What is a Metro Area? | America's 10 LARGEST Metros and Why People LOVE Them 

Facts!!! Diversity is why big cities thrive.

Bingo

Indeed that’s what kept Houston afloat in 2008 and every time oil is up and down. Can’t rely on one bag.

except for Miami lol

On the other hand, the Sf Bay Area is a prime example of what a non diversified economy is … I’m from San Francisco

I don't know what you're talking about. NYC has several large business districts. They are now clean. Manhattan is an island. There's the Hudson River, which has steep cliffs, as does northern Manhattan. There's the bay and harbor, East River, and Long Island Sound. All boroughs have hills with water views. Don't get me wrong about Chicago, it is world class, unlike the landlocked sunbelt cities.

Chicago’s downtown is amazing it very clean right against the lake front. Lakeshore drive is also along the lake. The huge parks,beach’s and trails along lakeshore. There is much more like you said but that why it so huge in a location and population for how cold it does it does get hot in summer but is cold besides that compared to other places.

You are correct. I been to both. Chicago is cleaner but it’s not safer. NYC is walkable but can be dirty.

@@jeremymoore145 I been to both to and you are correct Chicago downtown is walkable a the city is clean but has a crime issue.NYC was also walkable but it was dirty the piles of trash on the sidewalk and rats.

Walk south of downtown and have fun surviving

Once again - Houston bigger in city limits, Dallas as a metropolitan area. It amazes me that people still don't grasp the distinction.

@@michaelphillips2079 That’s what I said lol smfh.

​@@michaelphillips2079that's literally what he just said..did you even read it?

It's all about the population clusters and traffic. Those invisible lines mean nothing after a while.

Facts! I was coming to say the samething.

I really admire your detailed knowledge of your home region! And it's a good thing to have pride in the place you call home, whether a person remains where they grew up, or moves somewhere else for whatever reason. Happiness and meaning are the real places that make sense as a thing called home.

best said @@prototropo

I agree!

San Jose /San Francisco reminds me of Baltimore/Washington

@@lobos320sort of the DMV is way bigger

They do in CSA's.

Pretty much no one uses MSA's unless they need comparative statistics going back in time. It's a very outdated measure that's only kept up for continuity purposes. No one in their right mind would ignore the fact that two old metros have essentially merged if they want to actually get accurate results. You generally use whatever measure best represents the "metropolitan area" that you're interested in. For the SF Bay Area we usually use the "nine county Bay Area metro" or the CSA (Combined Statistical Area). Meaning, most of the commute-shed of the combined metro area of the San Francisco Bay and inner suburbs from the nine counties surrounding the Bay.

I can't even imagine what Lagos or Kinshasa will be like in twenty or thirty years.

Americans don't breed like third worlders. Many of us only have children when we can afford them.

Same in india. Indian cities are literally crumbling because of overload of people from rural india.

I like Philly a lot It's underrated

I love it here

I also live in south jersey, in the pines. I definitely agree- it’s so close to so much and even a 3 hour drive gets you so many places, and it doesn’t hurt there’s so many airports in a short distance too

I can't wait to see it. Do people think this will be good from a logistics standpoint??? It won't be. The only thing will be bragging rights. DFW could be the largest area in the nation and it still won't be world class.

@@deanchapman1824 I’m proud of the growth. I lived there for 12 years. I live in the H now, but I look forward to visiting DFW soon.

​@@deanchapman1824 It's actually very good from a logistics standpoint. It's the the hub for the rail network of the southern US and connecting to Mexico, is the major connection point between the Texas highway system and the rest of the eastern US, as well as a major cargo hub for US-Mexico trade via truck. It's relatively central location makes its airports incredibly efficient for businesses that need to fly employees to other parts of the country, and nowhere in the continental US is more than a 3 hour flight from DFW. Also it has 3 major airports: Dallas-Love, DFW, and Alliance(cargo airport). Plus it sits near a major oil and natural gas field and has major oil and gas pipeline connections functioning as the connection point between the Texas oil and gas pipe network and the rest of the US' oil and gas network. Throw in the fact that DFW is one of the few areas in the world where the 2 main branches of renewable energy (solar and wind) are incredibly efficient, cheap energy and a large oil and gas field close by makes it both a natural and a well built cargo transit center.

They say the same about Houston out growing Chicago n becoming the 3rd largest city

If DC and Baltimore were considered the same metro area (which they should be) it would be #3 on this list, overtaking Chicago with roughly 9.9 million people.

I’m from Dallas. The DMV is bigger than DFW.

Seriously why don't they consider the DMV, as the same area? Is it because of the bad fame Baltimore gets and is known for?

It probably has something to do with the commute time. Even though it's 8 miles farther apart, the drive from D.C to Baltimore is twice as long as Dallas to Fort Worth. DFW has better freeways and is more developed in between. They are more economically and socially connected. Both cities share a MLB, NHL, MLS, NBA and NFL team. D.C and Baltimore are more independent of each other and are more regional

I've not been to Washington or Baltimore, but Dallas, Fort Worth, and all of their suburbs are literally one big unbroken metropolis. Perhaps development between Washington and Baltimore is a bit more scattered, I don't know.

Correct. Riv/SB is to Barstow as Tibet is to India. The passes separating LA/OC from Riv/SB are much smaller than the passes separating Riv/SB from the rest of CA.

The pay is not enough in the warehouses out here to survive. We need more local work that actually pays well. Most annoying thing is the stingyiness on overtime in warehouses. Construction or university is the best option out here. IE needs more still.

Correct. Curious why entire states are included in the New York metro area, but counties bordering Los Angeles County--with the exception of Orange County--are not. Seems pretty random and inconsistent to me.

@@77Catguy Ever thought how much smaller those states are compared to California or Texas? California has counties bigger than some states

@@skatingdonefurther3063 Yes counties--especially in SoCal--tend to be large, but crossing adjacent coiunty lines to L.A. County is seamless and all are interdependent with the L.A. economy overall. Yet New York claims Connecticut, New Jersey, and even PHILADELPHIA? By that standard, L.A. might as well claim San Diego--and all SoCal counties outside of Imperial.

2023 estimates have it at #6 now, behind only the Big 3 + the Big 2 in TX, where I expect it to stay at least through 2030 and possibly longer.

Not as a Metro tho

Yeah they're part of LA CSA but definitely not MSA. I live in Long Beach and travel back and forth between LA & OC but hardly venture into the IE. It's too far apart and not enough connectivity to be in the same MSA

@@baopham8676 It's crazy because most of us who live on the other side of the country see LA as all of southern CA.

@@Boxhead42 LA/OC, the IE, Palm Springs & San Diego are all part of the So Cal megapolis. It takes an hour without traffic to get from the IE to the major job centers in LA metro (MSA). It can take up to two hours during rush hour so there are not enough people crossing from Riverside/San Bernardino Metro over to LA/OC metro and vice versa for work. MSA requires at least 15% of the population to cross commute between the two metro areas. Even though it's continuously developed from LA to the IE, there's not a strong enough economic and social connection. Maybe in the near future when there's autonomous driving or the hyperloop

​@@Boxhead42 Its not crazy at all to think Los Angeles is all of southern California because in many ways it is.. All the damn cities blend in together and all are connected by freeways. The 5 freeway connects LA to San Diego and the 10 freeway connects LA to the Coachella Valley (in both cases there seems to be no end of urban development). All the cities look alike.

What about LA public transit system?

How is traffic in LA tho? Do you have to leave much earlier in order to make it anywhere, or do you live in a walkable neighborhood? I like LA but I'd have to be in a walkable neighborhood

@@desireandfire at least near a 24hr public transit train but yeah I like walkable cities where a car is optional.

Where I live in Southern Maine is like that. 95% of what I need can be found within a 15 mile circle, but a half hour north is Portland, and Boston is an hour and a halfish south... All the while living on my 2 acres 3 miles from the beach.

Traffic gets bad because of poorly designed car sprawling North American cities. If we would not have lost our traditional way of building cities, we would have cities similar to European cities that are beautiful and pleasant to be in

@@Electrodexify Or maybe if we were like Europe and built our cities a thousand years ago so that the core urban bones are at a compact pedestrian scale. Oh well lol

I guess it depends on the nature of your career. I live in the northern burbs and don't need to come to the downtown area unless I want to visit the attractions especially when taking a visitor on a tour of Atlanta. Since I am a teacher, there is no need for me to find a job all the way in the city. Plenty of those in the suburbs. I can imagine if you are employed at only a particular location, then the best thing is to live close to it. It wouldn't be practical for me to live in Dawson county but need to drive to a school near Buckhead or even downtown everyday.

@@goingplaces2274 I lived in the metro, as a working stiff, in the early 2000s. My first job was near Sugarloaf and I-85 - so my first apartment was right there - but that only lasted 8 months (dot-com). My second job was in Cumming. So, about a 45 minute cross-burb commute. Which was about the same time as going 4-exits down 85 (Jimmy Carter) during rush. A couple years in, I moved to Hall County (Flowery Branch). Of course, in retrospect, I should have moved to Cumming and commuted to my friends back in Gwinnett County. After that job ended, everything seemed to be on the North Perimeter, Buckhead, or Downtown - all were over an hour commute during rush. Back then, although I'm in IT, it was still early days for remote work or even hybrid. Today, I'm 100% remote (WFH).

Milwaukee is not part of Chicago region it’s it own city and metro but they do make up one large urbanized area

@@vinnymopar5856 Milwaukee is it's own city but it is part of the Tri State hub. Milwaukee's south suburbs are next to Chicago's north suburbs. Waukegan is a stone throw from Kenosha.

😂. My ATL friends will give me a tough time for it next time they see me.

Good luck if you've never experienced an Upper Midwest Winter before. Layers are your friend.

queens to MN. Depressing

@@uzin0s256depends where in Queens 😅

He was just in Minneapolis - didn’t recall any St. Paul videos. He rode the light rail from MSP through the MOA to downtown.

The heck! That's such an interesting experience

Don’t get your vehicle stolen in New Orleans

Boston to NOLA is quite the culture change.

Move to Houston.

@@MileageMike485 Oh, it definitely was, Mike.

As a Texan again who returned post college I bet you know what I’m talking about when I say the driving thing is a mind warp. Like when I came to Houston I’m like whyyyyy is everything so far 🤦🏿‍♀️ And mind you, I’m a city gal who barely leaves the inner 610 loop. But when I lived in Newark for Rutgers everything was a stones throw away 😂 so when I go visit friends it seems so convenient but my friends will be like 5 miles? Nahhhh.

@@PatricenotPatrick . Absolutely! When I tell people that in many years I only crossed state lines once by car due to vast driving distances they just can't comprehend. From San Antonio to Port Arthur near Louisiana is roughly a 5 hour drive. From San Antonio to El Paso is about an 8 hour drive. In the north east you could drive across multiple states in those time frames.

@@MrSupernova111 😂 amen friend. It’s funny because my college friends looooove me. Before me they had never even thought of going to Montreal. We’ve been 4 times. Boston a few. Toronto. It’s a lost concept to them. I’m like yall…. We get kolaches and stay in the car til we’re in NOLA stop playing 😭 but a lot of my buddies from up there have come here and we’ve gone to San Antonio, Dallas, etc. I’ll never forget the first time my boy Kevin at about Beaumont was like girl I don’t see no toll booths but if it pops up, I was gonna slide you $20. 😂 no sir. No tolls. Just a lake Charles bridge you may wanna pray the rosary over

I lived in Dallas for 35 years (1980-2015), and I saw Dallas and DFW absolutely explode in that time, from about 2.9 million in 1980 to 8 million today. I defy anyone to show me an American metro that can match that.

@@michaelphillips2079 that’s insane ! I think Atlanta also had similar population boom as well !

Sounds like a great lifestyle Transit sucks here in Ohio

@@NicksDynasty I have family in Cleveland and near Columbus, and yeah, transit is lacking in both comparatively.

Thanks. Yeah many Americans forget how good we have it here at times.

I appreciate it!

See, that I didn’t get. It looked like the MSA goes all the way out to Springfield. I don’t think anyone around Springfield is commuting to Boston.. arguably Hartford. Certainly doesn’t look like the 128 corridor.

HARTFORD IS NOT apart of boston metro ...I LIVE in Hartford....more people associate themselves with N.Y. here ...

Kenosha is my hometown! 🥹 I’d love to see a video like this, too!

Don't forget the Twin Cities metro

Lived in Dallas for a number of years, both in Dallas proper and Plano and Carrollton. Family still lives there and I have a daughter in college there. Cannot say that I'm a fan; most of the area is just one gigantic suburb although Dallas itself has some unique and interesting areas. Plano has changed a lot, and I can't say for the better overall, but what I do appreciate is that it has become extremely diverse, as has its restaurant options. You are right that it is endless expansion.

​@@johnmininger7472 Thankfully most of the suburbs and suburban parts of dallas proper are starting to densify and build up while improving walkability. TOD is becoming much more popular in the Eastern half of the metroplex, and a lot of the suburbs actually have walkable downtowns such as plano, while even arlington (which is my home city and deservingly got shit on) is creating a medium density walkable downtown that's actually really nice and is improving greatly even compared to 5 or 10 years ago.

Good to hear. Planning to check it out soon.

It's rap.

Thanks 💯

It's very nearly happened anyhow via the Inland Empire. Once the gaps around Poway vanish, it'll be one continuous blob from Tijuana to Lancaster, Ventura to Banning, not much of a strip of desert from there to the Coachella Valley.

Great point, I think Camp Pendleton is the only land left between LA and San Diego. I was stationed there and loved the proximity to LA and San Diego. You can also see all the lights in Tijuana in certain parts of San Diego.

I mean, it's the hub of the biggest airline in the country, and is between the 9th and the 12th largest cities in the country. Plus, it's gotten more accessible in recent years, with TexRail, the Orange Line, and TRE all connecting to it now, and the new Silver Line which will further increase connectivity and ease of access from the airport to the rest of the metroplex.

Does the metro rail take you to any of the beaches? If not, is it a close walk or too far to walk? I think it would be great if they did😎. I’ve seen Laurence from Lost On The Pond, on the beach a few times and it got me to wondering🤔.

@@catw6998 Yes you can take rail to all beaches within the city limits. The further north you go; the further away the beach is from the stations.

@twilightcitystudios Many try to claim it, but Chicago is the true capital of the earth; you can do anything there. It has the strongest and most diversified economy on earth. Only Tokyo can compete with Chicago economically; but Tokyo is not a free market like Chicago, so Chicago wins.

I just hope the people there can stop voting democrat.

@@thebabbler8867 Love Chicago. What dissappointed me most about living there is the lack of nature. It's location in the midwest means its surrounded for hours by over-developed urban and agricultural lands. You have to drive 3+ hours before you get to experience relatively undisturbed forest.

I lived in Chicago and I always thought it's street grid is most similar to Los Angeles, just as Santa Ana.

Thanks.

I agree. The most inclusive unit of the most relevant characteristics of urban areas would be a different, more useful list.

Well, Detroit is deflating, and the Twin Cities haven’t quite made it to the top 10 yet.

Climate change gonna drove people back up north in upcoming decades. Also Centralization of the regional economy gonna push people from smaller midwestern cities to the surrounding suburbs of Chicago and Minneapolis. But it gonna takes few decades to be done.

Chicago is not going to drop out of the top 10 lmao. Most of the outward movement is just from the city to the suburbs

@@RealisticTimberwolvesFan True, many people from the downtown moved to the suburbs and surrounding satellite cities around Chicago. But those areas are still part of the Chicago Metropolitan/Urban areas.

Chicago isn’t going anywhere like New York even though chicago is third on the list it’s still considered the second city because it’s the only city that’s similar to New York.

I think it was a hwy that would have cut across the city from southwest to northeast, but was not another loop hwy

@@davecashman8336 It was proposed as I-695. Would have been "C" shaped much like the I-495 and MA-128 routes. Many around here do call them loops, though, yeah, not a true loop.

Oh, no kidding. Did not know about that. Only knew they stopped I-95 from going thru Readville, Roslindale and on into JP. Thanks for the extra history.

What part of Chicago? My neighborhood has been ruined by the illegals.

@@imperialmotoring3789I’m in Logan square large population of Hispanics and they make the town so amazing with nightlife and daily activities, Chicago would not be the same without immigrants we are a city build with polish and Irish we shouldn’t be kicking out the hispanixs

@@Axatttt So you are a hipster. I said nothing about hispanics I'm talking about the illegals. Nighrlife here on the Southside is illegals shooting at each other.

@@Axatttt illegals are not immigrants.

@@imperialmotoring3789 how would you know said people are illegals and not just people who have gotten a citizenship or are stsying on a visa

I doubt it unless they make all 3 states the Carolinas again just like they did in the 1500's.

I know Oakland is part of SF metro

It’s got a lot of extreme heat and humidity to offer haha. And oil industry jobs I guess

@@matthewgabbard6415at least they can provide their own Oil

He was right, NY and Chicago are the only real cities in America. The rest are giant spread out suburbs.

Chicago and New York City are on another level.

True. I’m assuming he meant the signing of the interstate since he’s well traveled and surely knows 59. For better or for worse 😭

@@PatricenotPatrick it’s always interesting to hear people not from houston/new residents describe us.

@@UrbanOutlaw713 Right? Which is like half of Houston these days. Soooo many newcomers. I’m from “Eado” before it was eado lol. Houston changes so much

Janesville used to be a slog from rockford, but the rebuilt highway at 80 mph ties it together.

Yea it looks like if Chicagoland combined with Rockford & Milwaukee metro areas, it'd be damn near close to LA in population.

The Chicago region should also include Milwaukee and NW Indiana. I mean Chicago's north suburbs touches Milwaukee's south suburbs. NW Indiana(Gary, Hammond, Munster, Valparaiso etc.) is also significant to the Chicago hub so if those areas are included we should be at around d 13.5 million easily. Gary has a large cargo airport. We actually could use a 3rd airport in the Chicago Southland region to alleviate traffic to O'Hare INT and Midway Airport. Milwaukee area residents use O'Hare regularly. You will always see Indiana and Wisconsin plates all over Chicago and the suburbs. Even Michigan plates are numerous around Chicago.

It was only Arlington and Alexandra simply because those two counties used to be a part of DC before going back to Virginia and also Fairfax County which is three counties, in Virginia, DC Metro actually runs through, now all of a sudden it’s half of Virginia and most of Maryland that’s now a part of DC Metro, which is annoying as h£ll and I don’t know where the h£ll West Virginia Came from it’s nowhere near DC 🤦🏽‍♂️

@@DC.OR.NOTHING What are you talking about? WV is only like 1 hour from DC with no traffic. Harpers Ferry)

@@DC.OR.NOTHING I’m actually probably planning on moving to WV and commuting to DC… DC is way too expensive.

@@Random_UserName4269 I’m just playing I’m just taking jab at how Maryland, and Virginia lawmakers are trying to make damn near all of Maryland, and Virginia a part of DC metro area

@@DC.OR.NOTHING ya… why shouldn’t they? It’s insane that we exist politically the way we do. Half of MD and a good portion of VA isssss DC. It’s weird, and not very workable to do it any other way. MD shouldn’t exist. NoVA, most of MD and DC should be a new state. The rest should be auctioned off to WV and Delaware. It only makes perfect sense. This is the way.

I've seen some of their content. I agree with some parts and the general sentiment but overall I think they overlook and/or don't understand a lot of other factors and dynamics at play that shape why American cities are designed the way that they are, where and how people decide to live (as you mentioned in your comment), and how one might effectively try to change those things. A lot of it comes across as very myopic, entertaining and good content judging by the numbers, but I don't think it's an effective way to convince those who need to be convinced in order to make any real changes. The anti-car slant is a turn off as well. It would be more effective to discuss ways to make transit more attractive on its own merit over demonizing the lifestyle that some others might be comfortable with. That usually makes people who may have been neutral on transit become anti-transit in defense. I'll probably make some videos about my own perspective on those concepts in the future but I have a lot of other topics I want to cover before I get into that.

car dependent suburbs suck it's no fun nobody comes outside u have to drive everywhere for everything yes its low crime but its boring living in the middle of nowhere

​@@trapmuzik6708see I feel the exact opposite of you... I prefer the car dependent suburban areas. Although I pretty much live in the country right now. But I guess that's why different areas offer different lifestyles.... That way we can pick what we like.... To each their own.

@thomaslove6494 I think u guys are in the majority but I support the urbanism movement its time we stop demonizing cities bc they have a lot to offer

@@trapmuzik6708then you get rid of your car and start the trend

Which rail lines don't go to the center of NYC?

Foe the Subway it's only the G line there is another but tat is still in the planning phase(IBX) But for railroads it's usually. The LIRR mostly serve long Island which ends near the city center but not directly in the city center. Metro North serves the northern suburbs and ends a little closer to Queens compared to Manhattan. Then there is a while bunch of local and express busses that serves practically anywhere in between and most of the busses that originate in Queens,Brooklyn and staten island does not directly serve the city center. Most of the busses role is to get people around within borough

@@nicolasmonty3692 He said rail lines. I was born in NYC and I would never refer to the subway as a rail line. Is Jetfan talking about the Path? IDK where that goes in the city, but one line ends at the WTC. I consider anything south of 60th street to be "CentraL."

@@Moonflowers11 central nyc for me is between 59th Street and 14th street between 8th and park Avenue. So to me the path that starts/end WTC is not considered in part of central NYC. While Grand Central is near central NYC but not in central NYC. Hence why I believe there is a few trains that does not go to the central NYC.

@@nicolasmonty3692 I agree that west of 8th isn't central but I don't agree that Grand Central Station isn't central. The word central is in the name and it is a very busy area.. The areas of SOHO and Tribecca arent really central but the financial district is another central area. It is the historic start of the New Amsterdam settlement which then became NYC. The court district is adjacent to the Fidi and that is also a very important part of NYC. Paris and London central areas are so much smaller then NYC there really isn't a good comparision. IMHO NYC deserves two central areas: midtown and downtown. As to Jetfan's comments: Chicago, Boston, Dallas?(DMV) and Philly are so much smaller then NYC, there is no comparision. Los Angeles is so decentralized it's in another category,

are u really tryna compare Atlanta to Miami??? 🤔🤣

Gross, those texas cities and Atlanta are ugly jungles of strip malls, parking lots and asphalt everywhere. All Texas does is waste a lot of their tax revenue in making expensive highways and roads

I’m from Miami I moved to chandler

It long not massive. What's massive is the unity of all the many cities combined.

Not that massive. The North East Corridor is MASSIVE.

west palm isnt a big city lmao

LA is massive. NYC is Miami aint

@@SA-hz1rsNYC metro aint massive either lmaooo just the population density is massive

Imagine being that dependent on a central government. Yikes.

@@jadapinkett1656 Your response reveals a brainwashing dependence all its own. Yikes.

@@jadapinkett1656 You’re brainwashed by the auto industry & oil rich Saudi Arabia.

Litchfield CT is considered part of the area as well. He missed a big chunk.

Chicago is the best value in urbanism rn most bang for your buck

I grew up in the DC area and 3 yrs ago I moved to Baltimore. Best decision I ever made in my life. Sure Philly is objectively the better city, but if your employer is based out of DC, you should definitely consider Baltimore. It really has gotten an unfair rep. One of the most underrated city honestly.

Chicago proper is absolutely great if you want that urban, almost New York-like sense of density and urbanism. Or, you can live in the suburbs with standard American homes with 2 car garages; we have it all here. The lakefront is absolutely unreal, the skyscrapers on one side with the lake on the other is so beautiful. It's also very cheap compared to the coasts. As for the winters, it's just something we deal with here. Personally, though, I don't see why people seem to prefer extreme heat over extreme cold. I hear people complain about cold northern winters all the time, but a lot less about 100F+ in Texas, or 120 in Phoenix. That sounds about as bad or worse than Chicago winters to me. If you have an indoor job it's actually kind of cozy looking out your window at the snow and ice while you're nice and warm inside. I will say this: be ready to shovel snow or pay for someone to shovel your driveway/parking spot. On the bright side, I feel like winter makes Chicagoans REALLY appreciate summer. During the summer months you'll have endless festivals, concerts, block parties, and much more going on all over the city, in addition to the usual nightlife and such.

Chicago has speed and traffic cameras. There are areas that a sane person would NEVER go into.

@@WorldWide2017, I lived my first 30 years in Maine, which is a big part of why I don't want to deal with the winters anymore. I never want to pick up a shovel again. I miss the cozy quiet of being warm inside while the snow comes down outside...but I don't miss the next day when the cars have turned the snow filthy, there's slush everywhere you try to walk, and only every third place has actually cleared their sidewalk. I'm not a huge fan of the heat, and here in DC is probably as far south as I'd ever choose to live. My wife is from Houston, and as she puts it, just isn't built for the snow. And she has a very outdoor job. We are likely to stay in the Northeast Corridor for a lot of reasons. But we'd like to live more urban than we are now. Here, we're super lucky to have the place we do, but we're still 20 miles out of the city core. That's why Philly (and as someone else suggested, even Baltimore) are at least somewhat tempting. That all said, Chicago still has a draw. And I've never even visited. Something I'm planning to change sooner than later.

Do you get mugged on the way to the bathroom?

🤣@@donaldtrumplover2254

What do you do? Your lucky to have been able to live in these metro areas I live in north metro Atlanta area now and yes you are right Traffic is a nightmare with the express pass it’s a little better but not really!! I hate the traffic it really gives me anxiety!

I was going say that he forgot to mention Kenosha, Wisconsin as a part of Chicagoland. I live in Kenosha and honestly consider Kenosha a part of Milwaukee as Milwaukee is 35 miles away while Chicago is 55 miles away. Nonetheless, The map at the beginning does show Kenosha County as a part of Chicagoland.

He didn't say it but it was considered on his map