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View Poll Results: What city in the south has the most "big city" feel?
Atlanta 93 27.84%
Charlotte 4 1.20%
Dallas 46 13.77%
Fort Worth 1 0.30%
Houston 94 28.14%
Jacksonville 1 0.30%
Memphis 4 1.20%
Miami 66 19.76%
New Orleans 23 6.89%
Oklahoma City 0 0%
San Antonio 2 0.60%
Tampa 0 0%
Voters: 334. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 01-09-2011, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Old 01-09-2011, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Dude Houston has over 400 high rise in over 600 sq mi. Atlanta has over 200 high rise in less than 150 sq mi. Houston does have more High rises but it’s not significant if Atlanta was over 600 sq mi Atlanta would be around over 400 high rise as well. That all of the city of Houston 600 sq mi not the inner loop. It’s the trees in Atlanta that block development that makes Metro Atlanta feel a lot smaller.
If all of Houston's business districts were combined, it would form the nations 3rd largest skyline after Chicago & New York, respectively.

Atlanta could include all of the buildings in the entire state of Georgia & it still wouldn't be anywhere close to Houston's metro area high rises which includes The Woodlands, Clear Lake, & Galveston.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:01 PM
 
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If all of Houston's business districts were combined, it would form the nations 3rd largest skyline after Chicago & New York, respectively.

Atlanta could include all of the buildings in the entire state of Georgia & it still wouldn't be anywhere close to Houston's metro area high rises which includes The Woodlands, Clear Lake, & Galveston.
And Atlanta has a mass transit system called MARTA something Houston can only dream of. Skycrapers play a very small part in a city having a big city feel.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Dude Houston has over 400 high rise in over 600 sq mi. Atlanta has over 200 high rise in less than 150 sq mi. Houston does have more High rises but it’s not significant if Atlanta was over 600 sq mi Atlanta would be around over 400 high rise as well. That all of the city of Houston 600 sq mi not the inner loop. It’s the trees in Atlanta that block development that makes Metro Atlanta feel a lot smaller.
I'm guessing you have never been to Houston if you think the high rises are spread out over 600 square miles. Anyone that has ever lived or visited Houston knows that all the high rises are concentrated in Downtown, Texas Medical Center, Uptown, and Greenway Plaza. All those districts are separated by a few miles.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:13 PM
 
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Which city has the worst mass transit system in the south?

A. Atlanta
B. Houston
C. Dallas
D. Miami
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:18 PM
 
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And Atlanta has a mass transit system called MARTA something Houston can only dream of. Skycrapers play a very small part in a city having a big city feel.
Which gives Atlanta a more urban big city feel.. Houston feels larger driving thru it... I dont understand why Houston doesnt have a comparable Rail system being large as it is.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:19 PM
 
Location: Blue Ash, Ohio (Cincinnati)
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Which city has the worst mass transit system in the south?

A. Atlanta
B. Houston
C. Dallas
D. Miami
I don't think MARTA is that bad.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:22 PM
 
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I don't think MARTA is that bad.
Your suppose to pick which one has the worst. And its clearly Houston that has the worst.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Blue Ash, Ohio (Cincinnati)
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Your suppose to pick which one has the worst. And its clearly Houston that has the worst.
Oh, well in that case I would go with Miami. Houston is a sprawly city, but their light rail isn't too too bad.
 
Old 01-09-2011, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Which city has the worst mass transit system in the south?

A. Atlanta
B. Houston
C. Dallas
D. Miami
Which city mass transist fails the most?

A. Atlanta
B. Houston
C. Dallas
D. Miami
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