Talk:Kalamazoo–Portage metropolitan area

The map showing the CSA inaccurately shows Kalamazoo and Van Buren counties, rather than Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties, where Kalamazoo, Portage and Battle Creek are located. 104.159.251.85 (talk) 17:04, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Makes no sense

Right now this article makes little sense. The map excludes one of the major cities (Battle Creek) but includes relatively rural Van Buren County on Kalamazoo County's west. The numbers do not add up to over 500,000 unless the area contains at least three counties, rather than two. For example, Kalamazoo County 250,000 plus Calhoun County 136,000 equals only 386,000. It isn't clear what else we should toss in, or why, but let's say we go west like the map does. Van Buren County 76,000 plus 386,000 equals about 462,000. What are the fourth and fifth counties that are supposed to add up to 550,000? I found this page by clicking from that for the Great Lakes Megapolitan Area, which was the first I had ever seen Kalamazoo ranked higher than Lansing in any population measure. And it just isn't true no matter how I slice it! Someone should correct this in both places. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.181.195.29 (talk) 20:14, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Redirect to Kalamazoo Co.?

Most articles I have seen discussing MSAs which are synonymous and coterminous with a single county just redirect to that county's article, as it is pretty redundant to have two separate articles discussing two coexisting political definitions of the same geographic area. For example, Flint, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area redirects to Genesee County, Michigan. In my opinion, this article should be redirected to follow this practice. 42-BRT (talk) 19:01, 24 September 2024 (UTC)