re: SEC Town Growth Rates this decade

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This would be essentially like splitting Nashville and Murfreesboro into two separate metros.

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Actually no, it wouldn't. Because if it was, the Census would have made that split. They don't combine/split metros willy nilly. It's based on commuting habits of various counties.

According to the latest numbers, nearly 32% of workers in Rutherford County, TN (Murfreesboro) commute into the other counties included in the Nashville MSA.

As for Durham County, NC (Durham), only 14.9% of workers commute into the Raleigh-Cary MSA.... not enough to warrant combining Durham County into the Raleigh metro. Typically I believe its around 25% that warrants including a county into a different MSA.

Give it up.