Left with a long list of cities maybe, but not many (any?) population centers. Im sure for small N you can find people that want to live an hour deep from the B

Left with a long list of cities maybe, but not many (any?) population centers. Im sure for small N you can find people that want to live an hour deep from the Baltimore suburbs, but the size of the cities you insist on excluding compared to the population of the US would indicate the majority don't hold that position (if they did you'd be complaining about other mega centers since capital tends to follow people).