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veen  ·  2913 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Four Million Commutes Reveal New U.S. 'Megaregions'

Yeah, the thing is that not only has it been done before:

...it's been done with more careful thought and research into the history and culture of the continental US, too:

You can read about the reasons for dividing it up here. His book has been on my reading list for a year or two now. Don't know if it's any good but someone who understands the influence the Dutch have had on NYC must know at least some history.

PS: the Las Vegas / LA combination was filtered out before their heuristics even came into play:

    When filtered by distance (d < 160km)...

But hey, pretty graphs!





am_Unition  ·  2912 days ago  ·  link  ·