How have I not heard of “Yonkers” before. Now that’s a city name.
Hellyessum on
Just wait until twitter guy sees that empty x spot
randomtask on
It is crazy to me that Upland, California – a sleepy Los Angeles exurb with basically no notoriety – has a larger population than the much better-known Utica, New York.
apieceoflint on
visualizations that are made because of a random “i wonder…” thought are the best! thanks for sharing, looks good!
oakgrove on
Atlanta should have won for metro population over Austin. Austin is not nearly as balkanized as Atlanta. I may be biased.
tigershrike on
Surprised Memphis is the highest populated “M” city and I’m in Memphis
jswan28 on
It’s wild to me that Upland is one of the 1000 most populated cities in the country when it doesn’t even crack the top 100 in California
landonburner on
It shows Philadelphia for p but Phoenix is bigger. It could be old though. Phoenix is growing while Philly has been pretty flat.
![[OC] Mapping The First Letter Of The 1,000 Most Populous U.S. Cities](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/rjpvdicz4ipe1-1536x1024.png "[OC] Mapping The First Letter Of The 1,000 Most Populous U.S. Cities")
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A pretty pointless visualization, but something my friends and I were curious about 🙂
Data: https://gist.github.com/Miserlou/11500b2345d3fe850c92
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How have I not heard of “Yonkers” before. Now that’s a city name.
Just wait until twitter guy sees that empty x spot
It is crazy to me that Upland, California – a sleepy Los Angeles exurb with basically no notoriety – has a larger population than the much better-known Utica, New York.
visualizations that are made because of a random “i wonder…” thought are the best! thanks for sharing, looks good!
Atlanta should have won for metro population over Austin. Austin is not nearly as balkanized as Atlanta. I may be biased.
Surprised Memphis is the highest populated “M” city and I’m in Memphis
It’s wild to me that Upland is one of the 1000 most populated cities in the country when it doesn’t even crack the top 100 in California
It shows Philadelphia for p but Phoenix is bigger. It could be old though. Phoenix is growing while Philly has been pretty flat.