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View Poll Results: Is San Francisco-San Jose the West Coast equivalent of Phialdelphia-New York City?
Yes 16 10.67%
No 134 89.33%
Voters: 150. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-02-2012, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Crowntown
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Some guys buy a beamer to compensate for tiny "family jewels". Others proclaim there region to be the most dense.
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Old 04-03-2012, 02:45 PM
 
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Pretty sure SJ doesn't dream of being Philadelphia.
San Jose sure wins over Philadelphia in accolades. Philly needs to start performing better in rankings overall. I love Philly! As for San Jose, I don't know anything about this city.
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Old 04-03-2012, 07:57 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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whoever made the one state vs 3 states is spot on

i think the west cost thinks ny>nj>pa is like ca>nm>tx
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Old 04-03-2012, 09:24 PM
 
Location: So California
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whoever made the one state vs 3 states is spot on

i think the west cost thinks ny>nj>pa is like ca>nm>tx
What?
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Old 09-01-2012, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
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What?
Using the same logic that's been applied to the premise of this pitiful thread, when you look at 4 states like NY-NJ-CT-PA for a metro you might as well combine CA-AZ-NM-TX, which is by most concepts the exact same thing just supersized. As far as that's concerned its not even worthy of a competition.

Either way, if what I said sounds ridiculous then you're likely right because that's how unrational that sort of logic truly is.

I don't understand how anyone could vote yes and hold their dignity or lack of.
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Old 09-01-2012, 10:10 PM
 
Location: Nob Hill, San Francisco, CA
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The density of San Mateo is 617 ppsm
San Mateo County, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is a line of higher density; in the space between NYC and Philly is less consistent; though the NE and CA in general are developed differently

617 ppsm is about 20-25% the density of the UA of either NYC, Trenton or Philly.
This density comparison is ridiculous. I live in San Mateo county and its developed very densely from San Francisco into San Jose. The density numbers are skewed because of the mountains to the west. Unlike back east where the Appalachians are overgrown hills the mountains here are for a lack of better perspective uninhabitable. They are jagged and rough and cant be built on.

If we could developed on all that vacant land we would but we cant and as you can see to the left, its impossible to develop on
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ayareaUSGS.jpg
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Old 09-01-2012, 11:10 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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there's more going on in coney island than northern cali

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Old 09-02-2012, 05:11 PM
 
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Bay Area is one entity! I live in San Jose and find myself going up the peninsula and east bay all the time.

Here's the Milpitas/Fremont border:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=2072+...ed=0CCEQ8gEwAA

As you can see, if there wasn't a Fremont sign there, you would have no idea you just crossed one MSA to another.
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Old 09-03-2012, 11:02 AM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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I don't know what the OP's intention was with this comparison. But it is absurd to suggest that San Francisco-San Jose is the equivalent of Philadelphia-New York City.

New York City's CSA itself is 3 times the size of San Francisco-San Jose. Philadelphia's CSA itself could nearly take on San Francisco-San Jose.
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Old 09-03-2012, 11:38 AM
 
Location: Villanova Pa.
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I don't know what the OP's intention was with this comparison. But it is absurd to suggest that San Francisco-San Jose is the equivalent of Philadelphia-New York City.

New York City's CSA itself is 3 times the size of San Francisco-San Jose. Philadelphia's CSA itself could nearly take on San Francisco-San Jose.
SF/SJ closer compare to DC/Baltimore imo.

Philadelphia is certainly big enough that it enjoys it own solidarity from NYC eventhough the 2 metroes rub elbows.

This weekend in Philly Bruce Springsteen played to 100,000 people in South Philly. Meanwhile across town JAY Z & Pearl Jam headlined a 20 act Festival at the Art Museum that drew 100,000 people. The Eagles(Music Group) played Atlantic City and hundreds of thousands wound down the summer on the beaches in South Jersey. I just dont think San Jose could pull off anything remotely close to that if it is the west coast version of Philadelphia. Heck I dont even think SF could pull that off.
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