Metroplex
A
metroplex is an area of a few very close statistical
metropolitan areas that converge upon one another.
The term was first, and is still commonly, applied to the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
The most common use of the word
metroplex in the
United States is for:
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Dallas -
Fort Worth, sometimes called
DFW; the area around Dallas and Fort Worth is regularly referred to as simply "The Metroplex" in print and television media inside the state of
Texas, unlike the other metropolitan areas listed.
Some other areas in the U.S. that meet the definition of
metroplex:
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Southern California (sometimes referred to as
the Southland or
SoCal), comprising
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana,
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,
Oxnard-
Thousand Oaks-
Ventura,
Santa Barbara-
Santa Maria, and
San Diego-
Carlsbad-
San Marcos*
Northern California or
NorCal, centered on the
San Francisco Bay Area of
San Jose -
San Francisco -
Oakland, extending north and south to
Santa Rosa-
Petaluma,
Vallejo-
Fairfield and
Santa Cruz-
Watsonville,
Salinas, and inland to merge with the
Central Valley areas of
Yuba City,
SacramentoRoseville,
Stockton,
Modesto,
Merced.
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Northeast Ohio/Western Pennsylvania, with the focal points of the metroplex in
Cleveland and
Pittsburgh, and extending out to such cities as
Akron,
Canton,
Youngstown, and
Erie, and all of the smaller cities and towns in between.
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Megacity*
Megalopolis (term)*
Metropolitan area*
Combined statistical area
