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Which two cities have the closest of relationships of any two in the nation?
By cities, I am talking about those that are not in the same metro areas. So the following would be eliminated from the discussion:
San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Dallas/Ft. Worth
The criteria for closest relationship includes (but is not necessarily restricted to):
• Physically close by
• Relationship trends towards cooperative, not competitive
• People from one frequently access the other
• Culturally they have much in common
• Comparative size would not be a consideration
• Spillover development can spread from one to the other (i.e. a restaurant group in one opens in the other)
• Can be seen as part of same "economic region"
• Both cities are oriented more towards each other than either of them would be to another city
There is a poll and since "geographically close" is a criteria, I'm listing only cities (major ones) that I feel meet this criteria. I'll list them in an east to west order to treat each entry as an equal.
• Physically close by - Downtown to downtown DC-Baltimore is 38 miles, beltway to beltway is ~20 miles
• Relationship trends towards cooperative, not competitive - Chicago-Milwaukee are very harmonious with each other
• People from one frequently access the other - DC-Baltimore are actually one CSA
• Culturally they have much in common - Chicago-Milwaukee are culturally the most similar
• Spillover development can spread from one to the other (i.e. a restaurant group in one opens in the other) - Tampa-Orlando
• Can be seen as part of same "economic region" - DC-Baltimore effectively function as one giant metro similar to the Bay Area
• Both cities are oriented more towards each other than either of them would be to another city - DC-Baltimore are the two physically closest cities by a significant margin, are the most integrated via infrastructure, have a shared airport, and their metro's quite literally overlap
DC-Baltimore is the most integrated non-MSA in the country despite being culturally and economically worlds apart
I'd say Raleigh-Durham and The Bay Area are more integrated than Baltimore and DC. Both regions are more culturally similar, share the same media, hell the 49ers play literally 2000ft outside of San Jose. Raleigh-Durham city limits actually border each other.
I would think all those cities HATE each other. Sports rivalries for example.
Milwaukee doesn't hate Chicago and by the amount of Illinois plates I see on a daily basis I'd have to say Chicago doesn't hate Milwaukee.
The Brewers and Cubs just finished a few games this weekend and as much as Brewers fans like to give Cubs fans grief I don't think we'd have it any other way. I saw plenty of Cubs fans around town including at a few of our festivals and nobody got bent out of shape. The leader of a band at German fest even gave Cubs fans a shout out (after Brewers fans of course).
I'd say Raleigh-Durham and The Bay Area are more integrated than Baltimore and DC. Both regions are more culturally similar, share the same media, hell the 49ers play literally 2000ft outside of San Jose. Raleigh-Durham city limits actually border each other.
Raleigh-Durham for sure as they border each other.
I agree you can definitely make a case of the San Fran-San Jose
I think New York and Philadelphia would be among the top. For such large independent metros, they have a lot of overlap and that has been the case for hundreds of years.
DC and Baltimore are another pair, but I still think Philadelphia and New York have a unique relationship.
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