What is the most important Megalopolis? (state, map, largest, compare)

[kidphilly]

Which regional megalopolis/megaregion is most important in economic and political strength?

[erin3465]

If youre going to include the Texas Triangle in the poll, you should also include the Northern CA Megaregion, with 14 million people:

San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose–Monterey–Salinas–Santa Rosa–Napa Valley–Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto–Fresno, California known as the Bay Area, the Central Valley, and outlying areas in Northern California, as well as Reno, Nevada

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by erin3465

If youre going to include the Texas Triangle in the poll, you should also include the Northern CA Megaregion, with 14 million people:

San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose–Monterey–Salinas–Santa Rosa–Napa Valley–Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto–Fresno, California known as the Bay Area, the Central Valley, and outlying areas in Northern California, as well as Reno, Nevada

my bad - also the piedmont area - here is some others and there is cool map on another thread formore detail on the below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(city_type)

• Boston–Manchester-Providence–Hartford–Springfield-New York–Newark–Trenton-Philadelphia–Wilmington–Baltimore–Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia, known as the Northeast Megalopolis or the Northeast Corridor, the most populous and largely developed area in the Western Hemisphere (55 million)

• Green Bay–Milwaukee–Chicago–Indianapolis–Rockford–Madison–Grand Rapids–Detroit/Windsor–Fort Wayne–Toledo–Cleveland–Columbus–Cincinnati–Pittsburgh–Erie–Buffalo–Toronto–Hamilton, known as ChiPitts and previously known as the Rust Belt (54 million)

• Texas Triangle–San Antonio–Austin–Dallas/Fort Worth–Houston (16.1 million)

• Mexico City plus 60 municipalities in the State of Mexico, Puebla, Cuernavaca, Toluca, Pachuca, Querétaro in Mexico (over 40 million)

• Quebec City – Windsor Corridor (17 million - Canadian population only; >25 million if U.S. border cities within 100 km included)

• Greater Los Angeles Area-Greater San Diego

• Chicago–Milwaukee–Madison–Rockford–South Bend (13.5 million)

• San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose–Monterey–Salinas–Santa Rosa–Napa Valley–Sacramento–Stockton–Modesto–Fresno, California known as the Bay Area, the Central Valley, and outlying areas in Northern California, as well as Reno, Nevada (entire area known as the Northern California megaregion); (14 million)

• Extended Golden Horseshoe - London-Kitchener/Waterloo–Guelph–Brantford–Hamilton–Greater Toronto Area–Oshawa/Whitby–Barrie–Peterborough–Niagara Falls, ON/NY–Buffalo (11 million, <9 million in ON, >2 million in NY)

• Southern Illinois, Eastern Missouri, Kentucky and North Tennessee Mississippi Valley has about 8 million people.

• Phoenix - Mesa - Glendale - Scottsdale - Tempe - Peoria - Chandler - Gilbert (area known as The Valley of the Sun in Arizona); (4.3 million)

• La Joya–Mission–McAllen–Edinburg–Pharr-San Juan-Alamo–Weslaco–Mercedes–La Feria–Harlingen–San Benito–Brownsville-Reynosa, Mexico–Rio Bravo, Mexico–Heroica Matamoros, Mexico; (2.4 million)

• Atlanta-Marietta-Sandy Springs/ Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord/ Raleigh-Durham/ Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman/Upstate South Carolina (also known as the Piedmont Atlantic MegaRegion) (18.4 million)

[BigCityDreamer]

Bos-Wash, of course. :-)

[sav858]

I think there really isn't much debate here to be had, Bos-Wash of course. When you have NYC and DC in the same mega-region that is hard to beat in terms of power and influence, plus throw in Boston and Philly and it's even more obvious.

[tmac9wr]

Ya, this should be about the second most important/powerful Megalopolis...there's absolutely no question as to who's #1...the GDP of the four largest cities would be over $2.7 trillion haha.

[blkgiraffe]

1. BosWash
2. Texas Triangle
3. Chipitts
4. SoCal

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by tmac9wr

Ya, this should be about the second most important/powerful Megalopolis...there's absolutely no question as to who's #1...the GDP of the four largest cities would be over $2.7 trillion haha.

Curious of how that economic output would compare to other countries - or even CA - I always am amazed at where the CA economy ranks worldwide - forget the numbers but would be interesting to see the 2.7 versus other countries

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

1. BosWash
2. Texas Triangle
3. Chipitts
4. SoCal

on population ChipPitt is actually almost the same size as BosWash 55 mil vs 50 Mil not sure on Economic output

[sav858]

Also I think it should be the SAN-SAN megapolis (SD-SF/Sac) and not just SoCal, the two regions are heavily connected. The distance between San Diego and SF and Sacramento is about the same as Chicago to Pittsburgh and Boston to Washington. About 450-500 miles/8 hour drive for each.