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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
does your metro area follow a similar pattern of a ring of older, larger, but historically independent cities that have been swallowed up?
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The entire Boston MSA (let alone the CSA) is basically just historically independent cities that have merged into Greater Boston over the last 300 years.
All the Merrimack Valley mill cities: Lowell, Lawrence, Haverhill, Nashua, Manchester
All the Buzzard's Bay and Cape Cod whaling cities: New Bedford, Fall River, Barnstable
All the Blackstone Valley and Central Mass mill cities: Worcester, Fitchburg, Leominster