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Old 07-16-2013, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Minneapolis (St. Louis Park)
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UA is more accurate but to get a better understanding of the true impact of American cities, metro area (MSA) makes more sense in terms of calculating the number of people strongly impacted by a big city/region. For example, the MSA counts whole counties, which includes both urban and rural areas, but since most of the urban areas in those counties often (key word!) have a direct relationship with the major city and its residents live there in large part because of the bigger city, those urban areas need to be counted even though they would not technically be connected and counted as the "urbanized area". However, when trying to gage the "feel" of a city, the Urbanized Area is the best measure, since most people walking/driving through cornfields do not usually associate those fields with a city (while the MSA may include them to reach those "satellite cities").
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Old 07-16-2013, 05:37 PM
 
Location: M I N N E S O T A
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A city is different from a metro area
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Old 07-17-2013, 02:32 AM
 
Location: Miami, Fl
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Miami is definitely becoming more dense. It seems like apartment buildings between 5-15 stories are sprouting up all over the city.
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Old 07-19-2013, 09:36 PM
 
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this thread reminds me of the south park episode where they spend the entire episode trying to determine once and for all whats the best formula for penis size LOL. its urban area X CSA / urban density people.
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Old 07-20-2013, 03:45 AM
 
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In the case of MiamiDade County, it has about 2.6 million people in just 500 square miles of land. I agree that Miami doesn't get the visibility it should as one of America's most densely populated areas.
agreed.
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