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this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
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The US usually leaves towns legally distinct as they blend together. We tend to call the whole area by the city name, with only locals using the actual town names. Microsoft, for example, is based in Redmond, not Seattle. Google is based in Mountain View, Facebook is in Menlo Park, Apple is in Cupertino, and Intel/NVidia are in Santa Clara, but those are all San Fransisco to non-residents.
If you go by Metro Statistical Area (MSA), there are two cities over 10mil, 9 between 5-10mil, and 45 between 1-5mil.