Metropolitan areas of the US that are at least 300 miles from a larger US metropolitan area Quiz by zzyzx501

Can you name the metropolitan areas of the US that are at least 300 miles from a larger US metropolitan area?

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Source: US Census Bureau
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Distance to Closest Larger Metro (miles)	Metro	Closest Larger Metro
n/a		none
2451		New York
2395		San Francisco
1435		Seattle
965		Houston
802		Chicago
714		New York
684		San Francisco
601		Kodiak
584		Phoenix

Distance to Closest Larger Metro (miles)	Metro	Closest Larger Metro
569		Anchorage
538		Washington, D.C.
498		Fairbanks
387		Salt Lake City
363		Las Vegas
362		Chicago
358		Los Angeles
342		Los Angeles
317		Tucson
317		Houston

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Isolated US Metros Quiz

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Created Apr 10, 2010 in Geography
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	jonnyr12:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 15:41 GMT		-3 points
	The name is very misleading. There is nothing "isolated" about New York. Interesting idea, but so much of the quiz comes down to just naming the largest metros.

	zifyoip:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 16:03 GMT		6 points
	Good quiz. It seemed straightforward enough to me. It's similar to topographic isolation: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic_isolation> I'm surprised Fairbanks isn't on the list, though, and also Nome or Bethel, Alaska.

	Onno:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 18:18 GMT		22 points
	I know I'm probably one of very few people that bother, but Unalaska, Juneau and Barrow are not metropolitan areas, they're micropolitan areas.

	zzyzx501:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 19:10 GMT		4 points
	Columbus is not far from Cleveland and Cincinnati, both larger metros, so it didn't make the list. Zifyoip nailed the inspiration for the quiz; that's why the word "isolated" was used. Fairbanks is about 260ish miles from Anchorage, if you were wondering.

	springybawb:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 03:05 GMT		1 point
	Dallas is closer than 300 miles from Houston, which is larger.

	Apollo846:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 05:30 GMT		4 points
	@springybawb: The metro area for Dallas-Ft. Worth is larger than Houston tough...Great Quiz! but I agree with Onno, I wouldn't consider those metropolitan areas.

	Hamburger:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 08:49 GMT		-1 points
	St. Louis is 304 miles from Chicago, its only larger neighbor

	cuendillar:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 10:49 GMT		1 point
	Dededo, Guam as a bonus? It's 3801 miles from Honolulu.

	Psycho:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 13:42 GMT		9 points
	Isn't Unalaska, Alaska an oxymoron?

	Chocolatl:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 18:17 GMT		0 points
	Hamburger: St Louis is 304 miles away from Chicago, but only 250 miles away from Kansas City, another larger neighbor.

	marpocky:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 23:06 GMT		4 points
	I like the idea for this quiz, but the inclusion of fairly small Alaskan cities doesn't seem right...

	drummerchic312:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 05:22 GMT		-4 points
	how on earth is denver closer to phoenix than to Albuquerque, New Mexico. You go through Albuquerque on a drive to phoenix and is about half way

	drummerchic312:	Apr 13th, 2010 at 05:23 GMT		-4 points
	and phoenix and tucson are next to eachother.

	AtomicOtter:	Apr 19th, 2010 at 15:31 GMT		6 points
	Denver isn't closer to Phoenix than to Albuquerque, but Albuquerque isn't larger than Denver.

	mathew:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 07:59 GMT		1 point
	Interesting quiz.

	HollywoodLeo:	Jul 6th, 2010 at 16:32 GMT		3 points
	Interesting quiz, but I never would have thought about Unalaska and Barrow as metropolitan areas.

	patchadams:	Jul 7th, 2010 at 14:22 GMT		0 points
	unalaska, alaska.... genius, purely amazing

FreakyFlyBry:

Dec 12th, 2010 at 07:39 GMT

1 point

The first 2 that came to mind for me were Anchorage and Honolulu... never thought to think of smaller Alaska towns!

	dookpsu13:	Mar 18th, 2011 at 20:15 GMT		1 point
	chocolatl: KC is bigger than STL, but STL is a bigger metro area (more/bigger burbs)

	claytoam01:	Sep 2nd, 2011 at 15:45 GMT		0 points
	wat is unalaska ?

	wojtowicz:	Apr 20th, 2012 at 19:27 GMT		1 point
	so what exactly qualifies barrow as a metropolitan center

	freerice2:	Jun 13th, 2013 at 17:56 GMT		1 point
	According to the US Census Bureau, Juneau is merely a Micropolitan city, and Barrow and Unalaska are not even Micropolitan. I think that Barrow and Unalaska should be removed, and Juneau should be a bonus unless you specify that Micropolitan Areas count.