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The San Francisco area is one economy (for workers, companies, etc.) and one media market (i.e. culture and identity in many ways). The metro split isn't terribly relevant to most things.
I whole heartedly agree with these above. I haven't lived in either but have visited both and know people from both (DFW a lot more so than SF). And both are attached in certain aspects and separated in others. If Dallas and Fort Worth combine, SF and SJ would too. We call it the Bay Area for a reason.
Dallas and Fort Worth are combined because Fort Worth isn't really a big employment hub in DFW. In fact, a significant number of the resident from Tarrant County end up commuting to Dallas and Collin Counties for work.
Conversely, there's far less commuting overlap between San Jose and San Francisco because San Jose (at least the county it's in) *IS* a big employment hub.
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I whole heartedly agree with these above. I haven't lived in either but have visited both and know people from both (DFW a lot more so than SF). And both are attached in certain aspects and separated in others. If Dallas and Fort Worth combine, SF and SJ would too. We call it the Bay Area for a reason.
They are not separated in any way. Theree is a commuter train that links San Jose and San Francisco and the BART as well (light and heavy rail). They are within a 45 minute drive of each other on a good traffic day. The San Francisco 49ers play in San Jose. The idea that San Francisco, Oakland, or San Jose should be in different MSA's is stupid and I don't know why this is the case at all.
I totally get that. I was just going off metro areas because that’s what GDP was broken down with in another thread. It’s not personal
If you were going off metro area how does Raleigh end up in the tier that you have it in?
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