> Tend to forget those even exist. Ha ha—that’s fair. > That's a good point, I never saw the point of "metros" how they used them in Texas. One role of that

> Tend to forget those even exist. Ha ha—that’s fair. > That's a good point, I never saw the point of "metros" how they used them in Texas. One role of that way of categorizing, even in less-atomized cities, is to capture the area that’s basically economically dependent on the city. Nobody (more or less) would live in those suburbs and exurbs if not for the presence of the city. It’s like looking at a lake’s drainage basin.