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Two metro areas (El Paso and Las Cruces) are combined into one when the work/home commutes between the two areas reach a certain percentage of population. There has been speculation by professionals who study demographics that this could happen in El Paso/Las Cruces as soon as 2010. It's not a matter of El Paso claiming Las Cruces; it's just a combined metro area by Census Bureau standards. The same could someday happen with Albuquerque/Santa Fe.
That all depends on if Las Cruces wants to become part of El Paso's MSA. Las Cruces loses lots of federal money having to share with El Paso which would get the bigger piece of the pie. This information comes from an El Paso bank web site, not the census bureau. If you have a link I would like to see it. I just don't see New Mexico wanting to lose $ to Texas with a combined MSA. As for Albuquerque/Santa Fe well the number of commuters between the two cities is already extremely high, probably more so than El Paso/Las Cruces, that's why the Rail Runner came to be so fast. It now serves several thousand commuters on a daily basis several times a day.
That all depends on if Las Cruces wants to become part of El Paso's MSA. Las Cruces loses lots of federal money having to share with El Paso which would get the bigger piece of the pie. This information comes from an El Paso bank web site, not the census bureau. If you have a link I would like to see it. I just don't see New Mexico wanting to lose $ to Texas with a combined MSA. As for Albuquerque/Santa Fe well the number of commuters between the two cities is already extremely high, probably more so than El Paso/Las Cruces, that's why the Rail Runner came to be so fast. It now serves several thousand commuters on a daily basis several times a day.
Federal funding doesn't really work that way, LC would lose no funding by becoming part of the El Paso MSA. Once cross commuting reaches 25%, there is no choice not to combine the MSAs. It's a census bureau guideline defining MSAs.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is not an El Paso Bank; it's a branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and a legitimate source of economic forecasting.
Now El Paso will claim it as their growth, just like some of the knuckle heads try to do now saying Las Cruces is part of the El Paso Metro area.....LOL!!!
But look how very fast the area between Las Cruces and El Paso is filling up with people. They are on their way to merging, becoming one huge metropolitan area.
If thats the case Albuquerque/Santa Fe would already be one MSA as there is more than 25% commuting between the two cities. Each Metro area recieves federal $$ based on the need , however the size (population) determines the amount of $$ it will recieve. If it didn't matter Albuquerque/Santa Fe would of already combined to form a Metro area of well over 1 million people.
A combined Metro of Las Cruces/El Paso is not going to happen!
For those wondering what an MSA is, there is a good explanation on Wikipedia. Briefly, In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. These are referred to as "Metropolitan Statistical Areas" (MSAs). A lot more info on the web page: United States metropolitan area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
If thats the case Albuquerque/Santa Fe would already be one MSA as there is more than 25% commuting between the two cities. Each Metro area recieves federal $$ based on the need , however the size (population) determines the amount of $$ it will recieve. If it didn't matter Albuquerque/Santa Fe would of already combined to form a Metro area of well over 1 million people.
A combined Metro of Las Cruces/El Paso is not going to happen!
I didn't realize this was a p*ssing contest. You win.
I didn't realize this was a p*ssing contest. You win.
A little sensitive are we? It's not *****ing, just facts that some people tend to distort for the sake of their community.
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It's not *****ing, just facts that some people tend to distort for the sake of their community.
