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 tele- 
phone 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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