Cities
Many major cities are located on the fall line, the eastern boundary of the Piedmont. Within the Piedmont region itself there are several areas of urban concentration, the largest being the Philadelphia metropolitan area in Pennsylvania. In North Carolina, the Piedmont Crescent includes several metropolitan clusters such as Metrolina, the Piedmont Triad, and the Research Triangle and in Georgia, the Atlanta metropolitan area.
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