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I sure like the urban canopy you guys have in Atlanta. You don't often see districts full of mature trees like that in Europe. Never been there, but the urban portion of the metro seems very small, with little "middle of the road" development between downtown and those suburban-like areas.
If they are fully urbanized or sub urbanized and that they have a commuter/employment exchange rate, then I don't see why they would be classed separately. Is there a substantial green zone between the London and Portsmouth? I'm 37 miles from the city limits, but how else would we be classified other than "suburban" or at most "exurban".
Actually the criteria to be classed as a "metropolitan area" by the US/OMB is pretty detailed and specific.
Chicago and Milwaukee are almost completely urbanized but are not considered one metropolitan area, because commuter/employment exchange rates have not reached the minimum criteria yet. I think it's 25 years away....
The only thing that separates LA and San Diego is the super huge military base Camp Pendelton
As for "urbanized" areas. There is no global standard as to what criteria defines "urban" but here is a list from 2010 and a projection to 2025. For what it's worth.
Was watching the news last night and they said Toronto would gain 2.5 million people in 10 years. Seems kind of high to me.
I remember the drive thru Orange county between central Los Angeles and San Juan Capistrano (towards San Diego) was long and tedious, sprawl all the way under a thick blanket of stratus clouds (june gloom).
Atlanta was the most impressive iirc considering its population. Though it's not easy to draw the line between suburbs, exurbs and rural land compared to, say, Los Angeles. The boundary is a bound to be arbitrary, it's a huge mess of low density development.
Was watching the news last night and they said Toronto would gain 2.5 million people in 10 years. Seems kind of high to me.
Wow I would be surprised if that was true..... That would be a 7% increase for the entire country of Canada all in Toronto assuming that no other part of Canada sees a population gain in the next 10 years.
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