How to Radically Revitalize America: a Micropolitan Manifesto hit my inbox this morning.

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Each area retains its designation as a metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area (or NECTA) within the larger combined statistical area (or combined NECTA) when the areas are combined.

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The social and economic ties leading them to combine are measured by commuting, but are at lower levels than are found among counties within individual metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas.

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