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Yep. Seattle ain't no sprawl city. Never was. Never will be.
the list.
NYC
Chicago
Philly
SF
DC
Boston
Seatte.
and to considerable extent, Miami.
LA is all over the map. We have Sunset Strip, Santa Monica, Venice, Malibu, etc up all night.... still too areas that are alive in the day become dead-zones at night.... but, come back in 30 years and LA, Miami, and perhaps even Houston will be on the list, solid.... Some day, their downtowns and density will increase with life, and taper off in such a way as to render real, true street level, interactive urban zones 24/7.
Houston is the only one on this list were you could find borderline rural areas within the city limits. Large parts of Houston are suburban and Large parts of Houston are industrial. I have once been 6 miles south of Downtown Dallas and I couldn't tell if I was in a city or not because of all the trees and very few buildings along the highways while on the map I was surrounded by houses and neighborhoods.
San Diego - has a pretty urban downtown, and lots of adjacent urban neighborhoods such as South Park, North Park, Normal Heights, City Heights, but gets quickly suburban outside of those areas - Neighborhoods like Mira Mesa, Ranch Penasquitos and Rancho Bernardo and Carmel Valley are very suburban.
Houston - Inside 610 is about as urban as it gets there, but I've seen folks ride horseback in parts of the Third Ward and South Park, and its downtown is pretty dead after 6 pm weekdays. However, Montrose and Midtown are more or less adjacent to Downtown and are fairly active. The densest neighborhoods in Houston is Gulfton, which is not inside the loop. And there are really suburban neighborhoods like Kingwood and rural areas like Acres Homes that are well within the Houston city limits.
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I don't get why people complain about downtown districts being "dead" outside of work hours on the week day. Typically most Central Business Districts house government workers, some corporate headquarters and places where they can stop in for lunch or maybe a work reception.
Because outside of New York and Chicago for U.S cities that is the business model, on all the other continents the CBD is usually buzzing along with central neighborhoods for U.S their are central neighborhoods that surround the CBD that give you vibes but not the CBD instead.
Because outside of New York and Chicago for U.S cities that is the business model, on all the other continents the CBD is usually buzzing along with central neighborhoods for U.S their are central neighborhoods that surround the CBD that give you vibes but not the CBD instead.
To be fair, the Chicago Loop and the Financial District in Lower Manhattan are pretty dead in the evenings. The active area most people think of "Downtown" Chicago is really River North. Midtown Manhattan is a lot more active though. Even Downtown DC is pretty dead in the evening, but there's a lot of activity in the monuments area and the neighborhoods immediately to the north like Dupont and Logan Circles.
Houston is the only one on this list were you could find borderline rural areas within the city limits. Large parts of Houston are suburban and Large parts of Houston are industrial. I have once been 6 miles south of Downtown Dallas and I couldn't tell if I was in a city or not because of all the trees and very few buildings along the highways while on the map I was surrounded by houses and neighborhoods.
I know what you mean...I've google street viewed different sections of the city (Houston) and there are certain areas that I've street viewed where it looked like farm country... I legit had to zoom out to make sure that I was looking at Americas 4th largest city.
It is one of the reasons Houston has a lower density than Arlington, a Dallas suburb. Their are often random large spaces of undeveloped land or between a terrible neighborhood and a decent middle class area their is very little.
It is one of the reasons Houston has a lower density than Arlington, a Dallas suburb. Their are often random large spaces of undeveloped land or between a terrible neighborhood and a decent middle class area their is very little.
All the while managing to have one of the densest urban areas in the South, following only Miami and New Orleans.
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