There are plenty of sports popular in metropolitan areas, and they vary in popularity by region. In the United States, the NBA (Basketball), NFL (American football), and MLB (Baseball) are popular throughout the states. In the northern states, many people take great interest in the NHL (hockey) as well.
Metropolitan areas
metropolitan areas
Here are areas of the State of Virginia that are metropolitan areas:Arlington VANorfolk, VAQuantico, VALynchburg, VASurrounding areas near Washington D.C. would also be considered metropolitan.
According to the U.S. Census, there are more than two dozen metropolitan areas in California.
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A chain of closely-linked metropolitan areas is called an "urban sprawl".
Texas has a total of 18 metropolitan areas. Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in Texas. It is also the largest landlocked metropolitan area in USA.
metropolitan areas
metropolitan areas
Stowe and Killington are popular ski areas in Vermont.
Juan De Torres has written: 'Metropolitan America' -- subject(s): Manufacturing industries, Metropolitan areas, Urbanization 'Government services in major metropolitan areas; functions, costs, efficiency' -- subject(s): Metropolitan areas, Municipal services
In 1990 Metropolitan Area was used to refer collectively to MSAs, Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas (PMSAs; more than a million people with strong internal economic and social links), and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (CMSAs).