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Could New York be a competitor as well? I mean it does have a lot of decent-sized cities outside of NYC. There's Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and Rochester. All of these cities are decent-sized.
Unlike Illinois, New York City isn't all to see in NYS. There are actually major cities in the state besides the great City.
Yes, they are all decent-sized and well-known. You also have a version of Austin called Ithaca.
Unlike Illinois, New York City isn't all to see in NYS. There are actually major cities in the state besides the great City.
Yes, they are all decent-sized and well-known. You also have a version of Austin called Ithaca.
I didn't know Ithaca could've been considered a major city. One of my best friends moved there from St. Louis years ago...when i went there to visit him it seemed like a small town where Cornell was planted in the middle of. If there is a downtown Ithaca, I did not see one. I have been to both Austin and Ithaca...Austin seemed MUCH larger than Ithaca because it had a real downtown. But then again, I don't know Ithaca's population, so maybe Ithaca is a northern version of Austin....it's almost a suburb of Syracuse practically even, something like 30-70 miles, don't exactly remember the distance. It felt like a pretty short drive in that range though...like St. Louis to Springfield, Illinois.
I didn't know Ithaca could've been considered a major city. One of my best friends moved there from St. Louis years ago...when i went there to visit him it seemed like a small town where Cornell was planted in the middle of. If there is a downtown Ithaca, I did not see one. I have been to both Austin and Ithaca...Austin seemed MUCH larger than Ithaca because it had a real downtown. But then again, I don't know Ithaca's population, so maybe Ithaca is a northern version of Austin....it's almost a suburb of Syracuse practically even, something like 30-70 miles, don't exactly remember the distance. It felt like a pretty short drive in that range though...like St. Louis to Springfield, Illinois.
Actually I didn't call Austin a major city. I said in addition to Buffalo, etc. New York has THE university town in the Northeast. Besides the Texas government, Austin is centered around the state-sanctioned University.
After thinking about it, I remember that Cornell is New York's land grant university. It is more analogous to Bryan (College Station) where Texas A&M is located.
I have never been to Austin, though I have read much about it on this forum and other places. I get the impression that Austin is more than a college town; sort of like Boulder or Ft. Collins in Colorado. I have been to Ithaca, actually lived there. Yes, there is a downtown, but it's small. Ithaca is mainly a college town, period, unless it has changed greatly since I lived there in the 70s (which is possible).
If you haven't noticed NC is the 10th largest state with a population of 9,300,000. And majority of the people live in Charlotte area, Raliegh-Durham, and the central part of the state. Asheville is also growing in the western part of the state. As amatter of fact Asheville was voted in the top 10 places to live along with Charlotte.
Tampa Bay area includes Tampa, St.Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota and Lakeland 4.2 million people and still growing. Orlando is only 80 miles from Tampa, Lakeland is in between the two. So, If you include Orlando, almost 8 million people.
California has only 2 major cities (LA and SF) and 2 on the fringe of major (SD and Sacramento). Texas has 2 majpr cities (Houston and Dallas) and 2 fringe of major (SA and Austin) so it is a tie here. No other state has 2 world level cities in it's borders besides TX and Cal.
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Ithaca is a dot on the map compared to Austin.
mike
