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First let's not confuse population metrics. There's UA by Census definition, and then there's Demographia's definitions. Those two are entirely different. The point was to show that they both are relatively same population from center of town, until the actual larger area in DC begins to show it. Also the population jumping Philly's at 20 to 25 mi radius is more due to adding land area in the NOVA suburbs that run way deeper away from center of town, even more than it is adding population along the stretch of suburban MD, although it is a bit of both.
There are very little exurbs within 20 or 25 miles of DC. You're in some form of suburban/urban corridor along that stretch from NOVA until you pass north of Baltimore. If there were an exurb near DC, or Baltimore, it wouldn't be counted for in the urbanized area. A better illustration with a UA map from Demographia showing which actual land area is being included would be most relevant here.
Where is the contiguous urban corridor that connects Boston to Portsmouth? Cause I can’t find it?
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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Where is the contiguous urban corridor that connects Boston to Portsmouth? Cause I can’t find it?
Well if you noticed, that's why the densities seen under the Demographia metric show Boston's being much lower than the other large urban areas. It's much more elongated from the central core to that end point, and Portsmouth is 60 miles from DT Boston.
Well if you noticed, that's why the densities seen under the Demographia metric show Boston's being much lower than the other large urban areas. It's much more elongated from the central core to that end point, and Portsmouth is 60 miles from DT Boston.
Specifically which towns would you consider Urban
Ipswich? Rye? Merrimack? Kingston?
Which towns form a contiguous urban corridor to Portsmouth?
The real issue is it going up to Maine. And DC going out into PA/WV.
How far into ME does the demographia definition go? I assumed it was just to Kittery, which makes perfect sense to be included since it’s a close-in suburb of Portsmouth and a popular shopping destination for people in the North Shore / Seacoast.
How far into ME does the demographia definition go? I assumed it was just to Kittery, which makes perfect sense to be included since it’s a close-in suburb of Portsmouth and a popular shopping destination for people in the North Shore / Seacoast.
i don't see the map and I have no idea what people in Portsmouth do. One you're out of Massachusetts and Rhode island? idk.
Boston netting Providence and Washington netting Baltimore seems premature at this point in terms of development and transit. Maybe in a decade or so, but right now seems kind of silly.
Boston netting Providence and Washington netting Baltimore seems premature at this point in terms of development and transit. Maybe in a decade or so, but right now seems kind of silly.
For Washington - Baltimore, there's supposedly going to upgrades to the bridges going over the Potomac which means MARC (and Amtrak) services from the Baltimore area will go over to job and resident dense Northern Virginia and potentially with potentially good frequency turning it into a regional rail with that region being Washington and Baltimore urban areas combined: https://www.washingtonpost.com/trans...ains-virginia/
Trains running serving Baltimore's Penn Station are also seeing some large improvements, though only Penn Line for MARC would be using them. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is going to be able to expand capacity, but Amtrak's sort of too pricey for most people to really be much of a commuter or frequent daytrip kind of service.
There's likely fill-in development in the Maryland suburbs between the two with Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore County all notching growth and with a fair chance of that growing.
Boston and Providence is trickier as there's no real major plan that's in serious talks of completion within a decade for greatly improving services within a decade as far as I know and there's an extremely low chance I think of Boston having through-running, regional rail. However, Bristol County which is part of the Providence MSA (maybe urban area?) is slated to get commuter rail service to add on to the current commuter rail service in the region via the Providence line. The counties between Providence and Boston are also pretty likely to grow and infill.
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