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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
I'm typically of the opinion that most MSAs need to be trimmed down.
Just look at the absurdity of the Chicago MSA as an example. WTF are Newton and Jasper Counties doing there?
That said, one instance were an MSA boundary is drawn too tightly is Milwaukee. Because Racine county's out-of-county commuters get pulled both north and south into the Milwaukee and Chicago MSAs, it doesn't meet the threshold to be added to either MSA. But in a more normal situation without the 800 lb. Gorilla to it's south, Racine County would almost certainly be added to the Milwaukee MSA.
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You've made this argument before over the years, I don't know why you think MSA's like Chicago are TOO big. Why? What makes that a bad thing and smaller MSA's a better thing? That is counterintuitive.