A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs.

A metropolitan area usually combines an agglomeration (the contiguous built-up area) with peripheral zones not themselves necessarily urban in character, but closely bound to the centre by employment or commerce; these zones are also sometimes known as a commuter belt, and may extend well beyond the urban periphery depending on the definition used.

The core cities in a polycentric metropolitan area need not be physically connected by continuous built-up development, distinguishing the concept from conurbation, which requires urban contiguity. In a metropolitan area, it is sufficient that central cities together constitute a large population nucleus with which other constituent parts have a high degree of integration.

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Lancaster_2889 (KaitlynLancaster) Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:38:51 -0000
How big is apartment? You say a 1BR. $775 is 'normal' pricing in metro areas. So good find. Now http://ow.ly/Als6
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CO_Weather (Colorado Weather) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:45:02 -0000
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RT @QuickBooksCa Canada's job market in deep-freeze http://j.mp/4kBkUq Great graph of job gains/losses across major Canada & US metro areas.
Canada's job market in deep-freeze http://j.mp/4kBkUq Great graph of job gains and losses across major Canada and US metro areas.
QuickBooksCa (QuickBooks Canada) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:07:32 -0000
Canada's job market in deep-freeze http://j.mp/4kBkUq Great graph of job gains and losses across major Canada and US metro areas.

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