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In response to "And I would have scored higher if it wasn't for you meddling kids. -- nm" by CQ

That Mississippi River question caused me no end of consternation in trying to put it together.

Posted by Gene Raybaron (aka BaronWasteland) Jul 30 '20, 14:33

I was going to use individual cities since city limits are cleanly defined. But that swamped the list with Minneapolis suburbs with names like Coon Rapids.

Then I thought about official Metropolitan Statistical Areas as defined by the US census. This worked pretty well until I hit Rochester, MN, which is definitely not on the river but has a tiny sliver of its MSA an hour away dipping its toes in the water. I also had some issues finding the boundaries down in Louisiana, so I dropped that idea too.

I ended up just adopting the one from Wikipedia.

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I was going back and forth between Vicksburg and Bettendorf -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 14:40 2
- I would have given you credit for any of the Quad Cities. Davenport is by far the largest of them. -- nm - Gene Raybaron Jul 30, 14:42 1
  - Damn. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 30, 14:42
I did a list today in [subject redacted] and I almost gave up trying to verify the numbers -- nm - rollo Jul 30, 14:36

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That Mississippi River question caused me no end of consternation in trying to put it together.

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