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Originally Posted by McBane
Hey can anyone tell me what's the deal w/ Columbus? When you ask people for the largest city in OH, most say Cleveland but it's Columbus. Sports teams? Cleveland has three of the four major sports and Cincy even has two while Columbus only has one - and even then it's a hockey team (smallest of four major sports) and that team is fairly new.
Even looking at the metro areas, they're all roughly the same per Wikipedia. Cleveland and Cincy are a bit over 2 million while Columbus is almost at 2 million.
My best guess is historical: Cleveland was historically Ohio's largest city (true?) and it's downward trajectory combined with Columbus' upward trajectory have left people confused. Any other thoughts from Ohioans? Sorry to hijack this thread, great pics by the way.
EDIT: upon further review, it appears that Columbus overtook Cleveland sometime in the mid 80's. If you actually look at the historical population sidebars on each city's Wiki page side by side, it's pretty fascinating!). Combined with the number of sports teams in each city, I can see why the casual observer would think that Cleveland is the largest city. Other feedback is welcome though.
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Well...I'll make it simple. Cincinnati was historically the state's largest city until 1900. Cleveland then took over due to an industrial boom. Then around 1990/2000ish, all three 3C's became about equal. Cincinnati is the state's largest MSA; Cleveland the largest CSA; Columbus is the largest city. Confusing, sure, but generally, all three are of equal importance in Ohio and have MSA populations around 2+ million.