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144 cities could lose their metropolitan area status:

A committee of experts tasked by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with developing new standards for what defines a metropolitan center has recommended that dozens of cities be downgraded from metropolitan to "micropolitan" designations.

The news reportedly caught officials in some cities off guard.

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Full map of the cities here.

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