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The most meaningful comparison is CSA: NY is 22.5M LA is 18.7M https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb
by burlesona 6y ago
The most meaningful comparison is CSA:
NY is 22.5M
LA is 18.7M
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_statistical_area
- thehappypm 6y agoI think many people prefer the MSA definition over the CSA, CSA feels like a bit of a stretch in many of its definitions. Are San Jose and San Francisco one entity, or two? CSA says one, MSA says two.
- reducesuffering 6y agoConsider that someone who lives between them could have a 30 min. commute to a job in both. There's definitely a case to be made for some cases to use the concept that encompasses that.
- burlesona 6y agoHaving lived and worked in the Bay Area I would definitely say they are one entity socially and economically. It was not unusual to have people live in San Jose and commute to SF, nor vice versa. By contrast, Sacramento was clearly not part of that unit, even though it isn’t _that_ much further away. There’s a notable gap between the cities, and the cross-commute rate was near zero. (Emphatically NOT zero, there were some people who commuted in from Sacramento, but those were rare, and I never heard of anyone commuting the other way).