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Unread 06-07-2011, 02:55 PM
 
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Default Which city feels bigger-San Antonio or San Diego?

as in a city feel........traffic,interstates,downtown,and such.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 03:07 PM
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Good comparison! If we are talking just the city then san antonio. The highway system is built for a much larger metro.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 03:10 PM
 
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Not really close. San Diego feels larger. But both are great cities.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 04:05 PM
 
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Not really close. San Diego feels larger. But both are great cities.

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Unread 06-07-2011, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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San Diego has a bigger skyline, metro, city pop. for both is pretty close. San Antonio has a more touristy downtown while San Diego's downtown has more residences and condos. Just about most if not all of San Antinio's suburbs are within its city limts where San Diego's stretch up to OC, east to El Cajon and north up to Temecula and probably growing a bit further. In the end, San Diego is, looks, and feels larger than San Antonio.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 04:13 PM
 
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SA feels more like a small town.

Only good thing going for it are the highways.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 06:45 PM
 
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SA feels more like a small town.

Only good thing going for it are the highways.
San Antonio feels huge to me.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 06:51 PM
 
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San Antonio for freeways, traffic, & a lively historic downtown.

San Diego for nightlife.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 06:53 PM
 
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SA feels more like a small town.

Only good thing going for it are the highways.
Maybe on a social level, but really San Antonio does feel like a bigger city than it really is.
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Unread 06-07-2011, 06:56 PM
 
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San Antonio feels huge to me.
driving threw or living there???

all the long time SA residents I met said they liked SA because of the chummy attitude of the residents. People get to know each other a lot there kinda like they do in small towns. Also things are so slow paced to me.

on a whole it seemed more like a small town that goes on and on and that has lots of freeways

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Maybe on a social level, but really San Antonio does feel like a bigger city than it really is.
yeah, socially. And overall minus the freeways. SA by no means feel like the 7th biggest city in the US. NO way does SA feel bigger than Dallas. SA feels more like Fort Worth. SO I disagree on it being bigger. Smaller on the scale of FW or maybe Austin.
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