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Originally Posted by ydoc14
Ahhh just think...if they were to combine the Austin & SA metros (3,777,203) then we'd jump up 13 spots and have bigger metro numbers than Seattle and San Diego...and we could get the NFL and more skyscrapers  |
At about 80 miles, being an MSA is a bit of a stretch. Perhaps when commuter rail is a reality and we have a bit more interaction between the two, we might be able to swing a CSA.
But if that's the case, based on distance alone, (not the factors, like 25 percent employment transfer within, or general economic dependancy) we would have to combine a few other locations as MSA's as well. These are CSA's but not considered MSA.
LA-LB-SA MSA with Riverside-SB-Ontario MSA (45 miles apart) combined pushes them to almost 18 million.
SF-Oakland-Fremont MSA with SJ-SC MSA (41 miles apart) in combination with a couple other smaller MSA's pushes them to 7.4 mil.
Combining DC-NoVA to Baltimore (42 miles apart) would bring them up to almost 8.4 million.
Keep in mind, Dallas-FW has 35 mile distance.