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Originally Posted by Razor
I initially thought that Des Moines would be analogous to Winnipeg, but I just quickly checked out a map, and it probably is to an extent, but it's still close enough to Omaha and even KC..That said, all roads in Iowa probably lead to De Moines. U.S smaller metros just don't seem to be as isolated as their Canadian counterparts. Both Regina and Saskatoon are other good candidates. They both are the "big city" for their sections of mostly rural Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg CMA: 830,000
Omaha MSA: 980,000
Kansas City MSA: 2,160,000
Omaha, sure, but KCMO is closer in size to Vancouver than any other Canadian metropolitan area.
But yeah, the US doesn't have many sub 1m metro areas that are very prominent. Off the top of my head, there's Omaha, Boise, Spokane, Anchorage, Honolulu, Reno, maybe New Haven or Green Bay? A lot of the 'smaller' ones that immediately come to mind (Salt Lake City, New Orleans, Hartford, Sacramento, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, etc) still have 1-2m people.