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Pittsburgh is a Northeastern city, but it's a good 5 hours from Philly and 4 from DC. To look at Pittsburgh it resembles other cities in the NE, but isn't on the corridor.
Not 100%, but I believe Richmond is considered the last city on the northern section of the NE corridor (or northern most southern).
Not 100%, but I believe Richmond is considered the last city on the northern section of the NE corridor (or northern most southern).
Updated, modern definitions of the "BosWash"corridor place Richmond as the southern terminus of the region...
Obviously, historically Richmond was never considered northern. It isn't northern now, but it is culturally and geographically closer to major cities to its north, than the major cities to its south...
Updated, modern definitions of the "BosWash"corridor place Richmond as the southern terminus of the region...
Really? I've not seen that and I think it's a bit of a stretch at this point, although it's trending that way. And if that's the case, shouldn't it be renamed the "Bos-Rich" corridor?
Really? I've not seen that and I think it's a bit of a stretch at this point, although it's trending that way. And if that's the case, shouldn't it be renamed the "Bos-Rich" corridor?
It looks to be true, at least partially based on studies. Of coures, studies can be used for a number of things. But from a practical standpoint, it's pretty much already there.
Lang, Robert E. and Dhavale, Dawn. July 2005. Beyond Megalopolis: Exploring America’s New "Megapolitan" Geography. Census Report Series. Metropolitan Institute at Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia. 05:01. http://america2050.org/pdf/beyondmegalopolislang.pdf
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...[F]or example, it shows that Richmond, VA is more integrated into the Northeast Megapolitan Area than the southern “Piedmont” one. Richmond, the former capital of the confederacy, may be southern in culture, but it is increasingly northern in business networks. Furthermore, it connects via contiguous metropolitan space to the Washington, DC region.
Also, in reference to transportation, check out University of Delaware University Transportation Center. Working Paper:"A Case Study of the Boswash Transportation Corridor:Observations Based on Historical Analyses" Spetmeber, 2010.https://www.ce.udel.edu/UTC/Working_...ons_100907.pdf
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By 2000, the Interstate system is virtually completed, the highway spine of BOSWASH pops into view heavily concentrated around New York City but extending south beyond Richmond to Norfolk and north to New Hampshire, beyond Boston.
NYC, Boston, Philly, Bmore/D.C is major cities in BOS-WAS corridor. Sorry Pittsburgh you are too far 4-5 hours away from Philly you still consider Northeast city with Midwest Ohio feeling.
And so are Louisville and Baltimore. It means very little to deter the connections between their respective border regions. Richmond has very close ties to the Northeast corridor, although not being officially in the region. While Pittsburgh is a Northeastern city, evidence has been shown that it has more in common with Appalachia and parts of the Midwest. Some have even made the case that Pittsburgh is strong enough as its own city to have its own region, and certain cultural and dialect attributes have shown that.
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