[Heartofsong83]

I think that was wrong to drop them from the metropolitan areas, as that makes the assessments far more difficult - and deceiving.

Immigration from other countries (mainly the third world) is the only thing sustaining these ultra-liberal cities.

[conservative in nyc]

The pre-2003 metro area counties are still included in something called the "Combined Statistical Area" for each area. But the change in terminology has made direct comparisons more difficult.