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View Poll Results: 4th largest metro area by built-up geographic area
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Atlanta
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5 |
11.63% |
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Boston
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1 |
2.33% |
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Dallas
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11 |
25.58% |
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Detroit
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0% |
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Houston
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12 |
27.91% |
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Miami
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1 |
2.33% |
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Philadelphia
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5 |
11.63% |
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San Francisco Bay area
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5 |
11.63% |
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Washington D.C.
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3 |
6.98% |
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Other
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0% |
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03-06-2013, 05:43 PM
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After New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which metro region appears to be the fourth most spread out metropolitan area in terms of built-up/developed (non-rural) area?
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03-06-2013, 05:59 PM
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Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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From this list Boston and ATL has the biggest built areas but they are not continuous.
SF and Miami are confined, they have the smallest. Fyi LAs built environment is not as large as you think.
Anyway from your choices I would say Houston or DFW has the biggest continuous development from the choices spreading about 75miles in diameter
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03-06-2013, 06:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HtownLove
From this list Boston and ATL has the biggest built areas but they are not continuous.
SF and Miami are confined, they have the smallest. Fyi LAs built environment is not as large as you think.
Anyway from your choices I would say Houston or DFW has the biggest continuous development from the choices spreading about 75miles in diameter
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What do you mean that Boston and Atlanta are not continuous? I'm not aware of non-contiguous development in the Atlanta area. |
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03-06-2013, 06:30 PM
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Location: MD suburbs of DC
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Either Boston or DC. I suppose you could make an argument for Atlanta and Houston as well.
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03-06-2013, 11:04 PM
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Location: South Beach and DT Raleigh
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Built up but spread out?
This thread confuses me. Which is it?
Miami is the 4th largest urban area in the nation but it's hardly spread out.
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03-07-2013, 07:56 AM
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Location: Willowbend/Houston
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I would say DFW or Houston. The development spreads for over 60 miles.
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03-07-2013, 11:42 AM
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Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by justme02
I would say DFW or Houston. The development spreads for over 60 miles.
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That's what I am saying. Boston is spread out but it is in rings. Not continuous. Philly is the same.
LA is not as spread out as the OP listed.
NY is the biggest
Chicago is second (ATL would be second if it was more continuous)
DFW, LA and Houston are third, 4th and 5th (Philly and Boston are larger but with gaps)
Atlanta and Philly would be 6th and 7th
Boston would be 8th
Detroit and DC round out the top ten.
Miami is real close
Then Phoenix, Minneapolis and Seattle.
So the answer to the OP is either Houston, LA or DFW |
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03-07-2013, 12:22 PM
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Location: Piedmont, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HtownLove
That's what I am saying. Boston is spread out but it is in rings. Not continuous. Philly is the same.
LA is not as spread out as the OP listed.
NY is the biggest
Chicago is second (ATL would be second if it was more continuous)
DFW, LA and Houston are third, 4th and 5th (Philly and Boston are larger but with gaps)
Atlanta and Philly would be 6th and 7th
Boston would be 8th
Detroit and DC round out the top ten.
Miami is real close
Then Phoenix, Minneapolis and Seattle.
So the answer to the OP is either Houston, LA or DFW
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Im just not seeing how Houston is as built up and spread out as LA?
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03-07-2013, 12:48 PM
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Location: M I N N E S O T A
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nat-geo-sprawl-map-2001.jpg (image)
Its an old map but by eyeballing it, looks like either Dallas, Los Angeles or Boston.
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03-07-2013, 12:54 PM
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Location: Up on the moon laughing down on you
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 18Montclair
Im just not seeing how Houston is as built up and spread out as LA?
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well if you are going by CSAs then yes. the total land alloted to LA is about the size of Georgia 
but by built up area LA is NOT that spread out like yall are making it seem.
its UA for example is what? less than 2000 sq miles compare that to its 35K CSA.
Anyway, thanks for showing LA in its entirety and beyond and cutting out like 8 counties for Houston
You don't even show Galveston to the South
Where is Huntsville to the North???
The Metro goes on for about 20 miles passed Katy, why did you cut it in Katy?
anyway here are cool night pics of LA and Houston:
LA- http://mbdarkskiesalliance.org/uploa...660861.jpg?416
Houston- http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images...078463_lrg.jpg
DFW- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...orth_Space.jpg |
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