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Get a grip Montclair.There is alot of inconsistency in metro designation.
The same formula applies to everywhere-and you have no evidence to prove otherwise.
PERIOD.
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I dont want Phillys parameters to be loosened.
Excuse me, that's exactly what you want-for Philadelphia to be bigger.
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I want Philadlephia to span 9000- 10,000 sq.miles like the rest of the metroes do.
Why?
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Atlantas metro encompasses 29 counties. Dallas-Fort Worth + Houstons metroes sprawl 3x the size of Phillys.
This is because Atlanta and Dallas are the supreme job centers of their respective regions. All surrounding counties look to them.
Philadelphia for heavenssake is next to New York(worst possible city to be next to if you are looking to shine on your own) and Washington(2nd worst possible city to be next to if you are looking to shine on your own).
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Trenton/Mercer County not being part of Philly MSA is an abomination. Trenton not being part of Phillys CMSA is preposterously unthinkable, analogous to Oakland not being part of the Bay Area.
lol @ oakland not being part of the bay area...
kind of like driving over the brooklyn bridge, brooklyn really should not be part of nyc.
Damn I really hate that I booked my plane ticket next Tuesday back into Oakland, because it is so far away...
Does the census burea disallow two different CSAs to overlap? If so, then it's a bad indicator for cities tightly packed in with other metros (such as Philly) since it wouldn't be particularly accurate.
lol @ oakland not being part of the bay area...
kind of like driving over the brooklyn bridge, brooklyn really should not be part of nyc.
Damn I really hate that I booked my plane ticket next Tuesday back into Oakland, because it is so far away...
kinda like driving over the george washington bridge. suddenly *poof* you're in this foreign land called new jersey - you're screwed if you didn't bring your passport. they may not let you back in
No offense, but these are usually the kinds of cities SF is most compared to.
you wan't a cookie?
i don't think Philly's sitting there worrying about SF lol. we've the world's greatest city and hour and a 1/2 north.
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- you're screwed if you didn't bring your passport. they may not let you back in 
