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In this Oct. 28, 2015 file photo, a Penn State student walks in the rain past Old Main on the Penn State main campus in State College, Pa.  Lawmakers are trying to stop 144 cities across the U.S. from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas” because the federal government is upgrading the standard from a minimum of 50,000 residents in its core to a minimum of 100,000 people. State College is among the cities at risk of losing the designation.   (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

In this Oct. 28, 2015 file photo, a Penn State student walks in the rain past Old Main on the Penn State main campus in State College, Pa. Lawmakers are trying to stop 144 cities across the U.S. from losing their designations as “metropolitan areas” because the federal government is upgrading the standard from a minimum of 50,000 residents in its core to a minimum of 100,000 people. State College is among the cities at risk of losing the designation. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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