Favorite Midwestern Metros

[JA]

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The top 5 metros will proceed to the national semi-finals, so be sure to choose the metropolitan areas (major city(s), urban core, suburbs, and exurbs) that are your favorites. The criteria that define "favorites" are whatever factors you believe are most important in a metro, such as quality of life, skyline, architecture, local culture, climate, and so on. You have just 3 days to vote!

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[Santander]

1. Cincy

Then Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago, and Minneapolis, in no particular order. Honorable mention to Des Moines, Milwaukee and Wichita. Honestly, most of these cities are great.

[Donerail]

1. Chicago
2. Minneapolis
3. Madison
4. Detroit
5. KC

[Goldwater]

Eh... Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Indianapolis, I guess....

[JustinTimeCuber]

1. St. Louis, obviously (anyone who doesn't put St. Louis is instant HP)
2. Kansas City
3. Fort Wayne

Kansas City is a FF city because there are lots of rubik's cube competitions there, and Fort Wayne is a FF city because the rubik's cube nationals will be there.

Hey did I mention that rubik's cubes are cool?

[heatcharger]

1. Chicago
2. Minneapolis
3. Madison
4. Kansas City
5. Indianapolis

Not the best grouping in my opinion.

[Mr. Smith]

1. Chicago
2. Madison
3. Minneapolis
4. Cinncinati
5. Detroit

[RINO Tom]

1. Chicago
2. Indianapolis
3. Des Moines
4. Kansas City
5. Cincinnati

Kind of pissed that the Quad Cities (383,681) beat out Peoria (379,186) to get on this list!

[JGibson]

1 St. Louis, MO-IL
2 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN-WI
3 Chicago, IL-IN-WI
4 Columbus, OH
5. (write-in): Champaign/Urbana, IL

[JA]

Final Results...

1.   Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI = 16 (15.8%)
2.   Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI = 15 (14.9%)
3.   Madison, WI = 11 (10.9%)
4.   Columbus, OH = 9 (8.9%)
5.   Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN = 7 (6.9%)
5.   Kansas City, MO-KS = 7 (6.9%)
7.   Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI = 5 (5%)
7.   Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI = 5 (5%)
9.   St. Louis, MO-IL = 4 (4%)
9.   Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN = 4 (4%)
9.   Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA = 4 (4%)
12.   Cleveland-Elyria, OH = 3 (3%)
13.   Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI = 2 (2%)
13.   Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA = 2 (2%)
13.   Akron, OH = 2 (2%)
13.   Lansing-East Lansing, MI = 2 (2%)
17.   Toledo, OH = 1 (1%)
17.   Fort Wayne, IN = 1 (1%)
17.   Canton-Massillon, OH = 1 (1%)
20.   Dayton, OH = 0 (0%)
20.   Wichita, KS = 0 (0%)
20.   Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA = 0 (0%)
20.   Springfield, MO = 0 (0%)
20.   Flint, MI = 0 (0%)
20.   Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL = 0 (0%)

The metropolitan areas in bold proceed to the national semi-finals.

[Lechasseur]

St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City

[bagelman]

Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Cincy, Columbus.