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"The Cities"

In the 4th paragraph there is an uncited claim that the Twin Cities area being known simply as 'the cities' in the greater Midwest. I have lived in North Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois and have not heard this from anyone, except those from the Twin Cities area. Can anyone substantiate the claim that this is known throughout the Midwest? Otherwise I think the Midwest part should be left out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.31.230.116 (talk) 02:29, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As a local I can say it’s in common use in Minnesota. But probably not outside of the state. 174.199.38.59 (talk) 17:29, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I completely agree. I have lived in St. Paul my entire life and have never heard the Twin Cities referred to that. I think unless anyone can find a reliable source for this, then it should be removed. Twinsfan133 (talk) 03:30, 14 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. I live in southeast Minnesota and when talking to other people, I've almost always heard the area be called "the Cities". It might not be common throughout the Midwest or inside the Cities themselves, though. 198.174.37.44 (talk) 13:09, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Thesavagenorwegian, the point I intended with my revert[1] is that this information is non-WP:ENCYCLOPEDIC and should not be included anywhere. Information that is not important enough to include in the body of even a half-way developed article definitely should not be included in the WP:LEAD, which is a summary of the body with appropriate weight. (See also WP:But it's true!.)

I'm going to revert with a link to this. If you continue to disagree, please go ahead an change it back, and we can discuss here.

Cheers, Patrick (talk) 15:36, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Possible data discrepancy in infobox

I noticed that the urban area is listed as 1,021.8 sq mi, and the density of the urban area is listed as 1,021.8 people per sq km. Seems highly unlikely that those two numbers would be exactly the same, I wonder if the person typing that section looked at the wrong line of data for one of them. The data in the infobox doesn't have a source listed, where should one look to double-check that? Ianrbuck (talk) 14:21, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for catching that! The error seems to have been introduced on 14:33, May 30, 2020‎ by User:Shandstorm. They appear to have copied from from List of United States urban areas incorrectly. I've added the source from the article List of United States urban areas. -Eóin (talk) 02:52, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MSA Historical Population

Shouldn't MSA Historical Population be based on the definition of the MSA at that particular Census? DemocraticLuntz (talk) 20:08, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Population

Where's the population I don't see it! Tramontana 4217 (talk) 22:23, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"The Cities" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect The Cities has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 March 28 § The Cities until a consensus is reached. Patrick (talk) 15:44, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]