I'he Philadelphia Metropolitan Area

Standards The Philadelphia Metropolitan
of Area embraces a territory ap-Definiti
 proximately thirty-five miles
Shntion square, a total of 1,229 square
miles, with Philadelphia as the

by careful study of the whole question of what
oroperly constitutes such an area,
Separate investigations ‘were made under the
‘ollowing headings: population density, commuting,
shopping, newspaper circulation, suburban telephone
 service, real estate operations and ticket
agency sales.
Under each of these subjects the results were
collated and expressed in a separate map. The

enter.

As defined in these studies, it is not based on
arbitrary distances selected as measurements or on
rroupings of convenient geographical divisions, but

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