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My fault I was wrong, for some reason I thought the bay area didn't use sunbelt logic. They are over 40 miles apart, strong contiguous sub-urban developement, maybe, but continuous urban developement naw. The definition of urban is different on the east coast.
Dude, San Francisco and much of the Northern Bay are just as urban as any city on the East Coast, save NYC.
san fran, oakland, and most of the close burbs are urban. The entire bay area is not though. People try to make it seem like the entire bay area functions like one one city. There are probably people in San Jose that have never been to San Francisco, and vice versa.
san fran, oakland, and most of the close burbs are urban. The entire bay area is not though. People try to make it seem like the entire bay area functions like one one city. There are probably people in San Jose that have never been to San Francisco, and vice versa.
Are you and rainrock the same person?
I live in Los Angeles, and I'm pretty sure most people haven't been from one end of the city to the other. How many people in Chatsworth really make the trip out to San Pedro? That doesn't mean they aren't part of the same city.
I've known people when I lived in NYC who haven't even been to Staten Island or the Bronx, but it doesn't mean it isn't part of NYC.
In other words, you have a pretty weak argument there.
When you have posters that have no affiliation with the Bay Area (unlike me, because I went to college there) defending the idea that the Bay Area might actually be one metro area, that's pretty telling.
san fran, oakland, and most of the close burbs are urban. The entire bay area is not though. People try to make it seem like the entire bay area functions like one one city. There are probably people in San Jose that have never been to San Francisco, and vice versa.
And you know this, how? Have you even been to the Bay Area to make such an absurd judgement?
It is a multi-polar, multi-city region, but it essentially functions as the "Bay Area" overall. There is continuous development between SF and SJ as well as SJ and Oakland.
After that its a toss up; not really just SF, boston, or houston. You gotta add philly, ATL, MIA, NOLA, DFW, PHX, Denver and Seattle
No not really. After those four, it's between SF, Boston, Philly, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and maybe Miami. Denver, Seattle, NOLA, and Phoenix are not that the level of these cities yet economically.
san fran, oakland, and most of the close burbs are urban. The entire bay area is not though. People try to make it seem like the entire bay area functions like one one city. There are probably people in San Jose that have never been to San Francisco, and vice versa.
Maybe that's the key point you're missing--people are NOT trying to say the entire Bay Area functions as one city. They are saying it functions as one metro.
No not really. After those four, it's between SF, Boston, Philly, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and maybe Miami. Denver, Seattle, NOLA, and Phoenix are not that the level of these cities yet economically.
Will the Philly homers please enlighten me on the gaps in development between SF and SJ that they see? Because I sure as hell don't see any in these videos.
No not really. After those four, it's between SF, Boston, Philly, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, and maybe Miami. Denver, Seattle, NOLA, and Phoenix are not that the level of these cities yet economically.
If you're going by economy (GDP) then Atlanta and Miami need to be moved. For example, Houston is closer to Chicago, economy wise, than it is to Atlanta.
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Have you even been to the Bay Area to make such an absurd judgement?
