Quote Originally Posted by Shollin View Post
No everything release by the BEA has Chicago 3rd.

http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2013/03%2...metro_area.pdf
But your link has MSA, not CSA. I said that Chicago has the 5th largest economy by CSA.

Usually, in DYes, when we're talking metropolitan areas, we talk CSA. If you use MSA, then Detroit doesn't include Ann Arbor and the outer suburbs, SF doesn't include Silicon Valley, NYC doesn't include its richest suburbs, etc.

But if you want to use MSA, the same point stands. Chicago isn't anywhere near the "Second City" economically. Using your preferred MSA ranking, Chicago is almost as far from #10 Atlanta as it is to #2 LA.