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Largest metropolitan area without a major sports franchise?

Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (A...
emerald parlour
  05/13/25
Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes...
Chestnut center
  05/15/25
Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Sun...
iridescent exciting bawdyhouse nibblets
  05/16/25
Now they have zero
emerald parlour
  05/17/25
😞
iridescent exciting bawdyhouse nibblets
  05/19/25
OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT
Impertinent brunch
  05/19/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/14/25
soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antoni...
vivacious death wish tank
  05/14/25
It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is al...
emerald parlour
  05/14/25
Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseba...
vivacious death wish tank
  05/15/25
who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker
flushed blood rage school
  05/15/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area...
painfully honest mad-dog skullcap
  05/15/25
Chat GPT said inland empire
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland ...
painfully honest mad-dog skullcap
  05/16/25
HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS this has always been the correct ans...
navy godawful stage
  05/15/25
New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't reall...
fuchsia fiercely-loyal legal warrant cuckoldry
  05/15/25
Don’t forget Vermont
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/15/25
Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix des...
galvanic onyx milk native
  05/15/25
This thread has never been done before iirc
Adventurous Double Fault Ceo
  05/15/25
yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gon...
galvanic onyx milk native
  05/15/25
America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, popu...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
cities in canada are annexed
Adventurous Double Fault Ceo
  05/15/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It&rsqu...
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/15/25
...
fuchsia fiercely-loyal legal warrant cuckoldry
  05/15/25
Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis.
infuriating marvelous brethren rehab
  05/15/25
They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/15/25
Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance.
infuriating marvelous brethren rehab
  05/15/25
Im intellectually honest unlike some
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/15/25
They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley ...
lilac aromatic skinny woman
  05/15/25
By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread
infuriating marvelous brethren rehab
  05/15/25
"Austin FC" LJL TYFT.
Pale party of the first part gas station
  05/15/25
AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disa...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, a...
Pale party of the first part gas station
  05/15/25
Great thread
exhilarant misunderstood principal's office fat ankles
  05/15/25
this same fucking thread is made every 2 years. no surp...
amethyst wonderful garrison
  05/15/25
It’s the Same Author every time afaik
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/15/25
chandler makes it every time
Saffron big love of her life
  05/15/25
ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by th...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
...
flushed blood rage school
  05/15/25
...
navy godawful stage
  05/15/25
RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE
diverse mediation
  05/17/25
Tashkent
Saffron big love of her life
  05/15/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions ...
federal theatre
  05/15/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/15/25
Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS hig...
fighting hilarious stock car menage
  05/16/25
Yeah MLS has no famous players
emerald parlour
  05/16/25
Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities.
Peach talking plaza
  05/16/25
Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) a...
emerald parlour
  05/16/25
...
Peach talking plaza
  05/17/25
...
Histrionic library gaming laptop
  05/17/25
Rockies….
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/17/25
They play in Colorado Springs IIRC
emerald parlour
  05/17/25
...
emerald parlour
  05/17/25
It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk hav...
cerebral dilemma
  05/17/25
Population is too spread out no major downtown area
emerald parlour
  05/17/25
Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside t...
Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency
  05/17/25
Never heard of it.
federal theatre
  05/18/25
Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta
180 Cumskin Home
  05/17/25
That actually makes sense.
cerebral dilemma
  05/18/25
Breezewood/ thread
Dark ticket booth
  05/17/25
i forgot des moines
emerald parlour
  05/21/25


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Date: May 13th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: emerald parlour

Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (Austin FC) are out of the picture, what’s the largest city in the USA without a major sports franchise?

I’m thinking:

Oakland

Honolulu

Hartford

El Paso

Quad Cities

Quebec City

Phoenix

Norfolk

Inland Empire cities (but I consider this LA)

Anchorage

Albuquerque

Raleigh

Chattanooga

Boise



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48928002)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:39 AM
Author: Chestnut center

Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes hockey failed in the desert but last I checked they still have the other 3)...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933152)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:43 AM
Author: iridescent exciting bawdyhouse nibblets

Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Suns), football (Cardinals), baseball (Diamondbacks), and hockey (Coyotes).

Bye, Coyotes!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48935952)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: emerald parlour

Now they have zero

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48939630)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:14 PM
Author: iridescent exciting bawdyhouse nibblets

😞

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48944622)



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Date: May 19th, 2025 2:16 PM
Author: Impertinent brunch

OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48944626)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:36 AM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48929571)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: vivacious death wish tank

soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antonio metro. correct answer is Norfolk, VA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48929578)



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Date: May 14th, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: emerald parlour

It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is also a completely different metro than San Antonio albeit close. I’ve actually driven between the two. It’s not like La to Inland empire where it’s constant city.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48929584)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:31 AM
Author: vivacious death wish tank

Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseball, basketball and maybe hockey in that order

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932740)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:43 AM
Author: flushed blood rage school

who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932753)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:11 AM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932485)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:15 AM
Author: painfully honest mad-dog skullcap

If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area without a major team would be El Paso. If you don't count soccer, it would be Austin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932499)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 1:20 AM
Author: emerald parlour

Chat GPT said inland empire

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932504)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 12:52 AM
Author: painfully honest mad-dog skullcap

Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland Empire as one huge, connected area. But interesting nonetheless.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48935908)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:34 AM
Author: navy godawful stage

HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS

this has always been the correct answer, why the fuck does everybody always ignore this obviously and incontrovertibly correct answer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932744)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:58 AM
Author: fuchsia fiercely-loyal legal warrant cuckoldry

New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't really true. Foxborough is barely even in the "Boston area".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932780)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

Don’t forget Vermont

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932805)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: emerald parlour

Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933201)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:14 AM
Author: galvanic onyx milk native

didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix despite the arizona cardinals cause theyre technically legally like 5 miles outside of phoenix

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932800)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:17 AM
Author: Adventurous Double Fault Ceo

This thread has never been done before iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932806)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM
Author: galvanic onyx milk native

yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gonna bother linking the results. realized its flame but he put so much effort into the op. im getting old i guess.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932811)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:24 AM
Author: emerald parlour

America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, populations change.

This isn’t a static answer that will always remain the same.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933109)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:29 AM
Author: Adventurous Double Fault Ceo

cities in canada are annexed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933119)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:30 AM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933122)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:16 AM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It’s Raleigh but the combined population of the metro area is immense. A team would have Greensboro proles commuting nbd. Proles love driving vast distances. Green Bay is far af from Milwaukee and nobody cares.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932803)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:21 AM
Author: fuchsia fiercely-loyal legal warrant cuckoldry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932814)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:24 AM
Author: infuriating marvelous brethren rehab

Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932819)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:42 AM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932839)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 9:00 AM
Author: infuriating marvelous brethren rehab

Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932880)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:32 AM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

Im intellectually honest unlike some

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933126)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:39 AM
Author: lilac aromatic skinny woman

They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley Cup once.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933356)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 8:20 AM
Author: infuriating marvelous brethren rehab

By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48932809)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Pale party of the first part gas station

"Austin FC"

LJL TYFT.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933134)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: emerald parlour

AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disagree with)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933136)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Pale party of the first part gas station

The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, as of right now, we all still have jobs.

The NHL has historically been counted in these threads, although it's not really clear why.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933149)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:35 AM
Author: exhilarant misunderstood principal's office fat ankles

Great thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933344)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 AM
Author: amethyst wonderful garrison

this same fucking thread is made every 2 years.

no surprise that the author of this stolen valor is a shitty poaster who has never independently made a thread (or even a poast) worth reading.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933364)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:01 PM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

It’s the Same Author every time afaik

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933441)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:03 PM
Author: Saffron big love of her life

chandler makes it every time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933454)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:06 PM
Author: emerald parlour

ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by the volume of crap i post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933457)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:46 PM
Author: flushed blood rage school



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48934991)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: navy godawful stage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48935690)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: diverse mediation

RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940558)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 12:02 PM
Author: Saffron big love of her life

Tashkent

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48933446)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:40 PM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48934972)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: federal theatre

It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions you make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48934976)



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:36 PM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48935675)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 1:13 AM
Author: fighting hilarious stock car menage

Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS highlight, I couldn’t tell you a single championship winner, I can’t name a single current player and in fact I don’t even know when the season takes place. In contrast I hear plenty about the NHL despite never watching it. “Major sport” my ass.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48935926)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: emerald parlour

Yeah MLS has no famous players

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48937684)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: Peach talking plaza

Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48937700)



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Date: May 16th, 2025 5:31 PM
Author: emerald parlour

Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) and Jacksonville has the Florida marlins

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48937706)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:34 AM
Author: Peach talking plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48938613)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:25 PM
Author: Histrionic library gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940550)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:31 PM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

Rockies….

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940554)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: emerald parlour

They play in Colorado Springs IIRC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940557)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 2:23 PM
Author: emerald parlour



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48939501)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: cerebral dilemma

It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk have any teams? Close to 2 million people in the metro area. Nearest big city is DC which is pretty far away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48939644)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:16 PM
Author: emerald parlour

Population is too spread out no major downtown area

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940540)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:32 PM
Author: Umber provocative pisswyrm international law enforcement agency

Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside the northeast? LA is spread out. Dallas, Houston….

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940555)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 9:16 PM
Author: federal theatre

Never heard of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48942629)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:30 PM
Author: 180 Cumskin Home

Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940553)



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Date: May 18th, 2025 1:13 AM
Author: cerebral dilemma

That actually makes sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940676)



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:37 PM
Author: Dark ticket booth

Breezewood/ thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48940564)



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Date: May 21st, 2025 5:29 PM
Author: emerald parlour

i forgot des moines

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5724612&forum_id=2#48951826)