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by MadAnthonyWayne 3106 days ago
It was 5th with 1.8 million people, and was 4th in the 20s, 30s, and 40s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_in_the_...

Perhaps you could use Wikipedia to satisfy your curiosity
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richardwhiuk 3106 days ago
I'm not sure what your point is here? 4th or 5th is not very close to being largest (especially amongst cities which tend to have exponential curves in population - e.g. it's not surprising the 1st most populous city to be 3-5x the next largest)
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MadAnthonyWayne 3106 days ago
Only point is the parent was

a) Wrong on the population in the year given

b) Choose the incorrect decade for peak population with respect to the size of other cities in the US.

c) Gave a snide remark to the user to use Wikipedia while unable to do so themselves...

[Edit rate limited reply] Well I guess you learn something new everyday, but the parent insinuated the poster did not know this to be the case with the BTW, so you can read it however you'd like

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astura 3106 days ago
That remark was not snide... I found it informative, I had no idea Wikipedia had "Demographic history of" pages.
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