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Can you name the the most populous cities in Pennsylvania?
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Rank
City
Population
1
1,526,006
2
305,704
3
118,032
4
101,786
5
88,082
6
76,089
7
74,982
Rank
City
Population
8
55,381
9
49,523
10
47,196
11
43,123
12
40,862
13
38,420
14
36,695
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Abhit
:
Jun 16th, 2009 at 16:52 GMT
29 points
I'd like to thank The Office for enabling me to get Scranton.
bsd987
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 16:53 GMT
9 points
I'd like to thank the two hours I considered being a communications major for enabling me to get Scranton.
Mr_Negative
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:00 GMT
19 points
So Jesus was born in Pennsylvania? The bible left that one out.
DirtyKash
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:09 GMT
37 points
I'd like to thank Abhit and bsd987 for enabling me to get Scranton.
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janet
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:10 GMT
-16 points
The Office enabled me to get Scranton and Allentown.
Kelsey
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:15 GMT
8 points
I'd like to thank living in Pennsylvania to getting all but one of them. Stupid Bethlehem.
zalagreensbury
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:16 GMT
15 points
kudos for having 'Philly' has an excepted answer, I was just trying to be a smartass.
Gordo
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:21 GMT
6 points
Are all the big Philly burbs in New Jersey? Or is it mostly unincorporated sprawl or something? Seems bizarre to me that the Philly metro is so big but it seems that the largest suburb is less than 40,000 (in PA, of course).
Booger
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:31 GMT
7 points
@GeoExpert: No sign here regarding other states. Ohio, Illinois and Michigan all list 20 cities I believe. The Pennsylvania cities just got too small to list. The Northeast generally has smaller jurisdictions.
geowiz85
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:37 GMT
2 points
surprised how large PA total population is with so many small "biggest cities". looking forward to Illinois, its definitely going to have more 100,000 person and 50,000 person cities
Go_Phils
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:39 GMT
8 points
What about Upper Darby? Over 80,000.
cmkeller
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:40 GMT
8 points
@Mr Negative - You're joking, of course, but the Bethlehem, PA post office does a lot of business postmarking letters at Christmastime from people who like the idea.
danielle
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:43 GMT
2 points
@ Shoban from what i know (i live an hr outside of philly) the "suburbs" dont really extend into new jersey. if you get lost in philadelphia and keep going east you'll end up in Camden, NJ (i've done this way too many times!) the city part of philadelphia kind of fizzles out into highways and then becomes other smaller suburbs under other names. so its like unincorporated sprawl i guess, theres a bunch of suburbs outside of philly that are very close to it but are not considered apart of it.
Morbo
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT
11 points
I thought Pittsburgh was bigger, but not surprised at the size of some of these towns. Outside the two big cities (and Allentown, I guess) there's really a lot of untamed country in Pennsylvania. Drive across the top of the state on I-80 sometime and you'll see what I mean. Nothing but woods, rivers and mountains. Bigfoot could live up there and we'd never find him.
mathias1979
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:53 GMT
-2 points
Interestingly enough I tried west chester...but not chester. Isn't it all one in the same?
GeoExpert
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:56 GMT
2 points
Looking forward to Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. Expect to see a big drop off in population after the #1 city in the Illinois quiz from the #2 city. (I think Aurora, but not sure)
DerKomissar
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:56 GMT
-4 points
I love Pennsylvania, except for my immense hatred of all things Pittsburgh. Well, that's what happens when you're a die-hard Ravens fan.
austin massachusetts:
Jun 16th, 2009 at 17:57 GMT
2 points
Ahh, I couldn't get any of the western cities... =
It is kind of crazy how big some cities feel. I live in Plymouth Meeting (although I'm in Seoul, S. Korea right now) and Conshy feels much bigger than its ~8,000 person population.
Seoul's 20 million people sure does humble cities like Philly and NYC for me... now only if I could brush up on my Korean and some social reform could be done here...
bfg1118
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:01 GMT
2 points
I had no idea Pittsburgh was so small, so to speak, at least compared to Philly. I had to do a double take when I saw the difference between #1 and #2.
Blaise
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:15 GMT
2 points
As a Pennsylvania native, I am embarrassed to have only gotten 9/14.
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mennoknight
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:16 GMT
-16 points
State College is the name of a town? That's like naming a town Costco because there's a big store there.
geowiz85
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:36 GMT
1 point
@ GeoExpert, its Aurora for now, but Rockford (the old number two for a good half century) is within 3,000 people i believe
Todd:
Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:46 GMT
4 points
@ Mennoknight, Not that I think its a great method of naming towns, but tons of towns are named after schools, forts, trading posts, etc. because the primary reason the town came into existance was for that particular establishment.
y2jdilemma
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT
0 points
@Go Phils- Upper Darby is a school district/township, Upper Darby "proper" (if such a thing exists) is much less than that. I live in Upper Darby township, but Im techincally in Clifton Heights.
y2jdilemma
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 18:58 GMT
0 points
@kania- I actually tried Conshy...and King of Prussia for that matter, and youre right, it does seem bigger when living there.
Supernuke
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT
0 points
@ mennoknight- it's more like naming a town Big Store because there's a Costco there. Also I kept spelling Altoona as "altuna". I feel dumb lol
THMcC907
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 19:30 GMT
16 points
I tried Intercourse but had no luck!
JohnJF
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 19:41 GMT
2 points
Seeing as Scranton is a fairly large city, I find it a little pathetic that people only know of its existence from a TV show. I mean, did people not know of Milwaukee before Happy Days?
mjenks
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 19:41 GMT
0 points
I got 11/14. I guess dating someone and living with someone from Pennsylvania rubbed off.
NickGass
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 19:58 GMT
3 points
Do Missouri cities next!
subway24
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT
-4 points
I missed Lancaster, York, and Chester. Other than that I got 11/14!
subway24
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:06 GMT
0 points
Oh, also I tried Upper Darby. It didn't work! According to wikipedia Upper Darby has a population of 79,620 people. Shouldn't that be in there?
iamthedancefloor
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT
2 points
Being British, I'm always amazed to see just how many American places share names with such a relatively small country; four in this top 10 alone!
TheReaver88
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT
5 points
I'd like to thank being a fan of a AA Eastern League Baseball team (Bowie Baysox) for enabling me to get Erie, Altoona and Reading.
eln77
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT
5 points
@Tom McCarthy: story of my life.
Phillyfan17
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT
2 points
15/15 Thanks for putting this up!!
wreck-neps:
Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:43 GMT
5 points
@ JohnJF I'll bite, if you were kidding you got me. Milwaukee has a population more than 10 times that of Scranton...and a major league baseball team, its hardly the same. I don't believe not hearing of Scranton would be considered 'pathetic'. How many people from around the country have heard of Norwalk or Danbury Connecticut? Both are larger than Scranton.
wreck-neps:
Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:47 GMT
1 point
sorry, more than 8 times as large, not 10
PresidentJSC
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Jun 16th, 2009 at 20:58 GMT
7 points
I like to thank Joe Biden for enabling me to get Scranton.
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