MSAs/CSAs with 1 true Hub City Vs. MSAs/CSAs with multiple Hubs (live in, restaurants)
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Are there any disadvantages or advantages for an area (CSA or MSA) that has multiple hub cities instead of just 1 true hub? Or does it not matter at all?
i.e.
Raleigh - Durham
Winston-Salem - Greensboro - High Point
Hampton Roads (Norfolk - Newport News - Hampton - VA Beach - Portsmouth , etc.)
In comparison to similar sized MSAs/CSAs with 1 hub city, would it necessarily allow for more amenities since these areas have multiple true cities instead of just 1 and a bunch of suburbs???
I love the idea of being able to be in different cities with their own identities but I don't feel it's good for economics and trying to gain sports teams and such. In the end I would say it depends on the politics and demographics of each city.
^The presence of Oakland doesn't exactly take away from the stature of San Francisco. Same story for Ft. Worth, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, etc.
Now once you get up to like five or six core cities like Hampton Roads or Rhein-Ruhr in Germany, it starts to lose some focus. Düsseldorf is part of a metro area of 11 million people, but it doesn't really feel like it.
I agree with Steel. The presence of other major cities boosts the stature of some cities more than it hurts thrm. THe bay area wouldn't have that many sports teams if it was one major city.
In comparison to similar sized MSAs/CSAs with 1 hub city, would it necessarily allow for more amenities since these areas have multiple true cities instead of just 1 and a bunch of suburbs???
I live in Maryland just north of Washington, D.C. I will say that I enjoy that downtown Baltimore is also only 30 minutes by car from where I am. So yeah, that means even more sports teams, concert venues, restaurants, shopping places, waterfronts, attractions, etc. nearby. Plus, Baltimore has a nice skyline.
It feels like you get 2 cities for the price of one. :-)
I live in Maryland just north of Washington, D.C. I will say that I enjoy that downtown Baltimore is also only 30 minutes by car from where I am. So yeah, that means even more sports teams, concert venues, restaurants, shopping places, waterfronts, attractions, etc. nearby. Plus, Baltimore has a nice skyline.
It feels like you get 2 cities for the price of one. :-)
I feel that DC and Baltimore are still two distinct cores, just within close proximity of each other. Of course they are growing closer and closer together by the day, but the dynamic at present is still different than the Bay Area, the Metroplex, etc.
I don't think it's going to stay that way for long, though. Baltimore and DC are only about as far apart as Dallas and Ft. Worth (and closer than San Francisco and San Jose), and Washington is a super super desirable area that's growing really fast. Plus they already have way better transit infrastructure linking the two cities than the Metroplex. That's probably the urban area I'm most excited to watch over the next couple decades. It's set to surpass Chicago CSA before 2020. It's going to be such a phenomenal powerhouse - even more than it already is - in a couple years.
I don't think it's going to stay that way for long, though. Baltimore and DC are only about as far apart as Dallas and Ft. Worth (and closer than San Francisco and San Jose), and Washington is a super super desirable area that's growing really fast. Plus they already have way better transit infrastructure linking the two cities than the Metroplex. That's probably the urban area I'm most excited to watch over the next couple decades. It's set to surpass Chicago CSA before 2020. It's going to be such a phenomenal powerhouse - even more than it already is - in a couple years.
Oh it's definitely not going to stay that way. It will be interesting to see how/when it turns into an MSA with two primary centers.
^The presence of Oakland doesn't exactly take away from the stature of San Francisco. Same story for Ft. Worth, St. Paul, St. Petersburg, etc.
Now once you get up to like five or six core cities like Hampton Roads or Rhein-Ruhr in Germany, it starts to lose some focus. Düsseldorf is part of a metro area of 11 million people, but it doesn't really feel like it.
I was thinking more of the smaller metros where there is no real dominant city. Like the Research Triangle for example. In the Bay Area, SF is clearly the dominant city and it seems to take away from the other two large cities in the metro.
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