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I understand how the census creates combined statistical areas, but I do not agree that they are cohesive metro regions. They may be useful for some sort of governmental purpose, but in the real world, they're basically meaningless. Do you believe that the DC metro region is larger than the state of Maryland? Do you believe that Princeton and Yale are part of the same metro?
It depends; for some areas yes, for some it's a stretch. Clearly this is the case for places like the Bay Area and the NC Triangle, but it's a looser definition when it comes to DC-Baltimore or Greater NYC.
For the most part, no, and I don't think they're meant to be. Metro areas in the US are already way inflated. CSAs are just ridiculous areas, several being larger in land area than Switzerland.
As I have highlighted the area I consider metro Los Angeles consists of a contiguous area with a little under 3000 sq miles consisting of 17 million people:
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Census Bureau considers all of Maricopa and Pinal counties to be the Phoenix MSA&CSA also includes all of Yavapai county and that is just rediculous, especially considering that Maricopa County is the 3rd largest county in the US by land area (behind #2 Coconino County, AZ and #1 San Bernardino County, CA).
In reality, metro Phoenix from downtown goes 35 miles due west, 25 miles northwest, 30 miles due north, 40 miles due east, and about 35 miles southeast.
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LA yes. SF no.
No one considers Stockton, Lodi, Santa Cruz, or Watsonville to be the bay.
I honestly think that some of San Jaoquin County is in the Bay Area, namely Tracy, Lathrop and Manteca. I guarantee you that the people who live there probably work in Alameda or Santa Clara County
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So people consider Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley "LA"? Temecula?
I consider all of Riverside county west of the mountains (including Temecula), SW San Bernardino County, as well as the Victor Valley (Victorville, Hesperia, Adelanto), LA County south of Castaic, but including Lancaster&Palmdale, all of Orange County, and Ventura County south of CA 126 AND east of CA 33 to be the larger Greater Los Angeles region.
As far as Coachella Valley, no, imo, you leave greater LA on the 10 once you pass the Weigh Station in Banning
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