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In Richard Florida’s new book, “Who’s Your City,” he declares that the day of the city or country as fundamental economic unit is over. Instead, he focuses on megaregions, broad swaths of cities and connecting suburbs found throughout the world. Using satellite data showing lighted areas of the globe at night and finely tuned economic stats, Florida and other researches have named over 40 different megaregions, with 13 in North America alone. A simple test for a megaregion? “A person can walk all the way across from one side to the other carrying nothing but a credit card and never get hungry or thirsty.”

For more of Florida’s insights from “Who’s Your City,” return to “The Next Boomtowns.”

 
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    kcullens

    04/10/08 | Report as spam

    Phoenix-Tucson

    Actually this megaregion is quickly moving to an area larger than simply Phoenix south to Tucson. The North expansion from Phoenix to Prescott is being buildout nearly as fast and we will soon has one metro area expanding from Prescott in the North to Tucson in the South.

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    Elizabeth Madrigal

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    RE: Megaregions of North America (Image Gallery:

    I would agree wholeheartedly that megaregions are the way of the future, particularly with the ease of WiFi. Now if only the state legislatures would recognize this trend and create licensing and other legal enhancements that would allow some of us to easily work in the region.

    I am licensed as a mortgage broker in Oregon and Washington, which both have separate bonding requirements, continuing education requirements, etc. It would seem appropriate to have a regional licensing entity, particularly in Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon, as this is a recognized metropolitan area separated only by the Columbia River.

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