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I voted St. Paul as it is the most complete IMO. Fort Worth is interesting because I think it is a much better city than Dallas.
I also agree that Wilmington DE should be on the list but it absolutely shouldn't win. I am always surprised by how little Wilmington has to offer aside from being a Tax Shelter.
What makes Fort Worth better than Dallas? Just wondering if you don’t mind
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I voted St. Paul as it is the most complete IMO. Fort Worth is interesting because I think it is a much better city than Dallas.
I also agree that Wilmington DE should be on the list but it absolutely shouldn't win. I am always surprised by how little Wilmington has to offer aside from being a Tax Shelter.
What makes you think that? Have you spent time in Wilmington? Because I assure you, Wilmington and its immediate environs is far more than just a tax shelter. It is a mid-sized metro that packs quite a punch in terms of amenities, environment, diversity and education. It's easily the best portion of the Delaware Valley outside of Philly proper and the Main Line. While I also don't agree it should be the best secondary city of this list (that honor goes to Oakland, followed by Anaheim and St. Paul in my book), it's quite competitive for its size.
What makes Fort Worth better than Dallas? Just wondering if you don’t mind
Your question wasn't addressed to me, but I will say that Fort Worth has a more traditional Texas look, feel, and culture. On the other hand, Dallas is more into looking and being flashy and shiny and new to point where it sort of feels like Generic City, USA. I have said that before, and Dallas boosters attack me like that's some sort of knock on Dallas, but it's not. That's just how Dallas is these days. But Dallas is growing rapidly and trying to find a unique identity of its own, though, so I'm sure it won't always be that way, even though that's how it comes across right now.
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Your question wasn't addressed to me, but I will say that Fort Worth has a more traditional Texas look, feel, and culture. On the other hand, Dallas is more into looking and being flashy and shiny and new to point where it sort of feels like Generic City, USA.
I think Bellevue still qualifies as a satellite/edge city to Seattle even though its fairly self sufficient. Decent grid, its downtown is growing rapidly and has all of the amenities you'd need to be car-free if you wanted to live/work there. LINK light rail service to Seattle is currently under construction.
Bellevue has many downtown-type qualities, but it can only exist in the orbit of another core city. DT Bellevue lacks a lot of the civic infrastructure and burdens that the real core gets -- federal/state/county government, institutions (on a metro scale), homeless, tourism, and so on. It simply replaces old-style sprawl with a dense, walkable format.
the 2 & 3rd Largest cities in the Miami metro are Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach.
Hialeah and Fort Lauderdale are 2nd and 3rd largest(population wise). I think I know what you meant though. West Palm Beach anchors a much larger area than Hialeah
Hialeah and Fort Lauderdale are 2nd and 3rd largest(population wise). I think I know what you meant though. West Palm Beach anchors a much larger area than Hialeah
Well I don't think a satellite city is defined by a suburb that has the most people. From what I understand Hialeah is a bedroom community that only exists due to proximity to Miami. Whereas WPB and Ft Lauderdale are true satellites no? #citypopisworthless
While Baltimore is a great city in its own right, it is the secondary city in that region!! I know that some of you people wish that it 300 miles or whatever from DC, but it’s only 35 miles away, thus making it second fiddle. And while DC and Balt will never become a MSA (because of politics), the reality is that they are close to each other and share overlapping suburbs. They even share an airport that is 10 miles from Balt and a little over 20 miles from DC (I realize that the region has two additional airports). So yes, Baltimore is the secondary city in the DC/Balt/Arlington CSA, which in reality is a single mteropolitan area. It’s just a shame that some of you people have a heart attack every time Baltimore and DC are put into the same sentence!!!
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