100 mile plus urban expanses (Dallas, major, development, area)

[frsno1]

Mike0421, that's a cool map of NYC that you posted. Are there any similar maps of other metro areas like that?

[grapico]

chicagoland, bay, la and the nyc-dc area.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by frsno1

Thanks for all the replies. I'm pretty sure about Miami though. If you head say from Tequesta to the north to Homestead to the south, it's definitly uninteruppted solid development the entire stretch...easily over 100 miles.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by frsno1

Mike0421, that's a cool map of NYC that you posted. Are there any similar maps of other metro areas like that?

Yes, for any city you'd like.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by frsno1

Thanks for all the replies. I'm pretty sure about Miami though. If you head say from Tequesta to the north to Homestead to the south, it's definitly uninteruppted solid development the entire stretch...easily over 100 miles.

Development isn't limited to the highways and interchanges..sometimes it isn't visible until you get off the interstate.

[krudmonk]

Sylmar to San Clemente is 85 miles according to Google maps. That's the biggest stretch of grey I can see via satellite. Everything else has at least some undeveloped patches.

[frsno1]

Yucaipa to Ventura is about 130 miles (I know it's a stretch, but it looks pretty continuous to me.)

What about Atlanta? Since it has really exploded in growth the past few decades, does it continuous urban expanse meet or exceed 100 miles?

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

I don't think Miami. If you drive on Tamiami trail, it's pretty desolate once you hit like 20 miles outside the city.

NYC definitely. Our suburbs seem to go on forever. I guess the same could be said for LA.

Miami is the longest urbanized area in the US after New York Metro

South Florida metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Because the population of South Florida is largely confined to a strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Everglades, the Miami urbanized area (that is, the area of contiguous urban development) is about 110 miles (180 km) long (north to south), but never more than 20 miles (32 km) wide, and in some areas only 5 miles (8.0 km) wide (east to west). South Florida is longer than any other urbanized area in the United States except for the New York metropolitan area."

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by frsno1

Yucaipa to Ventura is about 130 miles (I know it's a stretch, but it looks pretty continuous to me.)

What about Atlanta? Since it has really exploded in growth the past few decades, does it continuous urban expanse meet or exceed 100 miles?

The metro area of Atlanta is 100+ miles across...

[Chicago60614]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

I don't think Miami. If you drive on Tamiami trail, it's pretty desolate once you hit like 20 miles outside the city.

NYC definitely. Our suburbs seem to go on forever. I guess the same could be said for LA.

Well obviously the urban stretch of Miami wouldn't be going west



That would be like saying New York is a pretty compact metro, because once you go southeast of the city for 10 miles or so you're in the ocean and the urbanized area stops.