I've long said Toledo, so , close enough.
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Pittsburgh doesn't quite have enough of a negative connotation IMO.
I like the level of irrelevance that Toledo brings to the table.
That is fucking insane. Wow. Did they bring helicopters in to blow away the smoke before kick off?
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2.5 Million people in the Manchester market. Second biggest market in the UK. It's more Chicago than anything else.
And Yonkers was a discussion that was had. You all may not like it. But let that be a lesson that they've found it very difficult to build a stadium here. Manage your time expectations.
That's comparing the Manchester metro area with just Chicago city proper. Manchester city proper is closer to 5o0k. Also I don't think this discussion was necessarily about size.
The problem is that the most suitable, buildable, and available areas closest to NYC residential centers are across the Hudson in NJ. Which is untenable as a matter of public expectations and also not that great for transportation despite the somewhat close proximity.
Manchester is the second largest urban area in the UK. Chicago is the second largest urban area in the U.S.
My understanding of the geography and history is that there is no direct comparison. London is like NYC, Boston and LA all rolled up into one. If the US's second largest city was like a monstrous Pittsburgh/Cleveland/Buffalo type former industrial center, that would be Manchester.
I'm not sure I completely understand the London reference. Isn't London smaller than NYC?
Oh, you're way off. Gun to my head, I'd take Columbia over Fordham or LIC. It'd have been much worse than that.Catastrophic = Fordham or Columbia
If either of those locations had really been under serious consideration they would have qualified as catastrophe.
The Toe you can PM me to let me know if I got it right. Your secret is safe with me.
i went to fordham, if i recall we don't have much seating. I'd guess maybe 8k-12k bleacher style seating. But we do have parking, so there's that.
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i was wrong 7k.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffey_Field
I don't think anything in the five boroughs would count as catastrophic. There are plenty of bad/undesirable options sure, but catastrophe = anything outside city limits, regardless of any other details.
yes it is, but I mean in terms of its role and significance to the country. NYC is the commercial, arts and media center, Boston is the education center and LA the entertainment center of the US. London is all those things to the UK.
Staten Island would be catastrophic. Relying on the ferry to get 20k+ would be a disaster.
