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Comparing "Houston" to "the Bay Area" is really not a useful exercise. The Bay Area has a number of different independent cities that are geographically isolat
by timr 8y ago
Comparing "Houston" to "the Bay Area" is really not a useful exercise.
The Bay Area has a number of different independent cities that are geographically isolated, and connected by limited infrastructure (e.g. the bay bridges and a few congested highways). You can debate the latter point, but realistically, large parts of the Bay Area are impractical commutes from the major tech centers. Even getting between SF and silicon valley is a miserable daily commute -- I wouldn't want to do it from Berkeley.
A more realistic comparison would be Houston vs. San Francisco County, or Houston vs. Silicon Valley.
- dlgeek 8y agoThat's the entire point of using a CSA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area) as GP did.
- timr 8y agoNo, that's not "the point" of a CSA. CSAs use a fairly liberal definition of economic linkage to define regions, and it's transitive. Just because you live in the bay area CSA doesn't mean you'd be able to reasonably commute from Oakland to San Jose for work. The New York CSA spans into upstate New York and Pennsylvania. It isn't reasonable for normal people to make a daily commute from upstate New York.