The Top 4 MEGAREGIONS Of The United States: How These Regions Dominate The Country
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The United States is comprised of 50 full states and a handful of territories. But over the last few decades, a new concept has risen to explain regions that are interconnected despite state or even international borders: the megaregion. In today's video, we dissect exactly what a megaregion is, why it's important, and the top 4 megaregions in the United States: the Northeast Corridor, the Great Lakes, Southern California, and the Texas Triangle.
Eventually we'll hit the other 8 mega regions in the United States as well as other megaregions around the world so stay tuned for that!
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Having been to all fifty states, the only mega region that actually legit feels like a mega region is the northeast corridor. The other ones just don't feel as continuously connected or large enough.
Also you excluded two major metro areas from your screenshot at 3:30. Hartford and Providence!
Southern California definitely feels like one giant connected region. Even more so than the northeast imo
@@evanc8057 sure it's big but no where near the northeast one, which spans over 400 miles and has more population than the entire state of CA.
Oh yeah? Well I’ve been to all 57 states, Barack.
I agree. The northeast corridor is pretty much the only real mega region. I’ve been to Chicago and the surrounding area. You have plenty of farmland.
If you mentioned Toronto in the Great Lakes región, you should’ve mentioned Tijuana in the California region. The cultural and economic connection is important
Not just Toronto, there are 13 million people in southern Ontario
But then we need to stop being racist first. =)
This guy is never really accurate. He said Houston.. Houston.... Isn't a Gulf Coast City.... ITS THE LARGEST CITY ON THE GULF COAST, & THE SOUTH
No, different culture and language
@@openranks4519hmmm. Many people in SoCal speak Spanish (not just Hispanics) & many people in TJ speak English. You like it or not, SD and TJ are more culturally related in many ways than SD and the Midwest
Based on your criteria, Tijuana should have been included in the SoCal megaregion. There is a lot of cross-border cooperation, and thousands of families live on one side of the border, but work or go to school on the other side (in both directions).
but there’s no mutually beneficial cooperation in that. families on the US side aren’t also sending their kids to tijuana. ppl also aren’t going to tijuana to work. there’s no cultural or economic reciprocity
Not true. There is substantial mutually beneficial trade between the two countries through Tijuana.@@polyphonicdavid
Tijuana should have been included. I came to the comment section to make your exact point.
The reciprocity is that they get an influx of American cash, both in terms of dollars and sheer wealth. @@polyphonicdavid
@@polyphonicdavid I live in San Diego. I know a lot of people that have moved to Tijuana from San Diego and Los Angeles counties because it's a whole lot more affordable to live there. They cross the border back to the US to go to work and to visit friends and family. Additionally, a lot of people in the region go down to Tijuana to go see doctors and dentists because it's way more affordable than going to see them in the US.
Nice that you mentioned the immense rail hub in Chicago. Im a locomotive engineer and rail is a huge industry here. Not to mention a big employer. Seems everyone knows someone here who works for the rail in some capacity. Another good vid. Thanks!
And Detroit rail is non existent
Y’all hiring?
Once railroads came into existence a major city located at the southern end of Lake Michigan was inevitable. It could have been in a slightly different location but it was going to happen. The amount of freight that travels by rail is hard for alot of people to understand. Most of it is out of sight, out of mind. One sad thing today is a lot of industrial parks no longer have rail service.
@@mpetersen6not really. Chicago got it's start due to the waterways. The Mississippi River system and lake Michigan connect there and it's only a few miles away from each other.
Always wanted to be a locomotive engineer. Nice
Personally I would add Tijuana to the Southern California portion as it’s a huge cultural hub connecting to San Diego
I came here to say that
same, and Mexicali as well.
@@ivanruiz2218 haha tambien soy de Mexicali 😜
Agree, particularly given Toronto was included in the Great Lakes region
@@TheUrbanOrganismI'd argue Toronto is part of the separate region of the Quebec-Windsor Corridor. Chicago is much more connected to Milwaukee and Indianapolis
The northeast corridor of the country is just so densely populated compared to the rest of the country it’s crazy. The Baltimore metro area alone has 2mil+ people and getting Amtrak tickets anywhere in the area is stupid expensive. It’s great to live driving distance from so many cities here!
You can get cheap Amtrak tickets but you have to travel at odd times usually very early in the morning or late at night. That’s the only time I ever take Amtrak actually.
I'm lucky I live at the end of the corridor and for me if I want to hitch a train to Boston I can get it for $19 if I order a day in advance. I've checked out prices to washington out of curiosity and I was astounded at seeing hundreds of dollars.
For the northeast corridor the amtrak trains, as flawed as they are sometimes, are a godsend. Not only is it a comfortable and fun way to travel but it saves you the stress of driving/parking in the city. If I were to drive into Boston it would take about 2 hours, plus you would need to find and pay a hefty price for parking. With amtrak, I drive 20 minutes to my station to board a 1 hour and 10 minutes ride with free wifi, a relatively cozy chair, and a cafe car if you're hungry. The price of the ticket is cheaper than the price of parking alone, the comfort and stress-free experience of it is the cherry on top.
As someone who lives in the Great Lakes region I'm praying for Biden to juice up Amtrak out here. The Great Lakes is the only other region in the US that has the infrastructure to have Northeast levels of public transit.
I take the train from DC to NYC all the time it is so much better than driving
I think this was a really helpful video especially as I try to explain to new immigrants how North America really works. Looking forward to the next video where you hopefully address Silicon Valley and the SF Bay Area.
You can also link the Bay Area to the Sacramento/Stockton corridor as well since they're so close and call it Northern California's megaregion.
yeah I was surprised he didn't mention it, the Sacramento/Bay Area region is also a huge industry that is overlooked
I feel outside of the northeast corridor, no other region in the US would fit the definition of mega region in the international sense. They are all too spread out with poor public transportation connecting them
Seems like a major oversight not to include Tijuana (1.9 million pop) and northern Baja California in the Southern California megaregion given that there are multiple major border crossings (San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, Tecate, Calexico and Calexico East) with one of them being the busiest US border crossing
Actually, a lot of the folks in San Diego consider T.J. to be part of the greater region due to the economic integration.
You could add Tecate, Rosarito and Ensenada to the Mix, still fairly minor Cities in comparisson but still integrated to the region as a whole. I would Say 2.3 Mill in total.
In the past few years they've had a major influx of American expats mainly because of the housing affordability. Not to mention the amount of manufacturing and logistics occuring in Baja California that serves directly the american market.
Funny how he avoided Tijuana but mentioned Vancouver and Toronto though.
And Phoenix, only a 6 hour drive
@@alanking703 Um tijuana abuts the border and metropolitain San Diego also abuts the border. The southernmost San Diego Trolley (light rail) station is at the San Ysidro border crossing so thats about as contiguous as you can get. Or are you referring to Phoenix? If so there are some arguments, albeit tenuous ones, for its inclusion based on how warehouses in Phoenix are used as a first offloading point for trucks coming from the ports of LA and Long Beach. That said there is a lot of nothing on I-10 between Indio Ca and Buckeye Az that is tempting call a megaregion border.
@@alanking703 there's Blythe
I would love to see more videos about mega regions around the world.
Something I’d suggest is doing some more research from the Canadian sides of the mega regions as the cascade mega region goes up too Campbell river. And as far east as hope. But should include all the cities along the east coast of Vancouver island as well as Powell river and the Sunshine Coast. Same goes from the Great Lakes which should go all the way to Quebec City as they are all connected.
I partially disagree. It should go all the way to hope just so that it incompasses the lower mainland, and yes it should have metro Victoria, and maybe up to Courtenay, but not Powell river and sunshine Coast. They feel bigger as I'm assuming you also live in British Columbia, but they are really small towns that he would have no chance of knowing If he does not live in Canada or Washington.
Windsor - Quebec corridor should be talked about more
Would love to see the other megaregions you highlighted at the beginning of the video (Northwest, Bay-area, Gulf region, etc.)
+1, really interested in the Northwest, Piedmont, Northern California, Gulf Coast, Front Range, and Florida
@@markvather Same too!
@@markvather Northern California is not a mega region its the Bay Area and its surrounding growing cities in the outskirts and the central valley .
Northwest region is actually called Cascadia, Portland-Seattle-Vancouver
I would definitely be more interested in seeing an in depth video discussing and examining certain Mega regions and how integrated and connected the areas are to each other within one.
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@@BeaverGeography It's funny because in a different comment I told someone to watch your video on it. I even have your 3 maps on the great lakes saved to my phone.
@@PresAlexWhit love you❤️😭😭Geoff better stay in his lane
he also forgot to mention the Sacramento / Bay Area region as well, which is very connected to the LA region with a lot of trucks going up and down the state, it is often forgotten on these kind of lists
Tijuana MX (population 2 million) should included in SoCal mega region. I was delineating the many ways San Diego & Tijuana are integrated, but lost my comment thread. Not willing to rewrite it all again, but if you research it, you will concur. Check it out.
yea since they included Toronto lol racist video
Great job, Geoff! The growth of megaregions in the US has to be one of the most misunderstood (and politically ignored) occurrences in the 21st century. You seldom hear politicians address their existence and while many are still in their early stages of development, it wouldn't surprise me if several, if not all of them, will begin to rival the power of many states in the near future, especially as these areas begin to coordinate responses to various common needs. Another interesting outcome may be their role in re-awakening a new localism moving away from the states only. New institutions could arise to address many problems facing urban centers that state legislatures are ill-equipped to provide.
Am I the only one that thought it was out of pocket, or at least a bit odd, that he said one of the main things dallas was known for is the JFK assassination?
Yesss i was like wth??? It was funny tho
I went to the Richardson a few times for schools and there was always someone that wanted to go down to Dealy Plaza to see where JFK was shot. I’ve been there a few times.
What else is Dallas known for? The Dallas Cowboys?
@@alicemacdonald1550 The company I retired from is headquartered there with their name on a stadium.
This is crazy
The Great Leakes Megaregion incorporates part of the Quebec-Windsor corridor in Canada. Considering a lot of the trade from the Great Lakes goes up the St-Lawrence through the Montreal area, you could argue for the inclusion of the whole Quebec-Windsor corridor into the Great Lakes Megaregion. Usually the reason the Quebec portion is excluded is the linguistic difference, but that has never stopped trade in the past.
Idk... Ottowa to QC is pretty isolated from the great lakes. Like there pretty much nothing between Kingston and Ottowa
@@jer2689 it's part of the Quebec City Windsor Corridor so it's basically part of the great lakes megaregion Language barrier or not
I'm a Vermonter close to Canada and on Lake Champlain -- I have to say I don't feel Quebec or Montreal are part of the great lakes megaregion.
It's really not though. Yes there is ample economic and trade activity, but culturally the "Great Lakes" region (bad name) is completely different from Quebecoise and even Finger Lakes and North country culture.
I live in Ottawa, it's very empty between here and Toronto, the night sky has so much stars there. To the east, it might be only small villages, but there's continuous population between Ottawa and Montreal. Montreal might be more connected culturally to the East Coast than the midwest. The St. Lawrence Seaway to the Great Lakes effectively bypasses Montreal. The Quebec-Windsor corridor is two regions, basically Upper and Lower Canada.
love this kind of stuff... I remember when I was younger and used to collect national geographic magazines, in one issue they had an article about the region from Boston to DC called "Megalopolis". and it included a detailed map of the region that I had hung on my wall for awhile.
I remember that as well. I thought it was pretty cool. Grew up in the Chicago area, never knowing that I'd eventually be moving to the NE Megalopolis for the majority of my life!
I live in Northern Indiana but never knew we were considered to be within a megaregion lol. But it makes sense because it feels like everything is so densely populated here even in the countryside compared to when I've been out to Kansas.
I think he meant it in a loose general sense that these regions are tied together economically
Because you're along I-90 which is a major travel corridor with the rail and the lakes
In the North East its so populated here that it is crazy.
Very informative. Thank you.
Good idea for a series!
Thank you for sharing.
I’d love to see more in depth videos on each of these mega regions
Great video! Looking forward to episode 2!
Great video! Looking forward to Part 2!
Great Lakes Megaregion also includes Minneapolis/St Paul and Deluth since they are close to Lake Superior and Ontario
Well, he also skipped a number of other large cities in that region. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Columbus, and Pittsburgh, just to name a few of the cities that are within the map boundaries of the Great Lakes Megaregion that he showed, that weren't included in the list. I think he just did that for simplicity sake, so as to not have to list off a large number of cities.
Yeah the twin cities are very much great lakes coded and are economically tied to the region.
Very nice video i was hoping and waiting on a great lakes shipping and midwest rail way kind of video so this was very cool
I love your videos. Much love from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Great content. Thanks
Very interesting, thank you!
Thanks! High level information right now but eventually I'll want to dig deeper into each megaregion 🤠
Interesting that St. Louis is included in the Great Lakes megaregion. Makes sense since this post-industrial river city has a lot in common with Chicago, including many years of inter-city economic competition and interaction.
They were once considering moving the capital here long ago. St.Louis was supposed to be the railroad hub but lost to the steamboat industry (obviously the wrong choice in hindsight).
@@luissanchez2067 yea it's crazy right , the gateway to the west was really important
@@luissanchez2067 No, the other way around. Railroads subsumed steamboats.
@@tomfields3682 ty for the correction, that's what I meant to say
Yeeaaa! hooray for region videos 👏
loved this video!
I have been reading about megaregions from authors such as Richard Florida, Bruce Lang, and others. I am interested in the mega region of the Southeast. I subscribed for that purpose.
great video, important concet
I would've probably added the next two mega-regions here, namely because how nebulous the definitions can be and how close the populations have been to SoCal/Triangle recently (That's assuming I'm guessing them right). A generous Piedmont definition could definitely push it above the Triangle/SoCal, for example. It sits in a sea of small to middle-size metros, and it looks like, on this map, to be a pretty skinny version (particularly in SC and GA). I'm think I see Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Charlotte in NC; Greenville, Spartanburg in SC; Atlanta, Athens in GA; and Birmingham, Huntsville, Shoals and Tuscaloosa in AL. Chattanooga, Augusta and Columbia SC are surprising omissions. Asheville, Knoxville, Tri-Cities, Columbus GA/Auburn and Montgomery would be pretty easy to include, too. More egregious reaches I've seen include Charleston, Savannah, Nashville, and Memphis, which feel far, but, then again, St. Louis is considered Great Lakes.
The other, the Florida Peninsula, had explosive growth recently. While it's less likely to have passed the Triangle, I wouldn't be surprised if it's within surprisingly close spitting distance for the Triangle/SoCal.
I don't think it would qualify, the regions in the video are all centered around 3-4 big cities, and he forgot to mention the Sacramento / SF Bay Area region as well, which is highly connected with the LA region
Great stuff
Love your videos!
What about Tijuana under the Southern California megaregion?
The video was incredible overall I just think that a point was missed nit including TJ to the SOCAL region bc it's intrumental to the san diegan economy and vise versa. (I say this as a local and with personal experience)
Good video. I would include Tijuana and Las Vegas in the San Diego-LA mega area. The san diego Tijuana border is the most crossed border in the world i believe. People cross every day to work or to enjoy cheaper food/healthcare. Tijuana should definately be included.
Las vegas is a popular and easy weekend getaway and many people move to and from las vegas. I think it shares the same culture as LA as being an entertainment capital of the world.
Vegas too? I’m that case perhaps Mexicali too. Some people also sometimes include Phoenix Arizona, but that may be a bit too far.
I would not include Las Vegas. I live in L.A. and Palm Springs, and I never visit Las Vegas. Better to include Santa Barbara instead of stopping at Ventura.
@@franwex if the Texas triangle cities are considered a mega region, I don't consider a stretch to include las Vegas.
Dallas to Houston is 239 miles
Los Angeles to Las Vegas is 289.
@@larsedik yea but I think more people than not do go to Vegas. And as I said, both are entertainment capitals, they share the same kind of culture
@@ronnyrueda5926 that’s true. Though I think there’s more population between the major cities on the triangle than LA-Vegas. So it may make more sense. But yeah, I’m guessing adding Vegas to the SoCal region is not out of this world. I used to live in the LA area and used to go to Vegas very often.
LMAO you did Dallas so dirty. I’m a Houstonian and love seeing them get snubbed, but that was uncalled for. If anyone really wants a more accurate breakdown of the major Texas cities’ economies, it’s:
-Houston: Petrochemical/O&G/energy, trade (international shipping), manufacturing, aerospace, medical (largest med center in the world, eat your heart out, Boston); also the only city that anchors two mega regions, the other being the Gulf Coast
-Dallas: banking, commerce, entertainment/tourism (eg sports, six flags), some O&G, travel (DFW)
-Fort Worth: idk…manufacturing? It used to be a hub for ranchers to get their goods to the rails
-Austin: government, tech (Silicon Hills), education, tourism (eg nature, SXSW, ACL)
-San Antonio: tourism (eg riverwalk, Alamo, food, other six flags), military/medical (largest VA hospital in the nation and some large bases), trade (specifically with Mexico along I35)
I see that bridge going into Dallas, on Interstate 30, traveling Eastbound, from Fort Worth. 1:53
Can you do a video on all the mega regions.
And do a video on Cultural regions.
Difference in Traditions and Religion based off of regions.
Can you do a Video of Mega Regions of other continents and countries? That would be awesome!
I can tell you for China, it is Beijing - Tianjin, Shandong by itself, Nanjing/Shanghai/Hangzhou area, Fujian area, Hong Kong - Guangdong area, and that's just the coastal areas
Wow I was just intrigued by the thumbnail 😮 it was so surprising to me to see how many ppl are packed in those regions ❤love frm canada 🇨🇦
Poor st louis not getting a call out in the great lake part
Mega-regional heat islands have warmed Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The tipping point on warmth has been passed because of this. In summer, the Arctic cannot balance tropical heat, and will be less able to do so as time passes.
Why don't you just shut up?
Pleasec ant wait for the next video of mega regions.
You make great videos, love Texas
Minneapolis and Rochester should have been included in the Great Lakes. Minneapolis is a huge hub for some of your highlighted regions and shares all of the cultural and transport links you described.
same with pittsburgh, doesnt seem like he put much effort in that part of the video
Eventhough Philly, NYC, Boston all in same megaregion, each city has its own separate culture/identity. Same for Balt, and DC.
Mr Beat: “THE NORTHEAST MEGALOPOLIS! MUA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
I agree. Philadelphia, South New Jersey, Washington and Baltimore are not like points northward such as New York City, Providence, and Boston.
People in southern New Jersey in the pine barrens even sound somewhat southern, as do many people within Maryland and parts of Delaware.
@@willp.8120 even Boston, Prov, Hartford all their own thing.
@@willp.8120yup, we say all the time north and south Jersey are two different states. Very different places even geographically
Yeah but all are northeast coded though.
Well done.
I’m from Washington, D.C., Nice video!
Can we get a video on the rest of the megaregion.
And
SUBRegions. Aswell.
He mentioned Dallas-Fort Worth but didn’t mark Fort Worth on the map. It was a major stop on the Chisholm Trail and has a HUGE loop around it.. kinda hard to miss.
Would love you to do a Juarez-El Paso-Las Cruces megaregion
I feel like if you include Portland, Maine in with the northeast corridor then you could also extend it down to the Hampton Roads.
The PNW or Pacific Northwest region bears a close resemblance to the East Corridor region, but far far less populated. Vancouver - Seattle - Tacoma - Portland, a simple straight downward line connecting 4 cities, on 3 different states / (2 countries).
Arizona native here. But from the great lakes originally.we have a smaller megaregion here called the Arizona Sun Corridor. It stretches feom prescott all rhe way down into phoenix, tucson and to nogales in santa cruz county. I live in flagstaff though and due to its high elevation it stays cool here so a lot of people from the "Valley" come up to visit from phoenix and tucson. I love arizona though. Has so much natural beauty and is pretty untouched in some areas.
Megaregions are a concept of the treasonous and globalist UN agenda 21/2030!
It's abusing the environment and fringe groups to actively attack the middle class and its economic base via new types of regulation and zoning.
It basically works by creating new entities, offices and regions, circumventing the traditional separation of powers of the republic, merging several administration leaders into new units (less democratic control) and usually gets initiated by some urban revitalization programs, rural restructuring programs etc..
For that purpose they initiate fake grassroots looking stakeholder groups while they already have their detailed end goals of city planning ready and manipulate the stakeholder groups to arrive at them without noticing upfront by employing the DELPHI group leading technique.
It's all tied into the United Nations and each city or county will need to make payments of tax revenue to a company in Bonn/Germany for the "opportunity" of being allowed to participate in that program!
Several cities already cancelled their contracts!
Chicagoland originally?
It’s quite interesting that the region that is literally the most car-centric of the 4 happens to be the fastest growing ☹️
The Texas Triangle may be growing the fastest but the people that are moving there are just bringing more and more cars to the area with presumably more urban sprawl to boot. It would be nice if these cities really had some good public transit plans to keep up with this. You can’t build a city on freeways alone.
Just hurry up and build Texas Central please 🙏
It’s actually been slowing down, I think Texas was a blip on the map cause it’s growth has already started slowing since last year and two years ago
@@lanxy2398San Antonio and Austin are among the fastest growing large cities in the country. San Antonio will pass Philly for 6th largest city by the end of the decade. It's also where loads of Mexican food go before spreading out to the rest of Texas and beyond.
The Texas Triangle is home 4 of the 10 largest cities in the country. And Dallas should have been labeled DFW as it's a large metro area itself. Houston is the energy capital of the world and Dallas keeps attracting more and more business from California and others. The region will continue to grow. The one in the worst shape to handle the growth is Austin. It doesn't have the highway infrastructure to handle the growth it's experiencing.
@@dvs620 The growth is a blip at best, these aren’t the fastest growing cities for long. 1-2 years of growth isn’t much on the long term and Texas has already seen it’s population of just new comers drop off. These will never be world class cities because they all are 100% car centric. The downtowns are minuscule and they lack the infrastructure to breed more innovation.
@@lanxy2398 Blip? These have been among the fast growing cities since the 2000s.
Dallas does have a fairly extensive light rail system, though. The rest of the South is actually worse than Texas, believe it or not. At least here, you can technically take DART to most of the colleges and universities, and to DFW airport.
I think this is a good place to start for high speed rail. Texas and California only involve one jurisdiction. The North East is heavily populated and the only area that’s close to high speed rail.
The Great Lakes are the least likely as they are spread out, divided by giant lakes and in multiple states. But a Chicago to Philly high speed could be done in 3 states (Pittsburgh to Cleveland to Toledo and Chicago or Columbus to Indianapolis instead) and spurs could be built servicing Detroit, Milwaukee and Cincinnati. It would amazing to loop it back through Detroit and Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and down to Boston forming a high speed ring rail around Erie and Ontario
And what would be the gain with such a project - besides spending a lot of tax payer money?
@@chrise842 similar to the goals of the trillions of taxpayer money spent on roads, highways, bridges,etc for automobiles. Except with less pollution, money, sprawl, congestion, time wasted, etc.
@@chrise842 a more effective means of transportation then yet another highway expansion
3:57 Nobody refers to Independence Hall as “Liberty Hall”
Geographically, the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in 29 Palms is the largest Marine Corps base.
Being born and raised in STL, I'm surprised to see the amoeba you drew extending to it. I never felt any connection to the great lakes. There is a minor cultural connection to Chicago, as a lot of STLans have family there and like to visit "the big city" but that's about it. The Texas Triangle could extend eastward to include Beaumont/Port Arthur, though those cities had there heyday over 100 years ago and have been slowly dying. They are decent sized cities, though.
well that amoeba incorporates all the fairly large cities on the drive down through Illinois. That also encompasses Springfield and Bloomington/Normal. There is a string of economic ties all the way down. He also drew lines out to grab the largest population centers in Eastern Iowa. I think that its more that the Mississippi River Corridor is so tied to the Great Lakes Economically that you can't really ignore them. It should either be leave St. Louis, Davenport (QC) and Dubuque out of the Great Lakes or include Minneapolis. Also from that hub in the Chicago region you have highways and rail lines shooting straight out to all those large Mississippi river towns.
Why wasn't Tijuana included in SoCal megeregion? It plays a vital role in California economy and culturally similar to its northern neighbors.
I'm slightly surprised that for the Great Lakes Ottowa wasn't added as an influence and for Southern California Baja California/Tijuana added. And while a smaller megaregion in its own right. San Francisco/San Jose/ Bay Area is the anchor region of a Northwest Corridor Megaregion.
Great video, but as a Canadian, found it very odd that you excluded Canada from the title, seeing at it plays a huge role in one of the megaregions you mentioned.
How could you forget about Louisville with UPS worldport? The amount of freight that moves through SDF is unreal.
Go go go yes yes yes yes yes yes. I couldn't help but see your Bay Area to Reno- I'm sure soon to be listed future Mega region. I've been working up in Sparks Nevada lately and never spending time up there and being from the North Bay, that totally seems to be correct
The SoCal region is quite impressive given than its only a quarter of the size of regions #1 and #2.
Id say the Southern California megaregion also extends into Tijuana. I knew so many people in San Diego who commuted from Tijuana to work in The States
Interesting that you omitted the SF Bay Area. The region that contributes the most to the United States' wealth
Facts….Plus the cities surrounding the Bay Area which are only getting bigger and more connected
I recently drove from Detroit to Orlando and it’s interesting that without knowing anything about mega regions before I could almost intuitively sense the borders. After passing southern Ohio it feels a lot more disconnected and like you have left civilization up until you reach central Florida
You didn’t drive through Nashville? Atlanta?
Um, that area is called "the South".
Strange that 1 and 2 include multiple states and countries. But Tijuana, San Fransisco & Vegas are missing from California.
The Texas Triangle also connects tonthe Corpus Christi port through San Antonio and I-37 and Monterrey by way of Laredo to San Antonio through I-35. An argument can be made thay the Texas triangle extends into Mexico, between the rich Mexican history of Dan Antonio and South Texas and the ports of Houston and Corpus (by way of San Antonio).
Throw in the oil fracking region South of San Antonio, the oil refineries of Corpus and trade on the Mexican border from Brownsville to Laredo stengthen the entire region.
For why parts of Mexico and the st Lawrence river parts weren’t included, it might have to do with cultural & linguistic differences. Or maybe he forgot, idk
Toronto rivals or exceeds Chicago's importance, has the second largest finance industry in North America, the provincial Ontario Government, major industry, massive TV and Film industry, and real estate and construction industry, etc...
The southern Great Lakes is North America's future PLACE TO BE! Also, SUBSCRIBED! 👍
I agree. With people leaving over the past few years, local municipalities pivoting away from relying on industry, and the looming climate crisis, the great lakes region is poised to be the safest and cheapest places to live and invest in. Also, logistically it is the most logical place to stage and headquarter logistics companies.
Watching from Upper Cascadia.
Nice we annexed Windsor and southern ontario in the thumbnail.
nice megaregion USA, now build a HSR connecting cities inside those region
What about the Piedmont Atlantic Megaregion?
Strangely, I've lived in 3 of those 4 megaregions (SoCal, Texas, NE Corridor) almost my entire life (except for a few years in Iraq and Afghanistan). Ironic, considering I don't like urban areas.
Did you have a favorite?
Strange and ironic
Ironic that I from the Texas Corridor still ended up dating someone from a mega region, SoCal.
The economist magazine includes Vegas as part of the SoCal mega-region.
DUDE, please synch your audio and video! 😄 Also please mention:
Dallas: growing tech center and DFW Airport
Austin: ballooning tech development
I'm surprised you didn't mention Grand Rapids, economically it's a pretty important city. Meijer, haworth, amway, steelcase, and herman miller are all based there. I am also surprised that Traverse City wasn't included, because culturally and economically they're tied to chicago, grand rapids, detroit, etc. It'd be great to see a long form video on each region, dealers choice on what aspects to focus on.
10:29..Lol, say what???😂😂😂😂😂😂. It was a tragic event, but what does it have to do with the current economy and culture???????? William McKinley was assainated in Buffalo, why didn't you mention that??
Interesting that San Francisco and the Silicon Valley Area wouldn't be included with Seattle mega region, or be it's own mega region.
@@abalister6661 good point, yet it begs the question how are the boundaries of a mega region determined. Why would SF be in a separate mega region than Seattle. Similar to DC and NYC, I’m sure there are several daily flights from SF to the Pacific Northwest. I would also include the research triangle in the north east mega region, but that’s just me. Maybe Geoff will address.
No we don’t consider ourselves affiliated with Seattle down here except for the number of tech companies from there that also have a presence here in Silicon Valley.
@@geoffseyon3264 if we are looking at cultural ties or cultural affiliation then I think you should consider North Carolina as part of the NE mega region. Having been in dc for a quarter century there’s a lot migration between NC and DC/Baltimore and I imagine NYC as well. Just my $.02.
I've never been to California in my life. But there's nothing about Cascadia that I can attribute to the Bay Area. The Bay Area is its own unique thing for sure.
5:09 Yinzers rise up
I moved to Texas triangle (dallas) one year ago and it's the best choice I ever made!❤
wasn't aware that ubran sprawl was a landscape. I guess it has to be with how far you have to drive in DFW just to get to an academy or a hobby lobby.
I’d add Victoria and the capital region of British Columbia on the southern tip of Vancouver Island to the cascadia megaregion
4:00 I think he meant Independence Hall.
Thinking the Southeast - Raleigh to Charlotte, Greenville, Atlanta, Birmingham area will morph into a mega region in the next few decades
How about Pittsburgh? It was highlighted in green* but not mentioned. Great educational video thanks
Buffalo over PGH is a joke.
I think you should have done all the mega regions.
Interesting how Vancouver is considered a part of the Cascadia region, Toronto in the GL region, but Tijuana is not a part of the Southern California region?
Great lakes megaregion should be retitled "Rust belt" & should go down into south ohio/very northern west virginia, as both areas face similar economic hardships.
Yah but I mean not in Canada. We call that area the Golden Horseshoe as it’s one of the wealthiest and fastest growing areas on earth. Quite literally the opposite of rust