Which cities feel bigger-2 million+ metros (largest, cons, size, south)

[desert sun]

if you have spent any time in these cities, which ones feel bigger than they are and which ones feel smaller than they are- considering the city itself and the metro area.

Does the city itself feel small and the metro area big? Or the other way around?


Kansas City(2 million)-


San Antonio(2 million)-


Cleveland(2 million)


Sacramento(2.1million)-


Portland(2.2 million)

[Boston14]

I would say Portland is the biggest feel to it for me

[Boston14]

Also Sacramento would feels smaller than it is

[thatguy1]

KC for me...with the sprawl and everything.

[st. louie louie]

Cleveland, imo. It has the east coast grit and neighborhoods that give it a larger feel.

[JMT]

I agree that Cleveland feels the largest of those cities. Sacramento feels a lot smaller to me than it really is.

[Central Illinois 1]

Cleveland and St. Louis are both around 2 million and feel larger to me. Minneapolis St. Paul is around the same size and also feels larger.

[ainulinale]

Originally Posted by st. louie louie

Cleveland, imo. It has the east coast grit and neighborhoods that give it a larger feel.

I'd say Cleveland too, but that city, in no way has the east coast grit and neighborhoods.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by Central Illinois 1

Cleveland and St. Louis are both around 2 million and feel larger to me. Minneapolis St. Paul is around the same size and also feels larger.

I agree. St Louis feels a lot larger to me than it really is. (I love St Louis, by the way.)

[City Fanatic]

Kansas City(2 million)-

Metro feels like a metro of 2.5 million.


San Antonio(2 million)-

Metro feels like a metro of about 1.7 million

Cleveland(2 million)

If you include Akron all the way down to Canton, it feels like a metro of 4 million north to south, but about 1.5 million metro if driving from east to west.

Sacramento(2.1million)-

It feels like its size.

Portland(2.2 million)

It feels like its size, maybe slightly smaller at 2 million.