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Perhaps the thread needs clarity: are we talking metro areas or the actual cities? (even though the OP doesn't mention metro)
Miami proper does NOT have a larger pop. than Jacksonville, but its metro area pop. IS larger than Jacksonville's.
I think the poster realizes this "fact". While most everyone would concede that while (at 767 square miles of land) Jacksonville is the Florida city with the largest population, it is only because of its enormous municipal limits. Jacksonville is double the population of Miami because it has more than 21 times the amount of land area of Miami proper. To put in context another way, MiamiDade County's developed land is about 550+/- square miles and houses 2.5 million people. That's triple the population of Jacksonville. This sort of imbalance makes Jacksonville's "largest city in Florida" title seem rather hollow and unimportant to many within the state and throughout the nation.
Jacksonville gets ignored because it's only the 4th largest Metro in the state. Heck, if Ft Lauderdale/Broward Co. were a separate metro, it would still have hundreds of thousands more people than the current Jacksonville MSA.
I think the poster realizes this "fact". While most everyone would concede that while (at 767 square miles of land) Jacksonville is the Florida city with the largest population, it is only because of its enormous municipal limits. Jacksonville is double the population of Miami because it has more than 21 times the amount of land area of Miami proper. To put in context another way, MiamiDade County's developed land is about 550+/- square miles and houses 2.5 million people. That's triple the population of Jacksonville. This sort of imbalance makes Jacksonville's "largest city in Florida" title seem rather hollow and unimportant to many within the state and throughout the nation.
Jacksonville gets ignored because it's only the 4th largest Metro in the state. Heck, if Ft Lauderdale/Broward Co. were a separate metro, it would still have hundreds of thousands more people than the current Jacksonville MSA.
Didn't Jacksonville host a Super Bowl? They got ignored for hosting that compared to other non-traditional Super Bowl Cities like Detroit, Indy and Houston.
It's airport is ignored by a lot of airlines. For a top 40 Metro, smaller cities like Salt Lake, Memphis, New Orleans, Raleigh, Hartford all have more flights then Jacksonville.
The NFL team is ignored by the NFL and will most likely move.
You never see travel shows or food travel shows talk about Jacksonville or even go there.
I would have to say San Jose is. At least on CD it is. The Bay Area is unique that the largest city is not the forerunner in the CSA.
Agreed. The Bay Area is unique for a lot of reasons. San Jose gets ignored a lot, both here on CD and in general. I really don't have a mental image what San Jose is like.
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Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl
I think the poster realizes this "fact". While most everyone would concede that while (at 767 square miles of land) Jacksonville is the Florida city with the largest population, it is only because of its enormous municipal limits. Jacksonville is double the population of Miami because it has more than 21 times the amount of land area of Miami proper. To put in context another way, MiamiDade County's developed land is about 550+/- square miles and houses 2.5 million people. That's triple the population of Jacksonville. This sort of imbalance makes Jacksonville's "largest city in Florida" title seem rather hollow and unimportant to many within the state and throughout the nation.
Jacksonville gets ignored because it's only the 4th largest Metro in the state. Heck, if Ft Lauderdale/Broward Co. were a separate metro, it would still have hundreds of thousands more people than the current Jacksonville MSA.
Yeah, I don't think people really consider Jacksonville to be Florida's biggest city and are often surprised when they find out it is. It's all because of annexing the surrounding towns. Now, there was a good reason for the annexation and Miami's suburbs have less need to be part of Miami, so there's a good reason for them being separate. Still, Jacksonville feels pretty big when you drive through it.
Didn't Jacksonville host a Super Bowl? They got ignored for hosting that compared to other non-traditional Super Bowl Cities like Detroit, Indy and Houston.
It's airport is ignored by a lot of airlines. For a top 40 Metro, smaller cities like Salt Lake, Memphis, New Orleans, Raleigh, Hartford all have more flights then Jacksonville.
The NFL team is ignored by the NFL and will most likely move.
You never see travel shows or food travel shows talk about Jacksonville or even go there.
By Primary Census Statistical Areas, Jax is smaller than you might think. Using two of your airport comparisons as examples, both Raleigh and Salt Lake City are part of CSAs that are hundreds of thousands of people larger than Jacksonville's MSA (Jax highest level of designation is its MSA). I'm sure that some might jump in a talk about how it's unfair to compare CSAs to MSAs but the reality of the situation is that some metros only have a MSA and others are segmented into multiple MSAs, only to be recombined into a CSA.
Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC CSA 1,795,750
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield, UT CSA 1,776,528
Jacksonville, FL MSA 1,360,251
Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA 1,325,605
New Orleans-Metairie-Bogalusa, LA CSA 1,238,228
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Sorry HtownLove, but I can't help but notice in your posts, whenever Dallas is mentioned, you are very biased against it. It's one thing to hate a city but...wow. Spare us the fabrications.
I don't understand why Houstonians seem to always be comparing themselves to Dallas. In Dallas, Houston is almost never brought up, and if you say you're from Houston, they still treat you like anyone else. Unlike Houston where if you say you're from Dallas you'll get some bad vibes.
Almost reminds me of the Portland/Seattle or SF/LA rivalries. Usually the one city is like a the younger/less mature sibling comparing themselves to the older/wiser one, while the wiser one really doesn't give two honks and sees the less mature one with an endearing eye.
I don't understand why Houstonians seem to always be comparing themselves to Dallas. In Dallas, Houston is almost never brought up, and if you say you're from Houston, they still treat you like anyone else. Unlike Houston where if you say you're from Dallas you'll get some bad vibes.
Almost reminds me of the Portland/Seattle or SF/LA rivalries. Usually the one city is like a the younger/less mature sibling comparing themselves to the older/wiser one, while the wiser one really doesn't give two honks and sees the less mature one with an endearing eye.
Wouldn't it be reversed in the case of SF/LA, since SF is older than LA not only in American development (obvious) but also when it came to Spanish settlement (SF as a fort started in 1776, while LA was founded in 1881)
But I find that nowadays, no one in either SF or LA assume there is much of a rivalry anyways, aside from baseball and maybe hockey (LA has no NFL, and the Warriors are full of LOL). They excel at two different things.
A lot of the Angelenos on CD assume that San Franciscans constantly compare themselves and talk about LA. I found that to be less and less of a case as time moves on. But who cares about personal experiences, right? Or even on this site: how often do Bay Area/San Franciscans talk about LA on CD?
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THIS! Have to spread rep around (I hate that!) before I can rep you again. 
Spare us the fabrications.
