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Some places already have spiffy names like the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, often referred to as just the Metroplex.
Others have such a large main city that they go by just some addition to the main city like Greater Houston or Chicagoland.
Some are named after geographical parts like the Delaware Valley (Philadelphia, though I think this isn't that commonly used) or the San Francisco Bay Area (often just shortened as the Bay Area).
Some use more man-made geographical areas like the Tri-State Area (NYC, though the CSA has bled into parts of Pennsylvania, so it's more of a quad state now).
What are some good ones that I'm missing? Also, what should we do with new CSAs that don't have a joint name yet?
I'm thinking especially about Washington DC-Baltimore which doesn't really roll off the tongue and will likely get steadily much more integrated as a metropolitan area over the course of this decade. What's a good name for that?
Feel free to nominate names for such as well as nominate new CSAs or other conurbations that are yet to have a distinctive name.
If we get a lot of suggestions, perhaps I'll open up a poll to vote on in a subsequent topic.
I'm thinking especially about Washington DC-Baltimore which doesn't really roll off the tongue and will likely get steadily much more integrated as a metropolitan area over the course of this decade. What's a good name for that?
Feel free to nominate names for such as well as nominate new CSAs or other conurbations that are yet to have a distinctive name.
If we get a lot of suggestions, perhaps I'll open up a poll to vote on in a subsequent topic.
Around DC is known as the DMV. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Which, correct if me I wrong, is growing more and more to include Baltimore.
As an alternative, I always liked the Capital Region nickname.
In North Carolina, you have the Triangle or also known as the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Cary, etc.) and the Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point). Charlotte metro is known as Metrolina. People from outside NC sometimes confuse the Triangle from the Triad. I could see how that might be an issue. LOL
I grew up in the "DMV" - Northern Virginia to be more specific - although when I moved to NC in 2006, DMV was not really a term yet. It seems to have become popular over the last 10 years or so.
Around DC is known as the DMV. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Which, correct if me I wrong, is growing more and more to include Baltimore.
As an alternative, I always liked the Capital Region nickname.
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Originally Posted by BigCity76
For the Washington metro area a popular term now is the DMV. That doesn't include Baltimore.
I have heard DMV. I've only heard the capital region for Albany before, though I wouldn't be surprised at multiple places with the nickname.
I do wonder what would be a spiffy name for the region that *does* include Baltimore though as the larger CSA. I guess it could still be the DMV with Baltimore in Maryland, but I wonder if there's anything else that would give some kind of nod to Baltimore rather than just inheriting the DC term.
"Willamette Valley" is used for the Portland area. The valley extends far beyond the suburban outskirts and covers a lot of farmland extending as far south as Lane County (Eugene), but Eugene has a similar energy to Portland in a lot of ways (certainly more than Roseburg or Grants Pass to the south) and the rest of those counties are all in Portland's large MSA/CSA.
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As for our own names: the Indianapolis region, ringed by I-465, could be the "Forcefield", from "four sixty-five".
The Miami region could be the "Streak", as a reference to the long, thin shape of the urban development along the coast, as well as a fun beach activity. Alternately, the "Strand", German for beach.
I guess the Oklahoma City region could be the "Oakwoods", from the first syllable of the city/state and to remind the rest of the country for tourism purposes that the region does have forests.
I have heard DMV. I've only heard the capital region for Albany before, though I wouldn't be surprised at multiple places with the nickname.
I do wonder what would be a spiffy name for the region that *does* include Baltimore though as the larger CSA. I guess it could still be the DMV with Baltimore in Maryland, but I wonder if there's anything else that would give some kind of nod to Baltimore rather than just inheriting the DC term.
I have heard DMV. I've only heard the capital region for Albany before, though I wouldn't be surprised at multiple places with the nickname.
I do wonder what would be a spiffy name for the region that *does* include Baltimore though as the larger CSA. I guess it could still be the DMV with Baltimore in Maryland, but I wonder if there's anything else that would give some kind of nod to Baltimore rather than just inheriting the DC term.
The "M" in DMV is almost explicitly used to refer to the MD areas inside the Beltway. Anything north of that zone and 9/10 people are going to associate themselves with their county rather than the "DMV".
Any name for the greater region is just referred to as the "DC-Baltimore region". Nothing more, nothing less.
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