What are some cities that have major influence and impact in a state they aren’t apart of?

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1. Washington DC.

2. Well here in Florida everyone from New York makes it a point to tell you they’re from
   New York so finding ways not to talk to them is part of our daily lives.

3. The major international ones for the most part: Miami, NYC, LA, DC, Atlanta, Vegas, etc.

4. Boston influences all of the Northern New England states. Pre-work-from-home the states filled with nest eggs made from Massachusetts jobs in retirement and summer homes.

   Now in a WFH era, many people live all over.

   NH and Maine workers commute into Boston (often one day a week, etc).

   Massachusetts also is making NH a bit more conservative as it’s now getting more conservative residents that have “cancelled” Mass.

   But Boston wages likely both raise wages and rents – across all New England.

5. Pretty much any major city close enough to a border that it has bedroom communities in another state. Some offhand examples:

   DC vs. Virginia and Maryland

   New York vs. New Jersey and Connecticut

   Chicago vs. Wisconsin and Indiana

   Memphis vs. Arkansas and Mississippi

   St. Louis vs. Illinois

   Kansas City vs. Kansas

   I’m sure the phenomenon even extends to our international borders, e.g. San Diego-Tijuana, El Paso-Juarez, Detroit-Windsor, Buffalo-Niagara, etc.

6. Omaha and Iowa. Council Bluffs exists as a suburb of Omaha.

7. LA on Arizona and Nevada

8. NYC has a big influence on North Jersey. Philadelphia has a big influence on South Jersey

9. If the Ohio wasn’t a state border, Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and New Albany would just be neighborhoods of Louisville.