From the October 27, 2010 Sperling.
Based on jobs, affordable housing, cost of living, crime rates, college, access to museums, shows, sports and other events and stability.
10. Indianapolis, Indiana
9. Denver-Aurora, Colorado
8. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota
7. Madison, Wisconsin
6. Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa
5. Austin-Round Rock, Texas
4. Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
3. Omaha, Nebraska-Council Bluffs, Iowa
2. Buffalo--Niagara Falls, New York
1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kind of amazing all the Rust-Belt cities in the list.
Who'd Have Figured? --RoadDog
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Megapolitan: A New Geography
From the Nov. 29th USA Today by Haya El Nasser,
I have heard of the terms metropolitan area and even megalopolis, which is when metropolitan areas grow together. I even taught it to my classes.
However, evidently there is a new term in use in urban geography, megapolitan.
The article had a map showing 23 megapolitan areas that form ten even larger megapolitan clusters.
Megapolitan Cluster, megapolitan areas, states where located.
CASCADIA: Puget Sound, Williamette (Wash. & Ore.)
SIERRA PACIFIC: Sierra Pacific (Cal. around San Francisco)
SOUTHWEST: Southern California, Las Vegas, Sun Corridor (Cal. Ari. Nev.)
MOUNTAIN: Wasatch Range, Front Range (Utah & Colorado)
TWIN CITIES: Twin Cities (Minn. & Wis.)
TEXAS TRIANGLE: Central Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston (Texas)
GREAT LAKES: Chicago, Michigan Corridor, Steel Corridor, Ohio Valley (Wi. Il. Mich, Ind. Ohio, Pa.)
MEGALOPOLIS: New England, New York/Philadelphia, Chesapeake (Me, NH, Mass., NY, Pa., Md., Va.)
PIEDMONT: Carolina, Atlanta (NC, SC, Ga.)
FLORIDA: Central Florida, Florida Atlantic (Fla.)
The article described these areas as "cities and counties linked through man-made and natural connections such as shared transportation networks, labor markets or water supplies."
Those Are Some Big Areas. --RoadDog
I have heard of the terms metropolitan area and even megalopolis, which is when metropolitan areas grow together. I even taught it to my classes.
However, evidently there is a new term in use in urban geography, megapolitan.
The article had a map showing 23 megapolitan areas that form ten even larger megapolitan clusters.
Megapolitan Cluster, megapolitan areas, states where located.
CASCADIA: Puget Sound, Williamette (Wash. & Ore.)
SIERRA PACIFIC: Sierra Pacific (Cal. around San Francisco)
SOUTHWEST: Southern California, Las Vegas, Sun Corridor (Cal. Ari. Nev.)
MOUNTAIN: Wasatch Range, Front Range (Utah & Colorado)
TWIN CITIES: Twin Cities (Minn. & Wis.)
TEXAS TRIANGLE: Central Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston (Texas)
GREAT LAKES: Chicago, Michigan Corridor, Steel Corridor, Ohio Valley (Wi. Il. Mich, Ind. Ohio, Pa.)
MEGALOPOLIS: New England, New York/Philadelphia, Chesapeake (Me, NH, Mass., NY, Pa., Md., Va.)
PIEDMONT: Carolina, Atlanta (NC, SC, Ga.)
FLORIDA: Central Florida, Florida Atlantic (Fla.)
The article described these areas as "cities and counties linked through man-made and natural connections such as shared transportation networks, labor markets or water supplies."
Those Are Some Big Areas. --RoadDog
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