Which of these do you see as one metro area?

[frsno1]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

My question on this one has always been, where to draw the line? Lawrence Expwy? 85? Woodside Road? 92? Etc?

It's not like there is some convenient cut off. Certain, the Santa Clara - San Mateo County Line is meaningless. I should know, I can practically see it out my window, sitting here in an office in EPA.

There is no break in development at all and this is especially evident on the 101 or El Camino Real. I agree with you wholeheartedly and yet, there are those few individuals who for whatever reason, refuse to accept this fact. I think the map I posted a few pages back clearly illustrates the density and development between SF and SJ.

[the resident09]

http://www.uuorld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/population-density_17.jpg (broken link)


This was 10 years ago but even then the population was fairly dense all the way through Central Maryland and i know for a fact those numbers would be much higher now, with the Balt-Wash metro area being around 8.3 million now...You'll notice the density of the counties in the DC suburbs is more than Baltimore and it's suburbs.

[the resident09]

[the resident09]

Originally Posted by the resident09

This was 10 years ago but even then the population was fairly dense all the way through Central Maryland and i know for a fact those numbers would be much higher now, with the Balt-Wash metro area being around 8.3 million now...You'll notice the density of the counties in the DC suburbs is more than Baltimore and it's suburbs.

Here's a better look, click on the attachment

[cmo1984]

what about boston and providence?

[Howest2008]

Originally Posted by cmo1984

what about boston and providence?

Oh K.... make your case for factoring in Providence Rhode Island into
the Boston Metropolitan Statistical Area

[B-ham 34]

1. Mobile and Pensacola

2. Hartford and Springfield

3. Camden and Philly

4. Bellevue and Seattle

5. Va Beach and Hampton

6. Kansas City,Mo and Kansas City, Ks

7. Cleveland and Akron

8. Detroit and Flint

9. Wheeling, WV and Pittsburgh

10. Raleigh, Durham and Winston Salem

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Redrum237

Some metro areas' status in the USA is heavily debated. For instance, some call Washington-Baltimore one metro, others call it two. How would you classify the following? (my classifications are in brackets)

Dallas-Ft. Worth (1)
Minneapolis-St. Paul (1)
San Fransisco-San Jose-Oakland bay area (1)
Washington DC-Baltimore (2)
Los Angeles-San Diego (2)

Feel free to list any other places in which the number of metro areas is in question

If you were to consider LA and SD one I would think you could equally make the argument that NYC and Philly as one (though i would mostly disagree) Those two (NY and Philly) are actually only 6 miles further apart (46 miles to closest city lines) when compared to Dallas and Ft Worth (42 miles)