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Harrisburg has only 8.1 sq miles of land (11 sq miles, including the river). The area is quite sprawled out - Hershey, Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, Camp Hill, Middletown, Enola, Dillsburg, Hummelstown, Steelton. It is the state capital and 4th largest metro in the commonwealth. As of 2015, its Urban Area population is estimated at 495k. The Harrisburg, PA urban area is very close to merging with the York, PA urban area (232k at 2010, since urban area estimates are only available for urban areas over 300k). Even more likely it could absorb the Lebanon urban area (78k). I dont see the Harrisburg urban are merging with the Lancaster, PA urban area for awhile though. If only the city proper could reclaim its former glory, Harrisburg could really be a top contender.
The Capital Beltway around the city and I-81 further out on both sides east and west are currently being widened to accommodate the increase in traffic flow. They almost built a 40-story skyskraper downtown called The Forum. The building is still retrofitted and they could still finish it at anytime if they wanted to. The Harrisburg area gets overlooked because the city proper is pretty small. But, the urban area is much larger and has come a long way in the past 20 years. Harrisburg also gets overlooked sometimes because there are three major cities nearby (Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia) within a 2 hour drive. As well as NYC and Pittsburgh only 3 hours away.
It seems like an area that some people from those bigger metros consider due to having a lower COL and its location.
Looks as though Macon GA. is going through it's changes lately, starting to see a Tons of Inner City redevelopment going on. Not to mention the I-16/ I-75 interchange Construction is about to kick off the first of the Year. Once that's officially Complete Macon really isn't going to feel like City it's size.
That I-16 / 75 intersection makeover in downtown Macon is going to be one of the biggest and most expensive projects in Georgia DOT history -- 16 lanes, multiple new bridges and ramps, $1 billion price tag. And it cannot come soon enough! With the massive amount of tourist and port traffic from Savannah to Atlanta via Macon, it's only gonna get worse and worse.
Spokane feels about right to me. I've driven through there, and while the downtown looks impressive there's lots of rural / conservation areas very close to the urban core. What's that big deep gulch / valley that cuts right through the middle of Spokane?
Interesting that this thread was revived. Several people have mentioned Savannah. Yesterday as I was driving through downtown I was again reminded how dense our urban core is. Of course this is largely due to Oglethorpe's famous and historic city grid plan which was created in 1733 and is still perserved -- and replicated -- at great care and expense today. There are a half dozen major construction projects currently underway downtown (TOWER CRANES!!) , all of them being built within the confines of Savannah's narrow building lot footprint. Because of height restrictions, the core of Savannah's historic downtown will never have "skyscrapers" per se -- but 6-and 8-story in-fill development (which is what we are seeing now) goes a long way in creating mass and density. There are several streets in downtown Savannah (mainly the one-way double-lane boulevards) where you get a real sense of density AND height -- even though the buildings aren't in fact all that tall.
It also goes without saying that major tourist cities ALWAYS feel much bigger and busier than they otherwise might be just because of the sheer mass of activity at street level on any given day.
Spokane feels about right to me. I've driven through there, and while the downtown looks impressive there's lots of rural / conservation areas very close to the urban core. What's that big deep gulch / valley that cuts right through the middle of Spokane?
Great song, and a pretty good city. I was there for a couple days recently. The Spokane River has a major series of falls right Downtown that would merit a state park in some states. Downtown also has a Nordstrom and I found both a conveyor belt sushi place (Sushi Maru) and an excellent pizza place (Rocky Rocco's or something like that) a few blocks east.
Spokane feels about right to me. I've driven through there, and while the downtown looks impressive there's lots of rural / conservation areas very close to the urban core. What's that big deep gulch / valley that cuts right through the middle of Spokane?
The deep gulch, are you talking about the Spokane river? Either way I mentioned it because some people were mentioning Tacoma and they are bother similar sized cities both in population and urban landscape.
That I-16 / 75 intersection makeover in downtown Macon is going to be one of the biggest and most expensive projects in Georgia DOT history -- 16 lanes, multiple new bridges and ramps, $1 billion price tag. And it cannot come soon enough! With the massive amount of tourist and port traffic from Savannah to Atlanta via Macon, it's only gonna get worse and worse.
It does. It's probably the only city in America that is under 200k AND has 3 buildings over 500 feet. Actually it's probably the least populated city in America that has a building over 500 feet. I may be wrong at that though. As some just mentioned, it's only 18 square miles but if Hartford's annexes East Hartford and West Hartford then it has over 250,000 people which isn't that small.
Albany's Erastus Corning Tower is 589 feet tall and is the tallest building in NY State outside of NYC. Albany has a little over 100,000 people. So, Albany may be the smallest city in the country with a building over 500 feet.
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