A Queen City?

[Loughlin]

Trust me it s the biggest city in CT, its the third in New england 1.Boston( possibly within the next 20 years overtaken by Providence) 2.providence 3. hartford and 4 is a toss up between The two other big mass cities and Manchester NH.

[Loughlin]

The other two big cities in CT are Waterbury and Bridgeport, and there not as big as Hartford.

[waccamatt]

Hartford is def the biggest metro in Ct if not the biggest within the city limits.

[M. Brown]

Trust me it s the biggest city in CT, its the third in New england  1.Boston( possibly within the next 20 years overtaken by Providence) 2.providence 3. hartford and 4 is a toss up between The two other big mass cities and Manchester NH.

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No trust me. Hartford is NOT the largest city in CT. Bridgeport is. Hartford has the largest metro but it is not the largest city. Hartford is not the third largest city in New England either. Worcester is. Providence in second. Then Springfield, then Bridgeport CT, then New Haven CT, then HARTFORD CT.

[Spartan]

Nobody is saying Hartford is the largest.

Post some facts so everyone is on the same page.

[john257675]

So the Connecticut debate can stop, here are the city populations as of the 2000 census:

Bridgeport 139,529

New Haven 123,626

Hartford 121,578

Stamford 117,083

Waterbury 107,271

Norwalk 82,951

The proof is from this census website:

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/20...es/ct_tab_6.PDF

[john257675]

As far as New England is concerned, here are the 10 largest cities (2000 Census):

1. Boston 589,141

2. Providence 173,618

3. Worcester 172,648

4. Springfield 152,082

5. Bridgeport 139,529

6. New Haven 123,626

7. Hartford 121,578

8. Stamford,CT 117,083

9. Waterbury,CT 107,271

10. Manchester 107,006

5 Largest Metropolitan Areas:

1. Boston 5,819,100

2. Providence 1,188,613

3. Hartford 1,183,110

4. Springfield 591,932

5. Portland 243,537

(Manchester is part of the Boston Metro)

All of this can be found from this website:

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t3.html

[Spartan]

How integrated with NYC is Bridgeport?

[M. Brown]

^Loughlin just said It was

[Cotuit]

As far as New England is concerned, here are the 10 largest cities (2000 Census):

1.  Boston            589,141

2.  Providence      173,618

3.  Worcester      172,648

4.  Springfield      152,082

5.  Bridgeport      139,529

6.  New Haven      123,626

7.  Hartford          121,578

8.  Stamford,CT    117,083

9.  Waterbury,CT  107,271

10. Manchester    107,006

5 Largest Metropolitan Areas:

1. Boston          5,819,100

2. Providence    1,188,613

3. Hartford        1,183,110

4. Springfield      591,932

5. Portland          243,537

(Manchester is part of the Boston Metro)

All of this can be found from this website:

http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t3.html

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Thanks john!

How integrated with NYC is Bridgeport?

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Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford, New Haven... pretty much everything south and west of Hartford is within the New York metro area, they all have MetroNorth stops. That's why New Englanders from the other 5 states begrudgingly allow Connecticut to be a member of the club. Most of it is really an extension of New York City.

[Loughlin]

wow, than CT citys are growing and Mass and Nh citys are not,,about ten years ago those Ct where not nearly as big and Manchester had almost the same pop as it does with maybe ten thousand more than it had 10 years,that is definitly news to me,BTW what is Hartfords metro pop.

[Loughlin]

Manchester is part of boston metro?

[GA native_CFT]

That would be Charlotte. The rest are imitations. (especially cincinatti)

So I guess that means New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago and all imitations. Sure...

[ncguy06]

^^ thats not what hes saying. He is saying that every other city that refers to itself as the queen city is an imitator. Charlotte really is referred to as the Queen city and not because its the biggest city and its not the capitol, i dont know who came up with that theory. He isnt saying that NY or Chicago are imitators.

[Ruso]

Kentucky: Frankfort, Ky is a rather small city. Louisville is the biggest one, I think.

In Ecuador, the port, Guayaquil is much bigger than the capital city, Quito.

[Ness]

You know the story on Cincy's claim on that Metro? Never did hear the story on how Cincy got nicknamed that, why are they imitators?

Cincinnati became known as the "Queen City" after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow referred to it as "The Queen of the West."

[DruidCity]

Interesting thread. I had always wondered the origin of Cincy's nickname, as

the road that's the eastern border of my town's downtown area is named "Queen City Avenue" in honor of an old rail route to Cincinnati.

[fromdust]

Isn't that redundant? Is there any state whose capitol is its largest city?

That is certainly not the case in California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and every other state I know the capitol of. (Also, coming at it from the other direction, not one of the cities that come to mind when you think of "big U.S. cities" is a capitol).

oklahomas capital, oklahoma city is the largest.

[Tayfromcarolina]

atlanta georgia too. by far the biggest and capitol.