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Los Angeles did become the largest metro area in the early 1990s, but then the omb decided to change the criteria for combining and so NY was able to merge with a bunch of surrounding metros to create the behemoth we see now.
So LA was 1st for a while, fyi.
As far as the future, NY is soooo huge now that for the LA MSA it will take a while if ever, but as far as CSA(Combined Statistical Area), I say probably it will surpass NY but it will take a while.
Los Angeles did become the largest metro area in the early 1990s, but then the omb decided to change the criteria for combining and so NY was able to merge with a bunch of surrounding metros to create the behemoth we see now.
This isn't true. In fact, the gap between LA and NYC was even bigger 20 years ago.
And it doesn't even make any sense. There are no sizable metros that have merged with the NYC metro area. The big ones like Philly and Hartford (or even Scranton) aren't part of the metro area. The only metro area that joined with the NYC area in recent years was Allentown, and it was just this year (and Allentown isn't that big).
The addition of CSAs actually helped LA much more than NYC, and somewhat closed the relative gap. If you look at the more traditional MSA measurement, NYC was about twice the size in the 1990's.
In short, the OMB changes helped LA more than any other metro area in the U.S., but still, there's a huge gap between the two cities, by any measure (city proper, MSA, or CSA).
This isn't true. In fact, the gap between LA and NYC was even bigger 20 years ago.
And it doesn't even make any sense. There are no sizable metros that have merged with the NYC metro area. The big ones like Philly and Hartford (or even Scranton) aren't part of the metro area. The only metro area that joined with the NYC area in recent years was Allentown, and it was just this year (and Allentown isn't that big).
The addition of CSAs actually helped LA much more than NYC, and somewhat closed the relative gap. If you look at the more traditional MSA measurement, NYC was about twice the size in the 1990's.
In short, the OMB changes helped LA more than any other metro area in the U.S., but still, there's a huge gap between the two cities, by any measure (city proper, MSA, or CSA).
But nyc will be America's equivalent of London, Toronto, Tokyo,etc right?
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