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The classic example of a megalopolis is Washington (DC), Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, and possibly Montreal and Toronto. if New York is not the dominating city in that cluster, I don't know what a dominating city is.
I am not sure I would include Montreal and Toronto in that megalopolis. NYC has influence on those two cities for sure, but not nearly as much as it does on places like Pittsburgh or Richmond VA.
If you want to create an expanded BosNYWash, that's where I'd look. Not to Montreal and Toronto.
So according to you they're moving away from Chicago due to the murder rate, yet moving to SF bay area where Oakland is in the top 10 for violent crime in the country.
Logic doesn't make sense.
Youre right. Oakland is also growing at a much higher rate than Chicago. Maybe it's the cold then...
Given the infamous and horrendous traffic in the Bay area, and the longest working hours (or close) in the U.S., I am not sure that the warmer summers at the other end of the metro are really that big a bonus.
agreed.
imagine if i lived and work in sf...and its 60 degrees everyday in "summer".
would i have to wait until i finish my 8 hour shift of work, and then drive an hour away durig rush hour just to feel real heat? and then drive back home to sf? lol.
This map shows a stunning 48-degree spread in temperatures within a single metro area on a single day.
There is nothing like the sensation one gets when driving into The City from a hot ass suburb and feeling the air get cooler along the way...its incredible.
I pick up friends at the airport in July and they are awestruck by how pleasant and comfortable it is here. They rave on and on for their entire stay...
Torontonians have to condition their air just to emulate what we get naturally and I don't blame them...
Sometimes we pinch ourselves just to remind ourselves that this place actually exists.
#WeatherOfTheGods
I can only imagine having to pinch myself because I have to leave the city just to feel real summer temperatures...while people in Toronto, Chicago and DC and all can feel the heat without leaving the city to do so in the summer.
I am not sure I would include Montreal and Toronto in that megalopolis. NYC has influence on those two cities for sure, but not nearly as much as it does on places like Pittsburgh or Richmond VA.
If you want to create an expanded BosNYWash, that's where I'd look. Not to Montreal and Toronto.
I'm going partially based on news coverage in NYC area media. Or else how would I know so much about Canada?
And I hope you are ready for the white hell thats coming toir way: Here’s the description The Canadian Farmers’ Almanac is tossing around for their 2017 winter forecast:
“Exceptionally cold–if not downright frigid–winter weather will predominate over parts of the Rockies, Prairies, Great Lakes, Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to be cold and flaky. Harsh winter forecast for Canada in 2017 | Daily Hive Toronto
I. Am. So. Sorry.
Cold winters in the Northeast, Midwest, etc are normal. These same places also get summers where numerous days are higher than 20/30C.
When your February is hotter than your July, there is definitely something not normal going on in SF. I've never heard of that in my life for North American cities.
It's unfortunately that in February SF residents are wearing sweaters....and 5 months later in the 'summer', they are still wearing the same sweaters. lol.
Toronto can get pretty cold and it's growing faster than or just as fast as the SF Bay area.
That's because Canada all but pays Foreigners to move there.
Thirsty.
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! And Chicago too!
