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The Dallas Metro is nearly 11,000 sq miles . Philadelphias is 3,900 sq miles.What are you guys using to commute down there to justify a 11,000 sq mile metro? Rocketships.
Also How about the vacuuming parameter that is NYC. The city limits of Philadlephia and Trenton are 15 miles apart. Trenton to NY 70 miles. Trenton(Mercer County) is inexplicably a part of NYCs CMSA. Theres $50 M of GDP that should be in Philly thats not.
You've exaggerated the area of the Dallas metro, and left off about half of Philadelphia's:
Dallas Metro: 9,286 square miles (not 11,000)
Philly Metro: 4,629 square miles (not 3,900)
Dallas is still almost twice as large, but it's not 3-4 times as large. Philadelphia would be that large if it weren't so close to NYC, Baltimore, and D.C. - it's close proximity to other large metros keeps it more compact.
After further review on Google Street Views, I find Dallas to be somewhat odd as you see a developed area and then a wide open prairie look to it,whereas Philadelphia seems more dense,but Dallas still much cleaner has a flat appearance and somewhat bland.
1. That's not a prairie; that's the Trinity River. It tends to flood whenever it rains.
2. Dallas is flat compared to some cities, but also pretty hilly. It has lots of rolling hills just outside the city.
This is by no means disrespect to Phily, but I am a Southern dude so I prefer to stay somewhere where I know I can tolerate the winters. The Northern feel I'm not sure I could get used to either. That being said I know Philly is an excellent metro and is huge to the ecnomy of the nation. It has a great skyline and is making improvements. Plus it has great food.
My vote goes to Dallas. From what I here, it has the greatest business friendly environment and I like the location. It also has a pretty nice skyline, although Philly is probably better. It is a close call but for me weather. As far as importance to the economy, I go with Dallas because it has a larger GDP, and in America the only real color is green.
For future reference, always go to bea.gov to find out the very latest GDP stats for the nation, states and metropolitan areas. Its the official government database of such statistics.
Your source was either outdated or bogus.
Proving you did NOT check the source. I am aware of Wikipedias data...it is fairly accurate however and since I used WIKI for BOTH cities; I just do NOT see the problem.....
BOGUS??????? I told you take it up with WIKI and stay on topic...you have a tendency to ruin threads! .
This is by no means disrespect to Phily, but I am a Southern dude so I prefer to stay somewhere where I know I can tolerate the winters. The Northern feel I'm not sure I could get used to either. That being said I know Philly is an excellent metro and is huge to the ecnomy of the nation. It has a great skyline and is making improvements. Plus it has great food.
My vote goes to Dallas. From what I here, it has the greatest business friendly environment and I like the location. It also has a pretty nice skyline, although Philly is probably better. It is a close call but for me weather. As far as importance to the economy, I go with Dallas because it has a larger GDP, and in America the only real color is green.
We already KNOW that Philly has a larger GDP......Let's check Bank Deposits...A REAL SHOCKER........ DALLAS>>> 94 BILLION DOLLARS.......PHILADELPHIA>>> 182 BILLION DOLLARS...check for yourself! http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/...b-06tableb.pdf. I'M SHOCKED! NEARLY DOUBLE!
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