Can you name the most populous cities in the United States Central Time Zone?

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US Cities by Timezone: Central Quiz

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Created by: Unidentifiedkiwi -
Contributed: March 20th, 2010
Published: March 29th, 2010
Category: Geography
Plays: 109,339

Tags: Population Quizzes, State Quizzes, City Quizzes, rank, united, United States, populous, zone, central, timezone

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	rockgolf:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 17:44 GMT	28 points
	I knew a guy who lived in Chicago (CST) but worked in Battle Creek (EST). Every Monday he'd move forward an hour on his commute to Michigan, and pick it up again when he returned home on Friday. I figured that the guy just wanted to spend as little of his life as he could on Mondays.

	jaypunkrawk:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 17:44 GMT	8 points
	I would miss Irving and Laredo. I'm actually in Irving right now...hahahaha.

	MikeSang:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 17:47 GMT	21 points
	too central centric

	spottedcow:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 17:56 GMT	8 points
	Texas owns this quiz.

	caramba:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 17:58 GMT	11 points
	@unidentifiedkiwi: When are your New Zealand time zone quizzes going to be published?

	LTH:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 18:11 GMT	25 points
	@spottedcow, if you think Texas owns this quiz, you should see the Pacific Time Zone version aka Name the Largest Cities in California.

	kenjab:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 18:36 GMT	10 points
	What is it about Wisconsin? Whether it's a quiz about cities, states or colleges, I ALWAYS forget that state!

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	BiloxiSean:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 18:47 GMT	9 points
	I had no idea tulsa was bigger than minneapolis.

	Lair_Dweller:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 18:50 GMT	3 points
	Damn you Texas.

	btroup1:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 18:51 GMT	2 points
	Biloxi: But if take the apporach that you're dealing with Twin Cities, I bet one feels emptier than the other when you visit them.

	Guinevere:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 19:07 GMT	2 points
	It's just amazing how I always forget about the existence of St. Louis. And I have a friend that lives there! But inevitably, in a geography quiz where St. Louis is one of the answers, I totally blank on it. Even trying to think of cities with sports teams doesn't help. Also, I knew that a bunch of the cities I was missing were going to be in Texas, and managed to come up with a bunch of possibilities, but still missed almost 10 obvious places.

	tunnel:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 19:24 GMT	8 points
	What about Des Moines? It was one of the first cities I guessed.

	kittens:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 19:42 GMT	2 points
	i feel like el paso should be on here...

	BamaGuy:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 19:56 GMT	8 points
	@kittens, El Paso is on Moutain Time. i wasn't sure where that cutoff was which is why I didn't think to guess Lubbock. @tunnel, if Des Moines was the first place you though of, then you really need to get out and see some more of this country. also @MikeSang, I personally think you should have gone with "too Texas centric"

	nightfloat:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 20:34 GMT	6 points
	Lincoln is bigger than Des Moines? Wow. Maybe the Des Moines area is just more fragmented.

	theGrit:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT	3 points
	@BamaGuy: Thanks a lot. I live in Des Moines. It was the first place I thought of as well. :P @nightfloat: The population estimate in 2008 (per the Census) has the Des Moines area roughly half a million people. The issue is that we have a sh*t ton of suburbs that are not incorporated. So, Des Moines proper is just under 200k. Pain in the rear when we get overlooked for major shopping venues like IKEA and Whole Foods.

	Phillyfan17:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 21:35 GMT	5 points
	St. Louis is lower than I expected

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	John:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 22:44 GMT	13 points
	There's a Kansas City, KS and a Kansas City, MO right across the state line from each other, both part of the same metropolitan area. They are incorporated as separate cities because they're in different states. Kansas City, MO has about 4 times the number of people as Kansas City, KS.

	mrgenova:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT	9 points
	You can tell you're getting desperate when you start guessing "Greenbow" (that's in the county of Greenbow)

	dr_stalker:	Mar 29th, 2010 at 23:32 GMT	11 points
	A lot of this is skewed due to metro areas not being identical to cities. Five of these are, to the rest of the free world, Dallas. St. Louis is smaller than it seems because the city itself is a small part of a sprawling 2-state, multi-county metro area.