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Originally Posted by PhillyRising
Even this is not equal land wise. The Philly MSA is 4602 square miles while Atlanta's is 8376 square miles.
Phoenix MSA is over 14000 square miles.
I mean the Philly MSA doesn't even include Trenton, NJ which is closer to Philly than it is New York whose gets it included.
No matter how the numbers are spun, Philly gets looked at as a "smaller" when those of us who live here know that what it says on paper doesn't apply in reality.
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The square mile area is two massive counties and not at all relevant to the population.
Even phoenix city limits contains hundreds of square miles of mountain preserve parks and empty deserts.