Why is this event called the "Metro Gathering Event"?
The entire region of New Jersey, parts on NY, PA, CT, and DE are considered a metropolitan area, the current event name "Metro Gathering" is branded for the Mega event with Geocaching HQ and we will continue to use the name for this regional event.
The Metro Gathering event is located within the "metropolitan area" and managed by volunteers throughout the entire metropolitan area which include event managers and volunteers from both Northern New Jersey Cachers (NNJC), Central Jersey Caching (CJC) CT, DE, NY and Pa clubs.
The Metro Gathering event is located within the "metropolitan area" and managed by volunteers throughout the entire metropolitan area which include event managers and volunteers from both Northern New Jersey Cachers (NNJC), Central Jersey Caching (CJC) CT, DE, NY and Pa clubs.
The Metropolitian Area "Fun Facts and figures"
New Jersey is an entirely metropolitan state (a distinction it shares only with much-smaller Rhode Island) in that every one of New Jersey’s 21 counties is part of one metro area or another.
- 12 northern and central New Jersey counties are part of the New York metro area, the nation’s largest — Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, Essex, Hudson, Union, Morris, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Monmouth, and Ocean; together, these counties account for 73 percent of New Jersey’s population.
- 4 southern NJ counties — Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem — are part of the Philadelphia metro area, the #5 most populous metro area in the country; these counties make up another 15 percent of the state’s population
- Warren County is part of the #62 metro area, Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton, PA-NJ
- Mercer County constitutes the Trenton–Ewing metro area, #137 in population
- Atlantic County constitutes the Atlantic City–Hammonton metro area, #166
- Cumberland County constitutes the Vineland–Millville–Bridgeton metro area, #249
- Cape May County constitutes the Ocean City, NJ metro area, #349
- The New York metropolitan area includes the most populous city in the United States (New York City); counties comprising Long Island and the Mid- and Lower Hudson Valley in the state of New York; the five largest cities in New Jersey (Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth, and Edison) and their vicinities; six of the seven largest cities in Connecticut (Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, andDanbury) and their vicinities; and five counties in Northeast Pennsylvania.
- As per the 2013 United States Census Bureau estimates, the New York metropolitan area remains by a significant margin the most populous in the United States, as defined by both the Metropolitan Statistical Area
Every NJ county is part of the entire NJ,NY,PA,CT,& DE metropolitan areas