New US metropolitan area definitions

[huskeroadgeek]

To me, metro areas have become less and less useful over the past 30 years or so in thinking of them as one cohesive area as they expand further into primarily rural counties. Those definitions may be useful for some statistical purposes, but when I think of a city's metro area, I think more in terms of the "built-up" area.

The urbanized areas and urban clusters may be more to your liking: http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/UAUC_RefMap/

Wow, I like those. I don't think I've ever seen that set of maps before.