Oakdale pop. 15.5k and _17 miles_ away? - Patterson pop 11.6k and _17 miles_ in the opposite direction? - Turlock _15 miles away_? And _all of these seperated from Modesto by miles of orchards and cropland... Look at the total population of all of these towns! _322,210 !!_ No Industry but agriculture. No tech. Sheesh!
When I think of a metro area, it is usually in terms of continuous communities either abutting each other or in close proximity, not consisting of those 35 miles apart and seperated by vast open agricultural expanses.
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