Originally Posted by aztimm

You'd think someone would have checked their facts for the release:

Philadelphia is the second largest city on the East Coast and the fifth in the nation, with a metropolitan area of almost six million people. Before the DOT award, it is also the second largest U.S. metro area without nonstop service to China.


Not true:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._by_population

This made HUGE news here in the PHX area when the city passed by Philly (including cover stories in the paper, headlines on the news, etc).