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Largest metropolitan area without a major sports franchise?

Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (A...
mauve native
  05/13/25
Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes...
copper learning disabled corner partner
  05/15/25
Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Sun...
coiffed meetinghouse
  05/16/25
Now they have zero
mauve native
  05/17/25
😞
coiffed meetinghouse
  05/19/25
OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT
vermilion seedy preventive strike crackhouse
  05/19/25
...
mauve native
  05/14/25
soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antoni...
ocher talented school cafeteria
  05/14/25
It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is al...
mauve native
  05/14/25
Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseba...
ocher talented school cafeteria
  05/15/25
who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker
Chest-beating hideous station
  05/15/25
...
mauve native
  05/15/25
If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area...
Contagious ticket booth boistinker
  05/15/25
Chat GPT said inland empire
mauve native
  05/15/25
Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland ...
Contagious ticket booth boistinker
  05/16/25
HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS this has always been the correct ans...
alcoholic twisted range messiness
  05/15/25
New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't reall...
Provocative old irish cottage
  05/15/25
Don’t forget Vermont
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/15/25
Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston
mauve native
  05/15/25
didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix des...
Naked alcoholic shitlib
  05/15/25
This thread has never been done before iirc
talking yarmulke keepsake machete
  05/15/25
yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gon...
Naked alcoholic shitlib
  05/15/25
America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, popu...
mauve native
  05/15/25
cities in canada are annexed
talking yarmulke keepsake machete
  05/15/25
...
mauve native
  05/15/25
Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It&rsqu...
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/15/25
...
Provocative old irish cottage
  05/15/25
Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis.
Rebellious jew alpha
  05/15/25
They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/15/25
Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance.
Rebellious jew alpha
  05/15/25
Im intellectually honest unlike some
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/15/25
They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley ...
geriatric razzle-dazzle parlour liquid oxygen
  05/15/25
By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread
Rebellious jew alpha
  05/15/25
"Austin FC" LJL TYFT.
primrose odious casino dog poop
  05/15/25
AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disa...
mauve native
  05/15/25
The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, a...
primrose odious casino dog poop
  05/15/25
Great thread
White Galvanic Den
  05/15/25
this same fucking thread is made every 2 years. no surp...
Idiotic nubile forum digit ratio
  05/15/25
It’s the Same Author every time afaik
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/15/25
chandler makes it every time
coral aromatic garrison legend
  05/15/25
ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by th...
mauve native
  05/15/25
...
Chest-beating hideous station
  05/15/25
...
alcoholic twisted range messiness
  05/15/25
RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE
gold vivacious chapel ratface
  05/17/25
Tashkent
coral aromatic garrison legend
  05/15/25
...
mauve native
  05/15/25
It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions ...
pungent theater stage
  05/15/25
...
mauve native
  05/15/25
Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS hig...
Chocolate jewess cuckoldry
  05/16/25
Yeah MLS has no famous players
mauve native
  05/16/25
Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities.
disturbing coffee pot haunted graveyard
  05/16/25
Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) a...
mauve native
  05/16/25
...
disturbing coffee pot haunted graveyard
  05/17/25
...
exciting violent hominid
  05/17/25
Rockies….
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/17/25
They play in Colorado Springs IIRC
mauve native
  05/17/25
...
mauve native
  05/17/25
It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk hav...
Submissive library
  05/17/25
Population is too spread out no major downtown area
mauve native
  05/17/25
Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside t...
Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king
  05/17/25
Never heard of it.
pungent theater stage
  05/18/25
Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta
Arousing Abusive Hospital Famous Landscape Painting
  05/17/25
That actually makes sense.
Submissive library
  05/18/25
Breezewood/ thread
silver floppy tanning salon
  05/17/25
i forgot des moines
mauve native
  05/21/25


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Date: May 13th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: mauve native

Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (Austin FC) are out of the picture, what’s the largest city in the USA without a major sports franchise?

I’m thinking:

Oakland

Honolulu

Hartford

El Paso

Quad Cities

Quebec City

Phoenix

Norfolk

Inland Empire cities (but I consider this LA)

Anchorage

Albuquerque

Raleigh

Chattanooga

Boise



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48928002)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: copper learning disabled corner partner

Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes hockey failed in the desert but last I checked they still have the other 3)...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933152)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:43 AM
Author: coiffed meetinghouse

Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Suns), football (Cardinals), baseball (Diamondbacks), and hockey (Coyotes).

Bye, Coyotes!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935952)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: mauve native

Now they have zero

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939630)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: coiffed meetinghouse

😞

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48944622)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: vermilion seedy preventive strike crackhouse

OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48944626)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929571)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: ocher talented school cafeteria

soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antonio metro. correct answer is Norfolk, VA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929578)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: mauve native

It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is also a completely different metro than San Antonio albeit close. I’ve actually driven between the two. It’s not like La to Inland empire where it’s constant city.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48929584)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:31 AM
Author: ocher talented school cafeteria

Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseball, basketball and maybe hockey in that order

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932740)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:43 AM
Author: Chest-beating hideous station

who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932753)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:11 AM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932485)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:15 AM
Author: Contagious ticket booth boistinker

If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area without a major team would be El Paso. If you don't count soccer, it would be Austin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932499)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:20 AM
Author: mauve native

Chat GPT said inland empire

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932504)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 12:52 AM
Author: Contagious ticket booth boistinker

Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland Empire as one huge, connected area. But interesting nonetheless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935908)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:34 AM
Author: alcoholic twisted range messiness

HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS

this has always been the correct answer, why the fuck does everybody always ignore this obviously and incontrovertibly correct answer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932744)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:58 AM
Author: Provocative old irish cottage

New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't really true. Foxborough is barely even in the "Boston area".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932780)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

Don’t forget Vermont

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932805)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: mauve native

Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933201)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: Naked alcoholic shitlib

didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix despite the arizona cardinals cause theyre technically legally like 5 miles outside of phoenix

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932800)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM
Author: talking yarmulke keepsake machete

This thread has never been done before iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932806)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM
Author: Naked alcoholic shitlib

yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gonna bother linking the results. realized its flame but he put so much effort into the op. im getting old i guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932811)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:24 AM
Author: mauve native

America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, populations change.

This isn’t a static answer that will always remain the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933109)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: talking yarmulke keepsake machete

cities in canada are annexed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933119)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933122)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:16 AM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It’s Raleigh but the combined population of the metro area is immense. A team would have Greensboro proles commuting nbd. Proles love driving vast distances. Green Bay is far af from Milwaukee and nobody cares.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932803)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: Provocative old irish cottage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932814)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:24 AM
Author: Rebellious jew alpha

Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932819)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:42 AM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932839)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: Rebellious jew alpha

Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932880)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:32 AM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

Im intellectually honest unlike some

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933126)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:39 AM
Author: geriatric razzle-dazzle parlour liquid oxygen

They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley Cup once.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933356)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM
Author: Rebellious jew alpha

By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48932809)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: primrose odious casino dog poop

"Austin FC"

LJL TYFT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933134)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: mauve native

AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disagree with)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933136)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: primrose odious casino dog poop

The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, as of right now, we all still have jobs.

The NHL has historically been counted in these threads, although it's not really clear why.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933149)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:35 AM
Author: White Galvanic Den

Great thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933344)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: Idiotic nubile forum digit ratio

this same fucking thread is made every 2 years.

no surprise that the author of this stolen valor is a shitty poaster who has never independently made a thread (or even a poast) worth reading.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933364)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:01 PM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

It’s the Same Author every time afaik

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933441)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:03 PM
Author: coral aromatic garrison legend

chandler makes it every time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933454)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:06 PM
Author: mauve native

ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by the volume of crap i post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933457)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: Chest-beating hideous station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934991)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: alcoholic twisted range messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935690)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: gold vivacious chapel ratface

RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940558)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: coral aromatic garrison legend

Tashkent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48933446)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934972)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: pungent theater stage

It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions you make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48934976)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935675)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:13 AM
Author: Chocolate jewess cuckoldry

Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS highlight, I couldn’t tell you a single championship winner, I can’t name a single current player and in fact I don’t even know when the season takes place. In contrast I hear plenty about the NHL despite never watching it. “Major sport” my ass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48935926)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: mauve native

Yeah MLS has no famous players

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937684)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: disturbing coffee pot haunted graveyard

Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937700)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: mauve native

Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) and Jacksonville has the Florida marlins

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48937706)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:34 AM
Author: disturbing coffee pot haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48938613)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: exciting violent hominid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940550)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

Rockies….

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940554)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: mauve native

They play in Colorado Springs IIRC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940557)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: mauve native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939501)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: Submissive library

It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk have any teams? Close to 2 million people in the metro area. Nearest big city is DC which is pretty far away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48939644)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:16 PM
Author: mauve native

Population is too spread out no major downtown area

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940540)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:32 PM
Author: Fuchsia orchestra pit philosopher-king

Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside the northeast? LA is spread out. Dallas, Houston….

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940555)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: pungent theater stage

Never heard of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48942629)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:30 PM
Author: Arousing Abusive Hospital Famous Landscape Painting

Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940553)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 1:13 AM
Author: Submissive library

That actually makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940676)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: silver floppy tanning salon

Breezewood/ thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48940564)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: mauve native

i forgot des moines

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2],#48951826)