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Originally Posted by pontiac51
This is one of the reasons why MSA's are useless when comparing metro area populations. Windsor is part of metro Detroit in reality, so to be fair it should be included when comparing populations with other regions. Having said that, everyone should understand why Windsor is not included in the US Government defined metro Detroit definition, especially given the fact that these so-called definitions are very political in nature.
I don't see how that makes MSAs "useless". It's an edge case that really only applies to Detroit and San Diego.
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I love the top ten metros but can we please show some love for lower bottom of the top 20. All these cities are growing fast as well including my City Charlotte NC and the Capital Raleigh NC. Everyone knows the top 10 will be the big dogs for a while. It cant always be about them.
I love the top ten metros but can we please show some love for lower bottom of the top 20. All these cities are growing fast as well including my City Charlotte NC and the Capital Raleigh NC. Everyone knows the top 10 will be the big dogs for a while. It cant always be about them.
This is one of the reasons why MSA's are useless when comparing metro area populations. Windsor is part of metro Detroit in reality, so to be fair it should be included when comparing populations with other regions. Having said that, everyone should understand why Windsor is not included in the US Government defined metro Detroit definition, especially given the fact that these so-called definitions are very political in nature.
I don't understand why it makes a difference. At most only a few thousand people commute between either city which probably isn't even a full percent of either city's population. Like literally, without all the freight traffic, Windsor and Detroit are completely independent of each other and hardly share an economy.
I don't understand why it makes a difference. At most only a few thousand people commute between either city which probably isn't even a full percent of either city's population. Like literally, without all the freight traffic, Windsor and Detroit are completely independent of each other and hardly share an economy.
I think the more legit issue is why Ann Arbor is a stand alone metro from Detroit.
I think the more legit issue is why Ann Arbor is a stand alone metro from Detroit.
Specialized economic function via the university and commuting patterns? Lawrence is also a stand alone metro and it is adjacent to Kansas City so I'm assuming they both share similar attributes.
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