Cities smaller than Omaha ...

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 12:47 pm

You guys love lists like this.

This came as inbox filler this morning.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, I know that most of the metro areas below are actually larger than that of Omaha.

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Ten US cities which you don't think of as being smaller than Omaha, but are.

Source: 2010 US Census.

1. Miami
2. Minneapolis
3. Cleveland
4. New Orleans
5. Honolulu
6. St. Louis
7. Pittsburgh
8. Cincinnati
9. Saint Paul
10. Salt Lake City

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:53 pm

How is it then that they were able to pull in so much business development? I could see Miami and Honolulu with tourism, but what about Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and St. Louis?

guitarguy · Post by **guitarguy** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:14 pm

If you look up the MSA statistics of these cities you'll find that each of them exceeds 2-3 million people.. What sounds more attractive to you.. 900k potential customers or 2-3 million potential customers?

RNcyanide · Post by **RNcyanide** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:21 pm

I guess that's true... If only Council Bluffs would grow faster...

TitosBuritoBarn · Post by **TitosBuritoBarn** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:38 pm

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Cincinnati are all pretty stagnant as far as bringing in business development.

This is fun to look at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Me ... ical_Areas

nativeomahan · Post by **nativeomahan** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:05 am

Yeah, another way of comparison: Metro Omaha is smaller than all of the following metro areas...
Worcester, MA
Bridgeport-Stamford, CT
Fresno, CA
Tulsa, OK
Tucson, AZ
Grand Rapids, MI
Rochester, NY
Birmingham, AL
Raleigh, NC
Hartford, CT
Providence, RI