Would you consider San Diego as a "megalopolis" city? (San Francisco: camp, statistics)

[boltsfanofsdpop1376]

I'm sorry I broke my promise about the one month thing, but just 1 more time, I'm wondering if you consider San Diego as a megalopolis. I think it is because to me, San Diego has a population of more than a million. The population in 2010 was 1,307,402.

[boltsfanofsdpop1376]

Ghost Town 0-9
Small Village 10-499
Village 500-999
Big Village 1,000-1,999
Tiny Town 2,000-4,999
Small Town 5,000-9,999
Town 10,000-49,999
City 50,000-99,999
Big City 100,000-499,999
Metropolis 500,000-999,999
Megapolis 1,000,000-4,999,999
Big Megalopolis 5,000,000+

[mlarsen23]

No. Megalopolis seems like a word that should be reserved for the largest of world cities - Tokyo, Mexico City, Lagos, Shanghai. San Diego only qualifies as a big city to me. And it feels smaller than it is.

[Desertdarlene]

If, by definition, it is because of population, than it technically is. But, it sure doesn't feel like it here.

[Clevelandgal]

if not for Camp Pendleton we would be part of the LA metro area by now, but otherwise no, not Mega.

[shmoov_groovzsd]

Are you talking County or City, because I am seeing varying replies.

Population statistics are only as good as the population that fills it per square mile or per capita. So the answer to your question should be to do some math and find out the square mileage of the City or County whatever. Then divide the population by square mile and THEN compare it to other cities.

Just going by population is about as useful as asking how many coffee grinds of South American blend dark roast coffee it takes to brew a perfect cup of coffee.

[skeke]

To me, there is no specific population for a megalopolis. It refers to a long chain of linked metropolitan areas. In some ways I see San Diego area as a megalopolis because you can not tell when you have left San Diego and entered Del Mar, or Poway, or Escondido as there is no undeveloped space in between. The only way to know is to watch for signs or to be familiar with the boundaries between one incorporated area and another.

[earlyretirement]

Originally Posted by boltsfanofsdpop1376

I'm sorry I broke my promise about the one month thing, but just 1 more time, I'm wondering if you consider San Diego as a megalopolis. I think it is because to me, San Diego has a population of more than a million. The population in 2010 was 1,307,402.

To be honest, I don't think most people even relate or use the word "megalopolis". Outside of the census bureau, I'm not sure anyone would even use that word. LOL.

Just out of curiosity, I looked up your past posts and almost all of them revolve around the census or population. Do you work for the census bureau? Inquiring minds want to know.....

[kettlepot]

Originally Posted by boltsfanofsdpop1376

Ghost Town 0-9
Small Village 10-499
Village 500-999
Big Village 1,000-1,999
Tiny Town 2,000-4,999
Small Town 5,000-9,999
Town 10,000-49,999
City 50,000-99,999
Big City 100,000-499,999
Metropolis 500,000-999,999
Megapolis 1,000,000-4,999,999
Big Megalopolis 5,000,000+

By Metro Area

Ghost Town 0-9
Small Village (or Hamlet) 10-499
Village 500 - 999
Big Village 1,000 - 1,999
Tiny Town 2,000 - 4,999
Small Town 5,000 - 9,999
Town 10,000 - 24,999
Big Town 25,000 - 49,999
Small City 50,000 - 99,999
City 100,000 - 249,999
Big City 250,000 - 999,999
Minor Metropolis - 1,000,000 - 2,499,999
Metropolis - 2,500,000 - 4,999,999
Major Metropolis- 5,000,000 - 9,999,999
Megalopolis - 10,000,000 - 19,999,999
Major Megalopolis - 20,000,000 +


BOLD = Indicates category different from OP

And for adjectives for Metropolis and Megalopolis I switched from germanic to latinate words.

I believe for anything to be a Metropolis it needs to pass the one million threshold. It also seems appropriate for Megalopolis to be an order of magnitude larger from Metropolis.

[UrbanDecay]

Think about it like this... New York City is 8.4 million, downtown San Francisco is 815,358, downtown San Diego is maybe 30k if you are lucky. You might be looking at those numbers thinking it doesn't make sense. Here is why: San Diego city lines are drawn similarly to how other cities draw their COUNTY lines. Some of the city lines are located through canyons and empty fields. Not really a city if you ask me, but what can you do? People see San Diego as 1.4 million or so, but the lines are drawn so far out, that's it's laughable to even think that is a "city".

So when comparing CITIES, New York has almost a 300x larger urban core, and San Francisco has almost 30x larger urban core. Downtown San Diego is a speck on the map compared to other Metropolises. I wish they would redraw the city lines so people could see how small of an actual city San Diego really is.