Originally Posted by
IndyBison
Some people need to get out of the upper Midwest. If your context is other cities in a 300 mile radius then yes you'll notice a difference between the two. Grand Forks MSA is just over 100k and Fargo is about 230k. Omaha is often referred to as a smaller version of the Twin Cities and it's over 800k. That's a significant difference. I've always told people Indy (1.8m) and Minneapolis (3m) are similar but smaller. For additional comparison Madison is 500k, Milwaukee is 1.4m, Peoria is 400k, Des Moines is 700k, and Chicago is 9.5m. Even Appleton (224k), Green Bay (300k), Kalamazoo (260k), South Bend (334k), Fort Wayne (341k), and Lafayette (225k) are Fargo aize or bigger. When you look at it in that context Fargo and GF aren't that different and their environments are very similar (flat, rural cities along the Red River and business hub for many small towns in the area and home of amid sized state university).
All that said, Fargo is a great city and probably hits above its size compared to other cities their size across the country. But the same can be said for Grand Forks, Bismarckand Minor.
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