Article states :
The NY metro area includes New York City, Long Island, and the Mid and Lower Hudson Valley in New York state; Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison in New Jersey; and Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, and Danbury in Connecticut.
I work in Danbury, CT and in no way would I consider myself part of Greater New York City. Makes me question the entire article. Waterbury, CT is 100 miles away. 100 MILES and they include ALL of Long Island. Give me a break
Consider yourself lucky as well, that DeBlasio doesn't run the "Greater New York City" Region.
I think , technically, government definitions of metro areas pull in big pieces of southwestern Connecticut as part of the NY Metro area. I’m.not sure what the criteria are to determine where those boundaries are.
They estimate in about 20 years that Dallas-Fort Worth will only be behind New York and Los Angeles in population.
It’s growing like crazy here.
An acquaintance of mine lives in Harriman Heights, NY, near Newburgh. The writer would include this as part of greater New York City, since Times Square is about 60 miles away. But although many commuters to the City live there, it is really part of Small Town America.