The One Minute Geographer: And the Biggest City is…?

Jim Fonseca
4 min readApr 19, 2024
Map from geology.com. Yellow circles added by the author.

Three guys in a bar are arguing over what is the biggest city in Ohio. Which of the three ‘Big Cs’ is it — Cincinnati, Cleveland or Columbus?

Tony says “It’s Cincinnati, I heard it last week on the news.” Jack says “You’re full of crap, I read it in the paper, it’s Columbus.” Bob pulls out his phone and punches some stuff in. “You’re both wrong. It’s Cleveland. Right here…

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Jim Fonseca

Geography professor (retired) writes The One Minute Geographer featuring This Fragile Earth. Top writer in Transportation and, in past months, Travel.