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Originally Posted by Obadno
But riverside is an outgrowth of LA and hardly functions as an independent metro at all, with even less of a core than Phoenix has.
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Not in 1950 it wasn't. And besides, the very fact that Phoenix's postwar growth tracks so closely to a metro area that is entirely suburban is the relevant point here. Not just the population numbers, but the built form is the same. It's actually the point you were trying to make vis-a-vis sprawl being the order of the day. You were just using the wrong examples to do so, as others have already pointed out.