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Originally Posted by kidphilly
So outside of a statistic are you suggesting DC feels larger, or actually even remotely close to the size of Chicago?
So as a stat the CSA has a large population that is created by commuter overlap in the middle representing a small portion of the actual population. Ok so a CSA. Question is do you believe DC is remotely close to the size of Chicago
And honestly the overlap of Balt and DC is actually with fewer absolute commuters than NYC and Philly MSAs. Great if somehow this CSA metric larger than Chicago makes you feel better have at it...
I think it's well documented what I "feel", but best way to put it is just read the full article posted in the link from the OP.
This completely explains what I've been saying. I don't have an opinion on this topic, all I do is state facts based on the actual population in the area. Make of it what you want with regards to size and feel of places, none of that matters to me.
]" The Los Angeles, Washington-Baltimore, and San Jose-San Francisco regions all have (or soon have) larger populations and economies than Chicago. Yet the crowds and skyscrapers of Chicago's Loop certainly gives it more of a bustling big city feel than any of the other three regions.
The reason comes down, mostly, to timing: Chicago, like New York, boomed around 1900, when railroads were the primary means of travel and fed highly centralized downtown business districts. LA, Washington, and the Bay Area all came of age later in the 20th century, when widespread auto ownership led to much more dispersed urbanization. These "polycentric" regions have their populations and economies spread across multiple smaller centers, which each have individual specializations".
Last edited by the resident09; 10-06-2018 at 05:04 PM..
Actually, it is 2.8 million, but I'm talking about the Baltimore CSA, which is over 9 million.
Oh, CSA...not as relevant as MSA. When you have to combine two cities (CSA) to meet Chicago's MSA, it's just not the same.
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