What will be America's primary megaregion in 2050? (rates, place, life)

[PDF]

Originally Posted by Hawaii4evr

Then why on the San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco forums do the majority of the posters making threads like "wanting to move to Cali" always come from NYC?

So many people are leaving California as well.

[rah]

Originally Posted by PDF

So many people are leaving California as well.

True. It's mostly middle class people who like the cheaper housing in other states.

But Immigration (particularly from Latin America and Asia) and the birthrate outpaces any population loss. California's population is growing.

[OptimusPrime69]

What's a SanSan?

[Gantz]

Originally Posted by rah

But Immigration (particularly from Latin America and Asia) and the birthrate outpaces any population loss. California's population is growing.

Umm population is growing in practically all of the states, with the exception of a few. Even the Midwest rustbelt is growing as a region.

[PerseusVeil]

I've never really given any weight to the idea of the "Great Lakes" mega-region. It's essentially every major Midwestern city, even if they're hundreds of miles away from the Great Lakes. If a city as far away as Kansas City can be included, just call the mega-region the Midwest.

[WestCobb]

It will always be Bos-Wash. You might as well ask what will France's main city be in 2050. I'll give you a hint: it's not Lyon.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by WestCobb

It will always be Bos-Wash. You might as well ask what will France's main city be in 2050. I'll give you a hint: it's not Lyon.

Sure, but the US really has no "main" city. The US has a "largest" city but most of the country doesnt look to the Northeast the way France looks to Paris for virtually everything.

So by 2050, BosWash may be the largest megaregion but the fact that the US has several such regions means no single region dominates, which makes sense.

[RudyOD]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Sure, but the US really has no "main" city. The US has a "largest" city but most of the country doesnt look to the Northeast the way France looks to Paris for virtually everything.

So by 2050, BosWash may be the largest megaregion but the fact that the US has several such regions means no single region dominates, which makes sense.

Great point. NYC is not America's cultural or political or financial center the way London, Paris and Amsterdam are for their respective countries. Sure, NYC LEADS in all those categories, but outside of Washington D.C. (politically), no one city dominates nationally.

In this way the U.S. is akin to India and Brazil with their many cities sharing cultural, political and financial clout...all federal democracies too.

[OyCrumbler]

2050 isn't too far away and it seems unlikely that BosWash would be exceeded in population by any of the other megalopolises in such a short time frame. Maybe a bit further out from in time would have the California megalopolis from Sacramento down to San Diego and over the border to Tijuana or with the agglomeration of the Texas Triangle and the Gulf Coast as one megalopolis (though by having such a large spread for a megalopolis comes the argument that the Piedmont Atlantic and the Northeast could be considered part of the same megalopolis at that point).

[Mwahfromtheheart]

I think it's interesting to see people that believe Texas will somehow grow to 60,000,000 people in 35 years ...