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Originally Posted by mlyons
Right, it's a big market, but not some colossus bestriding the Mid-Atlantic the way Nihilianth seemed to imply. It's fifth in market size, but the dropoff after the first three is really big.
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Might as well put some numbers to that. MSA population estimates for 2008:
1. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA: 19,006,798
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA: 12,872,808
3. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI: 9,569,624
4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX: 6,300,006
5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD: 5,838,471