Pittsburgh has a CSA

[PreservationPioneer]

Originally Posted by trlstreet

Harrisburg - York - Lebanon CSA comes in at 42nd with 1.2 million. Not sure why they don't add Lancaster to that grouping if they are willing to add York (Lancaster is always tied to York). That would put the central Pa combined CSA at around 1.7 million or 33rd on the list. This would compare favorably to other metros such as Jacksonville, Nashville, Virginia Beach, etc... Impressive for an area with four small cities but no large ones.

Yeah, but Harrisburg feels and looks like a much larger city than it is.

[PreservationPioneer]

Originally Posted by I_Like_Spam

York is tied to Lancaster in people's minds because of the War of the Roses and a different York and different Lancaster.

Lancaster PA is considerably further from Harrisburg than York PA is, and has its own attractions as a big tourist destination- a lot more so than York does.

York always seems to get the short end of the stick in perception. It really has just as much going for it as Lancaster, and half of its downtown wasn't destroyed during the urban renewal era, like Lancaster's was.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by trlstreet

That would put the central Pa combined CSA at around 1.7 million or 33rd on the list. Impressive for an area with four small cities but no large ones.

Urban sprawl is horrendous in South Central PA. This is why York, Lancaster, Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Carlisle, Harrisburg, and Lebanon are all so interconnected in terms of economics. I've led the push several times on City-Data for the addition of a "South Central PA" sub-forum to no avail, though.