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I find these two to be analogous with one another. One a Northeast version and one a Southeast version. Obviously both are their own places and carry lots of differences between them, but they share a lot of similarities too and lots of commonalities.
Both are dual city areas, centered around one state capital and one college town. Both have around the same ballpark in population as the Research Triangle is a shade above 2 million and the Knowledge Corridor is a shade above 2.1 million. Both are geared around the educational industries (and both have some of the best college basketball programs in the country too) with prestigious colleges and universities (though Duke is even moreso) as well as one advanced industry as insurance and finance for the Knowledge Corridor and Bio-Tech and Nano-Tech for the Research Triangle. I could literally go on and on all day about their similarities, they have way too many, but I'll cut it short and get the thread started.
Research Triangle = Raleigh-Durham
Knowledge Corridor = Hartford-Springfield
Compare them on:
- Location
- Culture
- Climate
- Topography
- Diversity
- Job market
- Housing market
- Quality of Life
- Public school systems
- Parks and urban parks
- Neighborhoods
- Suburbs
- Architecture
- Culinary offerings
- Infrastructure
- Airports
- Sports entertainment
- Nightlife
- Schools and universities
- Amenities
You can compare them on any additional criteria that may not be present here.
Last edited by Trafalgar Law; 11-16-2015 at 12:39 PM..
I don't know a ton about Research Triangle, so I don't think I can do a great job comparing them.
But as an aside, the strange thing about Hartford-Springfield is that for some reason it isn't even considered a CSA; yet, it effectively could be one metropolitan considering the short distance and how interconnected they are, especially once the Hartford-Springfield rail comes online. I'll be curious to see if the two are considered as one MSA when the next census rolls around.
I find these two to be analogous with one another. One a Northeast version and one a Southeast version. Obviously both are their own places and carry lots of differences between them, but they share a lot of similarities too and lots of commonalities.
Both are dual city areas, centered around one state capital and one college town. Both have around the same ballpark in population as the Research Triangle is a shade above 2 million and the Knowledge Corridor is a shade above 2.1 million. Both are geared around the educational industries (and both have some of the best college basketball programs in the country too)
....that's being pretty generous to "Knowledge Corridor"
I don't know if there is that much distance between Duke/UNC and UConn. This is especially the case if we look at the last 10 years. I may even put UMass pretty close to NC State, even though they aren't on the level they were on during the Calipari years.
Me either. I don't care for unc/duke basketball so I voted for it anyway lol.. I am sure I am not the only one who votes like that occasionally and that's why you shouldn't trust the polls always.
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