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Your numbers are outdated for Charlotte, the new metro is 2.3m. And, by last count, it is part of SC, therefore the largest.
I don't understand why you keep arguing this point. The principal city of that metro is clearly Charlotte, which is a North Carolina city. Thus, it is a North Carolina metro area. The fact that a small portion of it extends over the SC border doesn't change that.
Do you consider NYC to be the largest MSA in Pennsylvania, or Chicago the largest MSA in Indiana?!?
I don't understand why you keep arguing this point. The principal city of that metro is clearly Charlotte, which is a North Carolina city. Thus, it is a North Carolina metro area. The fact that a small portion of it extends over the SC border doesn't change that.
Do you consider NYC to be the largest MSA in Pennsylvania, or Chicago the largest MSA in Indiana?!?
You guys Greenville want to be 1st so badly. Look, it depends on the context. If you are marketing SC to a business and the want to look at the 3 largest metros in SC, you would not serve the client well by excluding Charlotte. Yes, the main city is 5 miles into NC but, since part of the metro is in SC, from a client's perspective, you are in a much larger metro regardless of the political boundaries. Over 300k residents in the Charlotte metro live in SC, that is the size of Spartanburg County, not an insignificant number. And, based on the growth rates of these counties, the numbers will be the size of Greenville county in the not too distant future.
You guys Greenville want to be 1st so badly. Look, it depends on the context. If you are marketing SC to a business and the want to look at the 3 largest metros in SC, you would not serve the client well by excluding Charlotte. Yes, the main city is 5 miles into NC but, since part of the metro is in SC, from a client's perspective, you are in a much larger metro regardless of the political boundaries. Over 300k residents in the Charlotte metro live in SC, that is the size of Spartanburg County, not an insignificant number. And, based on the growth rates of these counties, the numbers will be the size of Greenville county in the not too distant future.
So what. You never had a thing to say before these changes.
So what. You never had a thing to say before these changes.
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If you remember, we talked about Greenville's metro being in the 850 range.
Why would you ignore Charlotte if someone is looking for a place to live in one of SC's metros? Do you say "well, Greenville is the largest metro, you can't count Fort Mill because the main city in that metro us in NC, you will have to talk with NC?" That makes no sense unless the Greenville chamber and realtors want to show that mythical 1.3m metro number again.
I didn't realize people made their choice to move somewhere based off of population numbers. I would much rather live in Chicago than in NYC, and I'd much rather call Charlotte home than Atlanta. Size doesn't directly translate into anything.
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