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Originally Posted by EastSideHBG
For most of the past century or so, the United States’ three largest cities have been, unshakably, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. That’s still true according to most measures:
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I don't quite agree with this framing. NYC and Chicago, yes. They have been in the top 3 for 130 years. But L.A. didn't officially join the top 3 until the 1950s. There are many people still alive today that were breathing before L.A. became a top 3 city. A few are still around that witnessed it leap into the top 5.
Another interesting thing to note is that L.A. has occupied the #2 slot for about as long as Chicago did. Philadelphia held the #2 slot far longer, and I don't think there's an immediate threat to L.A., but if history holds then we might have a new #2 within the next 2-3 decades.
source:
https://www.peakbagger.com/pbgeog/histmetropop.aspx