The traffic jams in Geneva are huge. There is no coordination between Switzerland and France except for the Leman Express.
It is all about perception. Nobody in Villeneuve thinks they are in the same city as Geneva and if they get a job there they will move closer (usually). So it is as much a linear city as any mountain valley: Yes, but not really.
Doesn’t Limmat valley also fit that definition,even better maybe?
that’s a very weird take, there is not much resembling cities for large parts between Lausanne and Genève
I have always been a fan of this kind of larger unified metropolitan areas. I can bring a similar example from my hometown in Italy, Treviso, which is very close to Venice and Padova. The three form an economical and urban triangle which makes it a single metropolitan area. For years they were about to make it official, they had a project called Pa-Tre-Ve to unify some aspects of the administrations like transports, tourism etc, similarly to the Métropole Lemanique framework which I think ceased to be relevant in 2023. I think that at the end of the day it’s all about individual perceptions. As in Italy I used to consider Venice as part of my metropolitan area because I would often go there to either study/work/entertainment, here is the same, since I live in Lausanne but often go to Geneva for similar reasons, and every time I take the train it kinda feels like I’m taking the metro somehow. And of course the same applies to closer cities in Vaud either on la côte or la riviera
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The traffic jams in Geneva are huge. There is no coordination between Switzerland and France except for the Leman Express.
It is all about perception. Nobody in Villeneuve thinks they are in the same city as Geneva and if they get a job there they will move closer (usually). So it is as much a linear city as any mountain valley: Yes, but not really.
Doesn’t Limmat valley also fit that definition,even better maybe?
that’s a very weird take, there is not much resembling cities for large parts between Lausanne and Genève
I have always been a fan of this kind of larger unified metropolitan areas. I can bring a similar example from my hometown in Italy, Treviso, which is very close to Venice and Padova. The three form an economical and urban triangle which makes it a single metropolitan area. For years they were about to make it official, they had a project called Pa-Tre-Ve to unify some aspects of the administrations like transports, tourism etc, similarly to the Métropole Lemanique framework which I think ceased to be relevant in 2023. I think that at the end of the day it’s all about individual perceptions. As in Italy I used to consider Venice as part of my metropolitan area because I would often go there to either study/work/entertainment, here is the same, since I live in Lausanne but often go to Geneva for similar reasons, and every time I take the train it kinda feels like I’m taking the metro somehow. And of course the same applies to closer cities in Vaud either on la côte or la riviera
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