A Metroplex is an area of 2 or more very close statistical metropolitan areas that converge upon one another.

Several metroplexes exist in the United States. The most common metroplexes in the U.S. are:

• The Greater Los Angeles Area (sometimes referred to as Southland), comprised of Los Angeles - San Diego - Long Beach - Anaheim - Riverside - San Bernardino - Palmdale - Bakersfield - and Ventura.,
• The BosWash comprised of New York City - Philadelphia - Baltimore - Boston - Washington, D.C. - Newark - Providence - and Hartford.
• Chicago - Milwaukee, known as Chicagoland.
• Dallas - Fort Worth called DFW
• San Jose - San Francisco, called the Bay Area.

See also

• Megacity
• Metropolitan area