, nations, continents, the globe.
there is no definitive "2nd city" of any other city unless we first establish the scale talking about.
as for the midwest, i don't think anyone could make a credible argument that chicago isn't the "1st city" of the region.
as for what chicago's "2nd city" is, depending on the scale, you could answer naperville, peoria, milwaukee, or detroit, and maybe minneapolis in the future.