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Largest metropolitan area without a major sports franchise?

Now that Vegas (Golden Knights, Aces, Raiders) and Austin (A...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/13/25
Cardinals, Diamondbacks and Suns crying losing hoap (and yes...
Charcoal charismatic address
  05/15/25
Phoenix once had every major U.S. pro sport: basketball (Sun...
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  05/16/25
Now they have zero
floppy gaming laptop
  05/17/25
😞
sickened well-lubricated spot son of senegal
  05/19/25
OUR COUNTRY'S A FAGGOT PIECE OF SHIT
Honey-headed puppy
  05/19/25
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floppy gaming laptop
  05/14/25
soccer isn't a major sport and Austin part of the San Antoni...
Onyx brunch
  05/14/25
It’s now the big 5 of major sports champ, Austin is al...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/14/25
Stfu lib. Major sports in America are Football, Golf, baseba...
Onyx brunch
  05/15/25
who the fuck gave phil mickelson a moniker
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floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
If you count soccer as a major sport, the largest metro area...
pale boyish private investor
  05/15/25
Chat GPT said inland empire
floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
Interesting. I think of L.A./Orange Counties and the Inland ...
pale boyish private investor
  05/16/25
HONOLULU MOTHERFUCKERS this has always been the correct ans...
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  05/15/25
New England Patriots covers MA/CT/RI so Hartford isn't reall...
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  05/15/25
Don’t forget Vermont
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  05/15/25
Patriots play closer to Providence than Boston
floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
didnt we already do this thread and someone said phoenix des...
Cerebral Stage
  05/15/25
This thread has never been done before iirc
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  05/15/25
yeah just searched "sports franchise" not even gon...
Cerebral Stage
  05/15/25
America changes, expansion franchises come, teams move, popu...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
cities in canada are annexed
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floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
Greensboro and Raleigh are right next to each other. It&rsqu...
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Youre also overlooking the appleton-oshkosh megalopolis.
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  05/15/25
They are satellite cities of Green Bay imo
Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete
  05/15/25
Go on. Keep confirming your ignorance.
arousing toilet seat
  05/15/25
Im intellectually honest unlike some
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  05/15/25
They have an NHL team, if that counts. They won the Stanley ...
Multi-colored office
  05/15/25
By area: Anchorage, AK. And it's not close. /thread
arousing toilet seat
  05/15/25
"Austin FC" LJL TYFT.
unhinged gaping
  05/15/25
AI says MLS counts but doesn’t list WNBA (which I disa...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
The MLS does not fucking count and your AI is showing why, a...
unhinged gaping
  05/15/25
Great thread
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  05/15/25
this same fucking thread is made every 2 years. no surp...
violent step-uncle's house
  05/15/25
It’s the Same Author every time afaik
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  05/15/25
chandler makes it every time
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  05/15/25
ive made many great threads, they are just drowned out by th...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
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...
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RADIOACTIVE RADIOACTIVE
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Tashkent
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floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
It's a great question and really depends on the assumptions ...
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floppy gaming laptop
  05/15/25
Lmao MLS. I have never once in my life seen a single MLS hig...
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  05/16/25
Yeah MLS has no famous players
floppy gaming laptop
  05/16/25
Has to be Denver or Jacksonville. Huge cities.
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  05/16/25
Denver has the Colorado rapids (commerce city is a suburb) a...
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Lascivious preventive strike windowlicker
  05/17/25
Rockies….
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  05/17/25
They play in Colorado Springs IIRC
floppy gaming laptop
  05/17/25
...
floppy gaming laptop
  05/17/25
It may or may not be the largest but why doesn't Norfolk hav...
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  05/17/25
Population is too spread out no major downtown area
floppy gaming laptop
  05/17/25
Aren’t “downtowns” anachronistic outside t...
Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete
  05/17/25
Never heard of it.
180 marketing idea
  05/18/25
Burlington, Vermont is closer to the equator than Jakarta
jade set
  05/17/25
That actually makes sense.
Nubile lettuce
  05/18/25
Breezewood/ thread
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  05/17/25
i forgot des moines
floppy gaming laptop
  05/21/25


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Date: May 13th, 2025 6:20 PM
Author: floppy gaming laptop

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: Charcoal charismatic address

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: sickened well-lubricated spot son of senegal

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: sickened well-lubricated spot son of senegal

😞

(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: Honey-headed puppy

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: Onyx brunch

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: Onyx brunch

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: Talented Chartreuse Patrolman

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: pale boyish private investor

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: pale boyish private investor

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: territorial milky dysfunction ticket booth

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: Chrome indian lodge

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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: Cerebral Stage

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: cerise laughsome abode old irish cottage

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: Cerebral Stage

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: cerise laughsome abode old irish cottage

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: Chrome indian lodge



(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: arousing toilet seat

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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: arousing toilet seat

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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: Multi-colored office

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: arousing toilet seat

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: unhinged gaping

"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: floppy gaming laptop

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: unhinged gaping

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: carmine azn dog poop

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: violent step-uncle's house

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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: Mind-boggling haunting menage clown

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: Talented Chartreuse Patrolman



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Date: May 15th, 2025 11:40 PM
Author: territorial milky dysfunction ticket booth



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Date: May 17th, 2025 11:34 PM
Author: Pea-brained field

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: Mind-boggling haunting menage clown

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: 180 marketing idea

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: citrine excitant public bath background story

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: impertinent yellow deer antler

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: impertinent yellow deer antler



(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: Lascivious preventive strike windowlicker



(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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: floppy gaming laptop



(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: Nubile lettuce

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: floppy gaming laptop

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: Glittery Bisexual Chapel Keepsake Machete

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: 180 marketing idea

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: jade set

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: Nubile lettuce

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: spruce state

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: floppy gaming laptop

i forgot des moines

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