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Cleveland vs. Indianapolis; sports and otherwise

CLEVELAND, Ohio - With the NBA first-round playoff series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Indiana Pacers moving to Indianapolis on Thursday night for Game 3, we take time to compare each team's hometown - for sports and other things of note.

Separated by 315 highway miles - a nearly five-hour drive using Interstates 71 and 70 - the two Midwest cities are different in many ways. But they also have things in common.

Scroll though the slides and illustrations below to learn more about how Indianapolis and Marion County compare with Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.

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Population centers

Indianapolis makes up most of Marion County, the result of a unified government formed in 1970.