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The way I look at this is: Minneapolis, Denver, and Phoenix are "big cities" because they all each have a NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams. Austin, Nashville, and Portland have 3 pro teams between them.
Nashville has two professional sports teams in the NFL, NHL, a proposed third sports team in the MLS, and one semi-pro team in baseball.
No bud they are indeed not big cities they are only big cities based on population- if you can't read what I'm saying which city is next to be in the same class and breathe as a Chicago, philly, LA, New York City and so on.
None of the above cities are on that level hence the question. Maybe read next time.
No bud they are indeed not big cities they are only big cities based on population- if you can't read what I'm saying which city is next to be in the same class and breathe as a Chicago, philly, LA, New York City and so on.
None of the above cities are on that level hence the question. Maybe read next time.
I'm not sure if you were referencing me in this post but no where on this thread you created did you quantify what you meant by "big city". I provided my definition. What parameters are you going by that makes a big city to you if not population? Amenities? Mass Transit? Things to do?
Also, not only are the polled cities not on the same level but no where near to the level of those much bigger cities mentioned in your previous post. If you believe any city on this poll is anywhere near approaching the likes of an New York, LA, Chicago or Philadelphia as far as size or amenities I don't know what to tell you.
I can't see Austin ever being on the scale of Houston, Philly, etc. Seattle seems the most likely.
I agree annie_himself, I hope it never gets to that point. 7 million in the Austin area is way to much. Now I can see Austin becoming the size of San Deigo or Seattle, but not the others.
Someone mention why does Austin lack "big city amenties". Well this may be do to the fact that San Antonio is close by (60 miles) to the south. So Austin and San Antonio sort of play tug a war with each other. With San Antonio being a bigger city, it's going to have better amenities. That's how I look at it.
Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the USA and will probably be 4th by 2050..... did you mean big in the literal sense or do you mean big as in a big name/trendy city.
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Phoenix is the 5th largest city in the USA and will probably be 4th by 2050..... did you mean big in the literal sense or do you mean big as in a big name/trendy city.
He means the latter obviously. Like if the city isn't instantly recoginized by people living in other countries, it doesn't count
I agree annie_himself, I hope it never gets to that point. 7 million in the Austin area is way to much. Now I can see Austin becoming the size of San Deigo or Seattle, but not the others.
Seven million people in Austin would be a nightmare, unless it was evenly distributed with San Antonio. I agree, Austin will probably end up around 3+ million when it begins to cool down.
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Someone mention why does Austin lack "big city amenties". Well this may be do to the fact that San Antonio is close by (60 miles) to the south. So Austin and San Antonio sort of play tug a war with each other. With San Antonio being a bigger city, it's going to have better amenities. That's how I look at it.
Austin should though, for how fast it's growing and it's size. It doesn't look or feel as large as it is to me, except the skyline. It doesn't help that it's hardly urban outside of downtown.
Minneapolis and Denver have far more prominence on this board than they do irl. They are the 15th and 19th largest MSAs, respectively. Minneapolis sports teams are often referred to as "small market". I'm not sure they've reached prime time, just yet.
Yeah, the Minneapolis area is a "small market" because it supports the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, WNBA, major D-1 sports (football, basketball, hockey, baseball, etc...), and soon - MLS.
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