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I am discussing major cities that are nearby to megacities (or perhaps high profile major cities)with huge metropolitan populations. My question here is what might be the future of these cities and will they fare better orwose than cities further removed from megacities?
Let me give some examples:
Milwaukee is about 90 miles away from Chicago. If its peer cities were Minneapolis, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Does Milwaukee's location near Chicago prove advantagous to those other cities?
Baltimore is between Washington and Philadelphia, very close to both. Baltimore is also one of the five cities that makeup the northeast corridor. What does Baltimore's location say about its future when compared to Pittsburgh or Buffalo?
San Diego is, I believe, about 100 miles from LA. How does that affect SD's future compared to Portland or Phoenix?
So those are some examples. I'm not sure if there are others. I'm excluding the relationsip of cities in the same metro..."so I am not talking about SF/Oak/SJ or D/FW or M/SP
I've lived in Milwaukee and Chicago both, and I feel it's a great advantage for Milwaukee to be so close to Chicago. I had friends, who bought condos in Milwaukee (cheaper), and came up to spend the week-ends in Milwaukee. I would never trade the proximity to Chicago. There is, and will be, a lot more growth between the two cities, and I see that as a benefit. Milwaukee has not lost its identity, and I know people who have taken jobs in Milwaukee, because they can enjoy Chicago, as well.
I feel like having Chicago so close to Milwaukee is definitely an advantage for us Milwaukeeans but it will always prevent it from becoming a city like Chicago. We may merge one day but we will never rival Chicago. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. They can have the recognition and traffic and we can take a train there in an hour and a half.
I feel like having Chicago so close to Milwaukee is definitely an advantage for us Milwaukeeans but it will always prevent it from becoming a city like Chicago. We may merge one day but we will never rival Chicago. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. They can have the recognition and traffic and we can take a train there in an hour and a half.
Milwaukee doesn't need to rival Chicago. It's too close for that, anyway. The cities will grow together, actually, they pretty much have, already. I loved the proximity...would not have been nearly as happy in a more isolated city. Milwaukee is the Midwest city that is the least isolated, due to Chicago. That's a good thing.
Milwaukee doesn't need to rival Chicago. It's too close for that, anyway. The cities will grow together, actually, they pretty much have, already. I loved the proximity...would not have been nearly as happy in a more isolated city. Milwaukee is the Midwest city that is the least isolated, due to Chicago. That's a good thing.
I don't think it needs to rival Chicago either. I just think it's proximity rules it out. Farther flung cities like Denver have more "room" to grow because they're the only game in town. Like you, I don't want to be that isolated. Even if it does mean a city becomes more of a major city.
I feel like having Chicago so close to Milwaukee is definitely an advantage for us Milwaukeeans but it will always prevent it from becoming a city like Chicago. We may merge one day but we will never rival Chicago. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing. They can have the recognition and traffic and we can take a train there in an hour and a half.
90 miles from Milwaukee to Chicago is close ? 1 hour 30 mins drive
A major city being close to a megacity has always hampered the growth of the major city through virtually all of history. Cities with attractive characteristics grow better in isolation because they can establish their own identity and by extension the identify of their surrounding region. In a certain quantity of space, there can only be one alpha city, which generally relegates the other major city to subservient, even if still significant, status.
All my family (nephews, uncles, etc.) live in Milwaukee, and they are totally unconcerned with Chicago, and never ever go there for anyt reason. For all they know and care, Chicago could be a fictional place. Milwaukee is their city, and they love it or hate it for reasons of its own.
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