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Originally Posted by Chef
St Paul and Oakland both started as independent urban cores and were cities in their own right before they became subsumed into the metro of their larger neighbor. I think that is how it has to work to be a real twin city. I can't think any giant suburbs that grew into that role
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Mesa has existed as a separate community almost as long as Phoenix has. I don't know if it ever had anything resembling an urban core though.