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Um... Let's not forget that Nashville and Memphis are technically part of the PAM. They might be a little more disconnected (Memphis much more so than Nashville - Nashville isn't that far) from the rest of the metros, but they are part of the megaregion officially.
That is stretching it now to much. Especially to include Memphis. Why not go ahead and add Jackson, Miss and Little Rock.
Tallahassee nor Tampa are in the gulf coast region, Tampa is too tied in with South Fl.
Also at that point you're talking about an area that's over 1,000 miles long by road. Which is roughly the distance from Atlanta to Boston.
FWIW, I don't think Nashville or Memphis should be considered part of the PAM. There isn't nearly enough connectivity and density. Chattanooga and Knoxville are fine though.
FWIW, I don't think Nashville or Memphis should be considered part of the PAM. There isn't nearly enough connectivity and density. Chattanooga and Knoxville are fine though.
The airports, I-65, I-40 and I-22, and the Crescent Corridor says "Hi."
The Crescent Corridor? Sounds like something in New Orleans. testa50- And thats the exact reason why neither Tampa or Boston belong in those regions, Tampa is a bit more understanding since it does share the gulf with the other cities.
I don't think Tampa is part of the Gulf Megaregion, but probably does share a collective identity with the Gulf. Nashville and Memphis are not part of the PAM/Charlanta region, although they do share the New South identity. I think icluding Tampa, Nashville, and Memphis in the above mentioned threads is pushing it.
The airports, I-65, I-40 and I-22, and the Crescent Corridor says "Hi."
Sorry, but Chattanooga's growth sprawls almost exclusively eastward towards Atlanta and Knoxville. I-24 is only four lanes going west out of downtown Chattanooga. 75 is 8 lanes at the branch going to both Knoxville and Atlanta; it stays 6 lanes all the way to Atlanta.
And even if Nashville somehow makes it in, Memphis certainly isn't. It isn't anywhere near the Piedmont, and it's 200 miles from Nashville--that's almost as far as Atlanta to Charlotte. And it's a very sparsely populated 200 miles: some of those counties only have 30-40 people per square mile.
Sorry, but Chattanooga's growth sprawls almost exclusively eastward towards Atlanta and Knoxville. I-24 is only four lanes going west out of downtown Chattanooga. 75 is 8 lanes at the branch going to both Knoxville and Atlanta; it stays 6 lanes all the way to Atlanta.
And even if Nashville somehow makes it in, Memphis certainly isn't. It isn't anywhere near the Piedmont, and it's 200 miles from Nashville--that's almost as far as Atlanta to Charlotte. And it's a very sparsely populated 200 miles: some of those counties only have 30-40 people per square mile.
There is only one real well defined mega-region in the US and that's BosWash, which is what the term was coined to refer to--and that was back in the 60s. For most of these upcoming future megaregions, the boundaries are pretty subjective. Cascadia is barely a mega-region at this point--while Seattle-Portland-Vancouver have a lot of regional connections, there isn't a lot of development in between them, although Puget Sound is pretty dense from Olympia to north of Seattle.
Although it's from 2000 look at the density map below. You can find a way to connect the dots, but anything colored yellow-green-blue is fairly rural country and not that densely populated. There's a lot of green between Birmingham and Atlanta and Memphis
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