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Yes it exist in a sense; as long as your talking about adjacent counties our metropolitans and CSA continuously touch. But we're not continuously developed, so by definition yes but in my opinion no. I think DC-NYC could be real the metropolitan's do touch without using a CSA, but Boston is a little too far up to be included because it's metropolitan doesn't touch a true NYC metro county.
D.C. Metro D.C.
Montgomery County, MD Both Baltimore & D.C. Metro
Howard County, MD Baltimore Metro, MD
Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore City, MD (it doesn't have to be included since its surrounded by Baltimore County for the most part)
Harford County, MD Philly Metro
Cecil County, MD
New Castle, DE
Delaware County, PA
Philadelphia County, PA
Burlington County, NJ NYC Metro
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Richmond County, NY (Staten Island NYC)
New York County, NY (Manhattan)
Bronx County, NY (Bronx)
Westchester County, NY NYC CSA (this is the only part that's really debatable because now your talking about CSA's
Faifield County, CT
New Haven County, CT
Litchfield County, CT Springfield Metro
Hampden County, MA Boston Metro
Worcester County, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Suffolk County, MA (Boston)
Yes it exist in a sense; as long as your talking about adjacent counties our metropolitans and CSA continuously touch. But we're not continuously developed, so by definition yes but in my opinion no. I think DC-NYC could be real the metropolitan's do touch without using a CSA, but Boston is a little too far up to be included because it's metropolitan doesn't touch a true NYC metro county.
D.C. Metro D.C.
Montgomery County, MD Both Baltimore & D.C. Metro
Howard County, MD Baltimore Metro, MD
Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore City, MD (it doesn't have to be included since its surrounded by Baltimore County for the most part)
Harford County, MD Philly Metro
Cecil County, MD
New Castle, DE
Delaware County, PA
Philadelphia County, PA
Burlington County, NJ NYC Metro
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Richmond County, NY (Staten Island NYC)
New York County, NY (Manhattan)
Bronx County, NY (Bronx)
Westchester County, NY NYC CSA (this is the only part that's really debatable because now your talking about CSA's
Faifield County, CT
New Haven County, CT
Litchfield County, CT Springfield Metro
Hampden County, MA Boston Metro
Worcester County, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Suffolk County, MA (Boston)
Why did you include Litchfield? It's empty. The Hartford Area has 10 times the population and directly connects to New Haven and Springfield. The New Haven area goes to Bridgeport which goes to New York and so on. The sparser gaps in New England are between Springfield and Worcester and Central CT and Providence. I'm not sure why you have it so only the major principal cities have to touch. There's still people and smaller metros in between that are adjacent to each other.
Ah, I meant to take off New Haven County, that's the only reason why I used Litchfield so I can shorten the amount of Counties needed up. From Litchfield is only one county north of Fairfield, so it was just a accident. But I should have included Hartford County instead
Great post, but shouldn't the Northern Virginia counties be included in this?
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Yes it exist in a sense; as long as your talking about adjacent counties our metropolitans and CSA continuously touch. But we're not continuously developed, so by definition yes but in my opinion no. I think DC-NYC could be real the metropolitan's do touch without using a CSA, but Boston is a little too far up to be included because it's metropolitan doesn't touch a true NYC metro county.
D.C. Metro D.C.
Montgomery County, MD Both Baltimore & D.C. Metro
Howard County, MD Baltimore Metro, MD
Baltimore County, MD
Baltimore City, MD (it doesn't have to be included since its surrounded by Baltimore County for the most part)
Harford County, MD Philly Metro
Cecil County, MD
New Castle, DE
Delaware County, PA
Philadelphia County, PA
Burlington County, NJ NYC Metro
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Richmond County, NY (Staten Island NYC)
New York County, NY (Manhattan)
Bronx County, NY (Bronx)
Westchester County, NY NYC CSA (this is the only part that's really debatable because now your talking about CSA's
Faifield County, CT
New Haven County, CT
Litchfield County, CT Springfield Metro
Hampden County, MA Boston Metro
Worcester County, MA
Middlesex County, MA
Suffolk County, MA (Boston)
I guess we could start at Spotsylvania County, VA; but I was only attempting to show that the metropolitans touch that's why I didn't say VA although it's a key area of the Bos-Wash.
Not trying to support LANightmare but there is a SoCal megalopolis, no where as big and influential as the Great Lakes and BosWash megalopises. But it exists...
No, there isn't, and there isn't a Great Lakes Megalopolis either.
The Megalopolis doesn't have to be fully connected (as in doesn't have to be continuous development" but it all has to act together and parts of it have to influence other parts in some way. The Northeast Megalopolis exists because it is what were at the time the most important cities in the country and the various municipalities that sprung up around them or in between them. The metros do in fact touch but that doesn't mean that every part of it is extremely developed. However, every part of it had municipalities that existed well before any sprawl did. Every part of the Megalopolis came about independently, separate from every other part. That's what makes it a Megalopolis because it just grew (and continues to grow) into itself.
No, there isn't, and there isn't a Great Lakes Megalopolis either.
The Megalopolis doesn't have to be fully connected (as in doesn't have to be continuous development" but it all has to act together and parts of it have to influence other parts in some way. The Northeast Megalopolis exists because it is what were at the time the most important cities in the country and the various municipalities that sprung up around them or in between them. The metros do in fact touch but that doesn't mean that every part of it is extremely developed. However, every part of it had municipalities that existed well before any sprawl did. Every part of the Megalopolis came about independently, separate from every other part. That's what makes it a Megalopolis because it just grew (and continues to grow) into itself.
If you're talking about continued dense development that's socially and economically strongly related to each other, then the Great Lakes megalopolis doesn't fit the criteria. Socal, though, would fit as it's really just the greater Los Angeles area including the Inland Empire plus the San Diego metropolitan area. Camp Pendleton creates a fairly brief interruption along the coast, but the LA and San Diego's suburbs still connect through the Inland Empire.
If you're talking about continued dense development that's socially and economically strongly related to each other, then the Great Lakes megalopolis doesn't fit the criteria. Socal, though, would fit as it's really just the greater Los Angeles area including the Inland Empire plus the San Diego metropolitan area. Camp Pendleton creates a fairly brief interruption along the coast, but the LA and San Diego's suburbs still connect through the Inland Empire.
The entire term and what qualfies and does not is subjective at best. Using a strict definition, there isn't much economically that binds DC to Boston for example. The GL megaregion defined here is pretty loose: Great Lakes Megalopolis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If you were looking at economic ties, it could be tightened up to include specifically the ring around Lake Erie + Pittsburgh + Toronto+Buffalo to create an inextricably linked region. It all comes down to steel, autos, cross-border trade, and a financial center that was created out of necessity to regulate and monitor the manufacturing activities conducted in lower Ontario.
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Yes it exists, and to be honest, I see more similarities between Washington and Boston than I do Washington and Richmond. I think grouping the two together is not exactly that outrageous. The Bos-Wash corridor's states I think start with Maryland and end with Massachusetts.
Chi-Pitts, on the other hand to me does not make sense to call a megalopolis, because it includes large swaths of rural areas well in excess of the spreads of the metros, and the population isn't one continuous stream like it is with the N/E megalopolis.
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