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None of these places see the population, the density, nor GDP of the NE megalopolis. High Speed Rail most likely will reach that cooridor first, which will further connect the region like nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere. I just don't see the connectivity in other parts of the country that resemble a true "Megapolitan" area or "Megalopolis" region outside of BosWash.
None of these places see the population, the density, nor GDP of the NE megalopolis. High Speed Rail most likely will reach that cooridor first, which will further connect the region like nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere. I just don't see the connectivity in other parts of the country that resemble a true "Megapolitan" area or "Megalopolis" region outside of BosWash.
Megapolitan and Megalopolis are two different things.
And there is plenty of open spaces between Boston and DC. You arent Coruscant.
Maybe I missed something, but I don't fully understand what the poll's goal is. Are we voting which mega-region we live in, are we voting to decide which mega-regions should exist? I'm lost.
To the article's point, I think this is the right direction. Regional cooperation is the way to go in planning for the future. America is past due for high speed rail connectivity as well.
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Originally Posted by 18Montclair
Megapolitan and Megalopolis are two different things.
And there is plenty of open spaces between Boston and DC. You arent Coruscant.
I'm not so much worried about the difference in definition as to the fact that BosWash is the only region where i see that many major metropolises that close that run into each other immediately.
There aren't "plenty" only a few buffer zones between each metro that last for maybe 50 miles max and some much less, more like 30 miles... In fact i could go as far down as Richmond and Va Beach and say that the relative development throughout exists all the way up to Boston. With some gaps of course being a 500 mile or more stretch. But gaps of no more than 30-50 miles in any area between Southern VA to technically New Hampshire.
I noticed people mentioning the Midwest but Virginia along the 95 cooridor alone even with it's dead spots between Ricmond and Nova or Richmond and Tidewater, are not as long and harsh as say Ohio Turnpike between Toledo and Cleveland or I-96 across Michigan from Detroit to Grand Rapids, it's dead out there! For milessssssssssss!
NO !!
Charlotte and the Piedmont of North Carolina is no contest in this sorry!
And I've lived in Fayetteville, NC for 4 years, very familiar with the Carolinas.. decently metropolitan like but NO Match for the rest of that list sorry...
NO !!
Charlotte and the Piedmont of North Carolina is not contest in this sorry!
And I've lived in Fayetteville, NC for 4 years, very familiar with the Carolinas.. decently metropolitan like but NO Match for the rest of that list sorry...
The Piedmont includes much more than just North Carolina, and Charlotte has the second largest economy in this region. It's very consistent and important. There would be no Piedmont Atlantic without it.
I know what you mean, but this is how I see it. . .
California makes up for those areas with the "megacity" of LA and all that surrounds it. Then you have the Bay Area that hits hard for its size, with Sac Town very close in proximity.
Same with the Great Lakes region. You have an almost "megacity" in Chicago(I'm using the 10 million criteria when talking "megacity") with a plethora of other major metro areas relatively close.
South Florida with Central Florida(As defined in the article) is a small area with a high population, so I don't see where you could call that "not dense".
Texas Triangle, you have the huge Dallas metroplex that doesn't have any consistent development between the other huge Houston metro. Then you have Austin and San Antonio that aren't close to either one of the other huge metro's.
Piedmont, well you have the almighty Atlanta with its little sister Charlotte, then a bunch of loosely knit together minor metros.
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