Favorite Northeastern 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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[Goldwater]

I went with New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Hartford, and Bridgeport.

[Santander]

NY, Philly, Buffalo, Portland, Manchester

[heatcharger]

1. Boston
2. New York City
3. Bridgeport
4. Philadelphia
5. Hartford

[Mr. Smith]

1. Philadelphia
2. Boston
3. Pittsburgh
4. Buffalo
5. NYC

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Springfield, Albany, Boston, Providence, Philly, in that order.

[pikachu]

Went for the top 4 and Trenton, though tbf, Trenton really shouldn't count as a metro area in any meaningful sense. Also, Maryland, Delaware and DC are part of the Northeast.

[MAINEiac4434]

1. Portland

2. Boston

The rest are shit

[JGibson]

1. Pittsburgh, PA
2. Boston/Cambridge/Newton, MA
3. Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY

[JA]

Final Results...

1.   Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH = 22 (18.5%)
2.   Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD = 18 (15.1%)
3.   New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA = 15 (12.6%)
4.   Pittsburgh, PA = 11 (9.2%)
5.   Portland-South Portland, ME = 9 (7.6%)
6.   Providence-Warwick, RI-MA = 6 (5%)
6.   Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY = 6 (5%)
8.   Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT = 4 (3.4%)
9.   Rochester, NY = 3 (2.5%)
9.   Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY = 3 (2.5%)
9.   Syracuse, NY = 3 (2.5%)
9.   Springfield, MA = 3 (2.5%)
9.   Manchester-Nashua, NH = 3 (2.5%)
14.   Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT = 2 (1.7%)
14.   Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ = 2 (1.7%)
14.   Lancaster, PA = 2 (1.7%)
14.   Trenton, NJ = 2 (1.7%)
18.   Worcester, MA-CT = 1 (0.8%)
18.   New Haven-Milford, CT = 1 (0.8%)
18.   Scranton_Wilkes-Barre_Hazleton, PA = 1 (0.8%)
18.   Reading, PA = 1 (0.8%)
18.   Utica-Rome, NY = 1 (0.8%)
23.   Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA = 0 (0%)
23.   York-Hanover, PA = 0 (0%)
23.   Erie, PA = 0 (0%)

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

[Lechasseur]

Pittsburgh, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo

[bagelman]

Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland. Have been to the first two.