Can you name the Largest US Suburbs? by save_ferris15

Population (2010)	City	Suburb of
741,206		Dallas
492,682		Los Angeles
439,041		Phoenix
390,724		San Francisco
365,438		Dallas
355,662		Los Angeles
348,467		Los Angeles
325,078		Denver
285,068		Minneapolis
277,140		New York

Population (2010)	City	Suburb of
259,841		Dallas
257,729		Las Vegas
248,098		Tampa
247,597		New York
243,916		San Diego
242,803		Virginia Beach
226,876		Dallas
226,721		Phoenix
222,209		Virginia Beach
218,896		Miami

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Largest US Suburbs Quiz

by save_ferris15

Created Jul 19, 2011 in Geography
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	MisterF:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:22 GMT	7 points
	It seems like your definition of a suburb is very shaky- some of the cities on here (like Fort Worth, Oakland, and St. Paul) are not considered suburbs, but instead are considered as a second main city in their own metropolitan areas. If you're defining a suburb to be any city that isn't the largest in its metropolitan area, then Jersey City, Norfolk, and possibly others need to be added.

	save_ferris15:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 20:59 GMT	-2 points
	@MisterF: Yes, I am defining it as that. Fort Worth is usually considered as a suburb, as it has only half the population of Dallas. St. Paul is shaky, I will agree, but the metro area is usually referred to as the Minneapolis metro area. Thanks for the suggestions, and I will add them.

	Mcourtney:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 21:05 GMT	1 point
	You also have Aurora as a suberb of 'Colorado'. I think you mean denver.

	save_ferris15:	Jul 19th, 2011 at 21:07 GMT	1 point
	Also corrected.

	bsd987:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 00:07 GMT	5 points
	Many of these, as already stated, are not suburbs under any definition of suburb. This quiz needs to be retitled "Can you name the 20 largest cities in the U.S. that are not the largest city in their metropolitan area?"

	chriskotx:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 03:56 GMT	3 points
	People in Fort Worth would come out fighting if you called them a suburb of Dallas. If a city was of significant size before WWII, it isnt a suburb. The modern suburb began with the post war housing boom and rise of the commuter culture. Virginia Beach, although larger, grew up because of its proximity to Norfolk, not the other way around. By the definition of this quiz, Washington could be called a suburb of Baltimore.

	sharpdale:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 03:57 GMT	5 points
	@saveferris - Have to agree with the other posters. Fort Worth, Oakland and St. Paul are not considered suburbs by any official source. As far as "unofficial" sources, it's most frequently referred to as the "Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area." And the MN metro is called the "Twin Cities" far and wide, referring to both Minneapolis and St. Paul, and not the "Minneapolis Metro Area."

	sousayblarocvoo:	Jul 20th, 2011 at 13:02 GMT	3 points
	I am in agreement with the other posters that the title of this quiz is misleading. Because half of the cities on the list grew up side by side, and, at some point in history, many were even larger than the city that eventually subsumed them! They cannot be classifed as suburbs.

	adamnvillani:	Nov 28th, 2011 at 06:14 GMT	2 points
	Virginia Beach is a suburb of Norfolk, not the other way around. VB is only the primary city there by technical virtue of its higher population, but by any meaningful understanding of how the area developed, VB is the suburb.

	WyattsTorch:	Nov 29th, 2011 at 21:30 GMT	1 point
	I agree with @adamnvillani. Norfolk was established a very long time ago, whereas Virginia Beach is a very new city. I live across the river from Norfolk in a house that was built in 1880. Nothing in Virginia Beach is even remotely close to being that old.

	BostonMatt:	Nov 30th, 2011 at 16:01 GMT	1 point
	Agree with most of the other commenters. I would also add that Chandler, AZ should be added (pop 236,000) and that based upon the criteria that you used, so should San Francisco (San Jose is bigger).