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Originally Posted by Crawford
If that happened (it likely won't), Bucks would be part of the NY CSA.
The Census designations are based on commuting patterns, so Philly would only gain counties if it became more of a commuter draw than NY or DC in fringe counties, and that's unlikely, because exurban supercommuting is largely limited to those trying to get more house for their money (a big issue in NY and DC, not so much in Philly).
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Right, and that just illustrates how silly the bounding of the MSAs/CSAs in the region is.
But there's a lot of Bucks County population currently, in the areas around Newtown, Morrisville, Yardley, Levitttown, etc., who work in that whole New Brunswick/Edison/whatever corridor along the NJTurnpike... and the opposite from NJ into PA. It's long been that way... US Steel used to have major operations in Fairless Hills, and huge numbers of people who were employed directly and indirectly by it, were technically NYC MSA residents, who commuted into PA daily.