BosWash is a classic and archetypal example of a Megalopolis (and frequently mentioned in early papers on the subject, along with the German Rhine-Ruhr area, the Dutch Randstad, and the Japanese Taiheiyō Belt), which is a pretty important development in modern geography.

2021年1月9日 · "The Northeast megalopolis (also Northeast Corridor or Acela Corridor;[2] Boston–Washington corridor, Bos-Wash corridor, or Boswash[3]) is the most populous megalopolis located entirely in the United States, with over 50 million residents, as well as the most urbanized megalopolis in the United States and the megalopolis with the world's ...

Also, its not a comparable analogy since the Northeast Corridor is a mixed speed corridor whereas the Shinkansen lines are dedicated high speed corridors. The Northeast Regional would make more sense as the dominant service on the corridor if that same corridor didn't also host local regional services that mostly link together.

The Northeast Megalopolis is the most heavily urbanized region of the United States, running primarily northeast to southwest from the northern suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts, to the southern suburbs of Washington, DC in Northern Virginia.

2023年9月29日 · But practically, Mid-Atlantic has come to mean “the other division within the Northeast region besides New England”, which excludes a fair number of Mid-Atlantic states. Maybe Mid-Atlantic should be it’s own region, with the Northern Mid-Atlantic spanning NY through Maryland, and the Southern Mid-Atlantic comprising NC and Virginia.

Chicago is probably Philly's closer cousin. The two cities are very similar in being strongly delineated between more desirable and less desirable quarters, and as a result, the large slack housing supply represented by the less-desirable quarter keeps housing costs in the more-desirable quarter from getting out of hand (because if you want cheaper rent, you can always move to the less ...

2024年5月24日 · Megalopolis, no, megaregion, yes. The nodes might be smaller, but they're closer than the Texas Triangle. The areas filled with national forests, though, so there's a lot hindrance to physical connectivity. Economically, though, it's pretty tied together. Atlanta is a pretty bad place to base average distance, though since the sprawl reaches so ...

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2023年3月8日 · The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston through Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Trenton, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore to Washington, D.C.

2020年12月9日 · Northeast megalopolis. The Northeast megalopolis (also Northeast Corridor or Acela Corridor; Boston–Washington corridor, Bos-Wash corridor, or Boswash) is the most populous megalopolis located entirely in the United States, with over 50 million residents, as well as the most urbanized megalopolis in the United States and the megalopolis with ...