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I'm a little surprised Dallas-Fort Worth isn't higher than Houston.
Dallas is a victim of not having a central industry, similar to the way Chicago and Boston have to view their economies compared to the Bay Area (technology), New York (finance), Houston (energy), or Washington (government).
Dallas' economy is very big and diverse (and clearly as the numbers show, quite successful and prosperous) but it's still less lucrative than Houston's central energy industry. Dallas is the jack of all trades, which is nothing to scoff at for the record, as it maintains an environment where a diverse set of skills are applied and developed. However less lucrative indeed, nonetheless.
A criteria is met and that's that. It's not a matter of opinion.
MSAs can seem ridiculous as well if we follow your logic. The eastern edge of Long Island is like 175 miles from the western edge of the NY MSA in Pennsylvania-without considering the criteria, that seema just as "worthless" as any bemoaning the valudity of CSAs.
mostly true but not always the case. today NYC and Philly meet the CSA connection criteria. The census elected to keep them separate (I would agree with this IMHO) - they do over-ride certain criteria.
Also the BEA make judgment calls too. They add back now NYC CSA counties into the Philly region for certain analysis as the deem functionally are more tied than commuter rates accros county lines to job centers in central Jersey.
On the edge of LI to Northampton county - ok but really it adds few people and little economics to the equation
A criteria is met and that's that. It's not a matter of opinion.
That doesnt make it the best measurment of an area.
By the time you start looking at CSA's youre talking about communities that are far flung from the center of the area. They arent representative of the area, they are communities that depend on the larger city. The criteria to achieve CSA is very low (only 5% commuting).
That doesnt make it the best measurment of an area.
By the time you start looking at CSA's youre talking about communities that are far flung from the center of the area. They arent representative of the area, they are communities that depend on the larger city. The criteria to achieve CSA is very low (only 5% commuting).
Whether by MSA or CSA, it's not determined by "communities" but by counties.
All combined statistical areas and countries are using 2013 (current) Gross Domestic Product figures. Cities in the United States are underlined, the competing countries are not.
A criteria is met and that's that. It's not a matter of opinion.
Quite. But the idea that CSA is in any way important most certainly is.
My family has been in public infrastructure development since the 70s. The first time I've heard mention of 'CSA' as anything other than an arcane statistical grouping (the going terms are 'Metropolitan Area', or 'Urban Area') is on this forum -- in particular, where certain cities are ranked against one another. Some CSAs are so large, they'd engulf entire European countries.
But, obviously, questioning the importance of CSA is delusion. It's essentiality is self-evident. Axiomatic. And yes, this particular construct does makes one's hometown look more economically powerful than cities one feels are inferior. But that's simply a byproduct. Haters
United States population centers versus the countries of the world:
01. United States: $16.8 Trillion
02. China: $9.240 Trillion
I know it's tangential, but how was China's GDP measured? There's a lot of money pumping through the mainland that never sees a ledger...
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