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Unread 03-21-2009, 12:05 AM
 
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Default Will Morgan County Be Added to the Huntsville MSA in the Near Future?

Will Morgan County finally be a suburb of Huntsville? More than 20% of Morgan County residents commute to the Huntsville MSA for work. Will this happen soom?

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Unread 03-21-2009, 10:12 AM
 
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Will Morgan County finally be a suburb of Huntsville? More than 20% of Morgan County residents commute to the Huntsville MSA for work. Will this happen soom?

U.S. Census Bureau - Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/onthemap3.html#WhatisOnTheMap - broken link)
Introduction (http://utca.eng.ua.edu/projects/final_reports/01330-rpt.htm - broken link)
Still won't be a "suburb" it will just be part of the same metro area. Forth Worth is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA but nobody really considers Forth Worth a suburb of Dallas. They'll just be two cities who's economy, retail are connected enough to be considered on metro area.
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Unread 03-21-2009, 01:22 PM
 
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What if Huntsville and Deactur grow so much together that you can't tell them apart, will Decatur be considered a suburb then: maybe at Birmingham-Hoover situation?
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Unread 03-21-2009, 02:56 PM
 
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What if Huntsville and Deactur grow so much together that you can't tell them apart, will Decatur be considered a suburb then: maybe at Birmingham-Hoover situation?
No a suburb is a city that exists primarily because of the main city. For example Madison basically exists the way it is because its workers commute to Huntsville. Without Huntsville Madison wouldn't exist like it is. Suburbs can grow to have their own industry but most of them didn't start out like that. Decatur has always had its own industry and many years ago was the dominant city of the area, I don't think it can ever really truly be considered a suburb. Decatur would still an important city even if Huntsville wasn't here Madison wouldn't.
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Unread 03-21-2009, 03:02 PM
 
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OK!!!!!!! I can hear people in the future calling Decatur "Huntsville!"

"Gul where you stay at?"
"I stay in Huntsvia."
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Unread 03-21-2009, 03:15 PM
 
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Ever been to Decatur?
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Unread 03-21-2009, 03:25 PM
 
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Yes
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Unread 03-21-2009, 04:48 PM
 
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Good! Most of the people opining on here never have.
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Unread 03-21-2009, 04:51 PM
 
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It is a nice size. It kind of reminds me of a smaller Tuscaloosa. It has potential, and it will grow.
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Unread 03-21-2009, 04:52 PM
 
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Uh Oh.....A&M Bulldawg seems very familiar...Oh, It's KE !!!!!!!!!! Whatdya know??
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