Does the Bay Area have the greatest sense of identity out of all metro areas? (legal, suburbs)
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Does the Bay Area have a sense of identity and place that exceeds all other metro areas? IMHO, it does.
let me make myself clear here. In the vast, vast majority of metro areas in the US, the identity is built upon its major city and the areas around it….Metropolitan New York, Chicagoland, the Los Angeles Area, etc.
some metro areas build their identity around two major cities….the Twin Cities, Dallas-Fort Worth (the Metroplex).
but none seem to package an image of a true region that transcends it component parts. There is no "suburban San Francisco" for places that might fit that category….like Marin and the Peninsula, maintain their separate identity. Indeed, Marin and the Peninsula join San Francisco, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Oakland and the East Bay, and Wine Country as being the parts that fit together to make the whole.
I can't think of any metro area people refer to as its entirty, not core and periphery, as the Bay Area.
then again, I will fully admit this is nothing more than perception. So I'll turn this over to others….
am I right about the Bay Area and it being the one with the greatest sense of place and identity of all others?
Not really. I think New York takes the cake. All the different accents, ethnicities, come together as one identity.
i think you missed my point. What you describe about metro NY is true, but I maintained that metro NY's identity comes from NYC and in that respect, it is a typical metro area with a central city and suburbs.
what I am suggesting is that the Bay Area's image comes area wide.
When you add San Jose to the equation it becomes CSA and by that metric DC/Baltimore CSA can make an argument.
but what I was talking about is projection. Baltimore/Washington doesn't project as one area and came into being through two close metro areas merging.
The Bay Area has always included the areas around the bay.
but what I was talking about is projection. Baltimore/Washington doesn't project as one area and came into being through two close metro areas merging.
The Bay Area has always included the areas around the bay.
Technically San Jose is not a part of San Francisco MSA.
I will just go ahead and answer the question, the answer is yes the Bay Area has the most pronounced metro IMO. Oakland has a very distinct identity from San Francisco and has three major sports franchises to boost. The East Bay as a whole is very different from San Francisco. You have the two anchor cities and many interesting satellite cities that really gives the Bay an edge in identity. If you through San Jose in the mix you have another large city in the equation.
The Bay Area's identity comes from SF. It's sub-regions having their own identities is not really unique at all nor do a lot of people really know much about them.
But I don't exactly get what you're trying to say. If you're saying the Bay Area's sub-regions project the identity of the Bay Area just as much as SF does, I don't agree with that at all.
The Bay Area's identity comes from SF. It's sub-regions having their own identities is not really unique at all nor do a lot of people really know much about them.
But I don't exactly get what you're trying to say. If you're saying the Bay Area's sub-regions project the identity of the Bay Area just as much as SF does, I don't agree with that at all.
More people know about Oakland CA than Naperville IL or Marietta GA. The Bay Area has two major cities to boost in one metro.
More people know about Oakland CA than Naperville IL or Marietta GA. The Bay Area has two major cities to boost in one metro.
Fort Lauderdale, Fort Worth, Anaheim, etc....they're all just as well known. Nothing really that unique there.
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