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Good point, there are two notable contiguous bands: Atlanta-Greenville-Charlotte-RTP and Florida Atlantic coast. A couple of things to add: in the south, distan
by shas3 11y ago
Good point, there are two notable contiguous bands: Atlanta-Greenville-Charlotte-RTP and Florida Atlantic coast. A couple of things to add: in the south, distance between dense counties is large elsewhere- not too many contiguous regions/clusters. Then, there's also the question: is density sufficient to create a tech hub? Density is surely a factor, but far from sufficient.
Edit: I feel compelled to add this image from Wikipedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/MapofEmergingUSMegaregions.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/MapofEme...
- blahedo 11y agoThe map is slightly deceptive when it comes to Virginia; here the cities are independent of the counties that often completely surround them, and so "city or county" is an equivalent-level government. So you see all the darkest-red dots running up the western part of Virginia? If the population in those cities were shared with the surrounding county and the density recalculated, you'd get a lot more of the middle-reds you see in western NC and SC. So the "Atlanta-Greenville-Charlotte-RTP" band that you see really continues all the way up to DC (where it becomes even denser and turns in to the Northeast Corridor Metroplex).