There are special places near your metropolitan area that have been so dominated by people from your metro area that going to them makes them almost a part of your metro area.
Usually they are vacation spots (particularly places with second homes). They may be college towns where, though removed from your metro, the majority of the students are from "home"....and make the campus an extension of it.
PLEASE SHARE THOSE SPECIAL PLACES WITH US
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For Chicago, I would definitely say Lake Geneva, WI, has always been joined to Chicagoland at the hip....from the days in the 19th century when Chicago's
millionaires, the movers and shakers who made the city run, built Newport like resorts on the lake shore. Even today, this area is far more associated with Chicago than it is to even closer Milw and has pretty much gotten to the point where it is adjoining the metro area.
Charming Galena, in the hilly, scenic n.w. corner of Illinois is pure Chicagoland. It was a mining town that went bust in the 1850's, freeze-framing all the buildings to that time era. When redeiscovered (starting with antiquing) in the 1960's,it was first a draw for Chgo artists, then for Chgo people who enjoyed the history and the hills and the stores, followed by the resort industry.
Harbor Country (along Lk Michigan in s.w. Michigan) is totally dominated by Chicagoans who take advantage of the beaches, the harbors, the resort life style so close to home.
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Shared with others, but still an incredible Chicago influence....
Wisconsin Dells, Door County (WI), the northern shore of Mich's LP along Lke Michigan, resort country (also shared with Detroit) from Traverse Bay almost up to Mackinac.
I think you make an argument that in both Door Co and the Dells, the Chicago influence is the greatest (the Dells draws from all over the midwest, but three metros: Chgo, Milw, M/SP dominate; Door Co. is more Chgo/Milw)>
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