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I was mostly bringing up the 5.2 vs 6.4 both under Metro area. The CSA isn’t necessarily relevant, but a reasonable agreement exists that it’s really the same
by Retric 2y ago
I was mostly bringing up the 5.2 vs 6.4 both under Metro area.
The CSA isn’t necessarily relevant, but a reasonable agreement exists that it’s really the same metro area. The beltways (495, 695) are less than 25 miles apart. Laurel, Maryland is 20 miles from both downtown DC and downtown Baltimore. Meanwhile the other cities from Richmond to Boston are 95-200 miles from each other.
I knew someone whose tech support job would regularly send them to both cities in the same day. Apparently many companies located between them so they could easily serve both.
- bradknowles 2y agoYou can’t just look at distance and judge. I knew guys who lived north of Baltimore but commuted every day to the Pentagon. That doesn’t make Baltimore and DC two parts of the same city. Just like there are people who commute from New York to London, or vice-versa. NyLon is a thing, but that still doesn’t make them two parts of the same city.
- Retric 2y agoSame city is irrelevant, same metro area based on how people behave is what matters. People commuting from downtown Baltimore to DC have a faster commute than many living in well recognized DC suburbs. That’s very different than NyLon.
- bradknowles 2y agoDistance is irrelevant. I lived there. The cultures of DC and Baltimore are fundamentally different. Related, yes. But not the same.
- Retric 2y agoThe culture of poor parts of DC is vastly different than the culture of places 2 streets away. Culture is ultra local.
- bradknowles 2y agoCulture is fractal, and happens on many different levels. And there are many types of stratifications of culture. And those stratifications can happen in multiple dimensions at the same time. But culture can also refer to a larger conglomeration of smaller cultures, or components of smaller cultures. Just like a meal or dinner from one place can have many different components, and be differently prepared from a meal or dinner of the same overall type from some other place. There are components that may be shared between them, and there might be components that are different. But even if you start out with the exact same components in both places, the end result may be radically different, simply due to the different methods and the different people involved. In the case of DC versus Baltimore, it’s the larger scale differences that I’m talking about.
- Retric 2y ago> In the case of DC versus Baltimore, it’s the larger scale differences that I’m talking about. Those differences aren’t larger in scale than Loudan or Fauquier county vs DC. Simply being different doesn’t on its own mean anything here.
- bradknowles 2y agoI lived there. I traveled all over that area. The Northern Virginia counties are much closer to the culture in DC than the culture in Baltimore.
- Retric 2y agoWhat parts of DC, Baltimore, and Loudan county did you live in? Culture isn’t easy to find objective measurements but politically things are objectively similar between Baltimore and DC with extremely strong Democratic leanings. 2020 DC voted 5.40% Trump, 92.15% Biden vs Baltimore City 10.69% Trump, 87.28% Biden vs Fauquier County 57% Trump, 40% Biden. DC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_the_District_of_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidentia... VA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidentia... MD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidentia... Poor parts of DC are much closer to poor parts of Baltimore than the rich areas of Loudan county etc.