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Originally Posted by Obadno
The only one disputable would be Detroit. What about Minni? STL? Cleaveland? I feel like there are better Choices now over Detroit.
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in the context of the thread, many people are using "2nd city" as the 2nd largest, or 2nd most important (as measured by GDP) city.
by the measures of size and economy, detroit is the midwest's 2nd city. but the twin cities are creeping up on the motor city, and growing faster.
st. louis and cleveland wouldn't really be in the running for #2 in the midwest.
2018 MSA population
detroit: 4,326,442
twin cities: 3,629,190
st. louis: 2,805,465
cleveland: 2,057,009
2010-2018 MSA pop. growth
detroit: +0.70%
twin cities: +8.37%
st. louis: +0.64%
cleveland:
−0.97%
2017 MSA GDP
detroit: $260.612 Billion
twin cities: $260.106 Billion
st. louis: $161.281 Billion
cleveland: $138.980 Billion