Cities that are most different from their hinterlands...
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The really urban parts of nearly ANY city are going to be different from the rest of the state or region period.
This is very true - usually transitional parts but for the most part all large metros transistion and with pretty significant distinction. Even in a city like NY - within 20-30 miles there can be some pretty rural areas that will feel pretty different, and the further you get the less cosmopolitan they feel - especially in a state like PA - the rural central part is about as rural as it gets in the US
I would say Las Vegas. You leave the strip and you are in a different world. A few more miles out and you are in yet another
Vegas and Phoenix moreso than any other can really give you this perspective, especially from a plane - the development on the fringe continues then just stops dead at the dessert. there are even areas that have built the roads and sidewalks but no house - kind of odd really
Vegas and Phoenix moreso than any other can really give you this perspective, especially from a plane - the development on the fringe continues then just stops dead at the dessert. there are even areas that have built the roads and sidewalks but no house - kind of odd really
Yeah, flying over some cities often make me wonder: "how did that get there?"
Albuquerque seems different though. It seems to belong more to its surroundings. NM on a whole has that air of enchantment. Their cities may vary but they all seem to belong
It seems pretty white/protestant compared to the surrounding areas which are more Hispanic/Catholic.
The City limits are so huge though that is covers pretty much any type of community found within the metro. The northern part of the city looks no different than the conservative suburbs next to it. Then the city limits stretch all the way down to the mexico border and resembles the communities down there.
thats really interesting! i suppose it's got to do with the limited usable land. Do you guys think the prosperity of a city and its ability to grow in population has anything to do with its land usability? Like Atlanta on an open plot of arable land on all sides, vs. a city like San Fran, where its surrounded by water on 3/4 sides?
thats really interesting! i suppose it's got to do with the limited usable land. Do you guys think the prosperity of a city and its ability to grow in population has anything to do with its land usability? Like Atlanta on an open plot of arable land on all sides, vs. a city like San Fran, where its surrounded by water on 3/4 sides?
Well urban sprawl patterns do correlate to what land is usable. One of the biggest reasons sprawl stops in its tracks is no good new developable land. The result is that it is cheaper then to redevelop areas with better returns since land values will start increasing more due to little new land left. It also explains how some metro areas can have very off-centered development patterns where suburbs extend much further out in one direction than the other. (Political boundaries can also be a factor, especially if state lines are involved)
A good example of this is Miami where sprawl has stopped due to no available land and now is only building up.
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