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I hear the term "urban bones" on C-D sometimes and I'm assuming it refers primarily to a city's design, layout, space, and infrastructure and how much potential said city has for sustainable growth, expansion, and/or revitalization. For instance, cities with organized, grid-based layouts, robust infrastructures (well-preserved/historic buildings, urban cores, etc.) and room for expansion might be referred to as having good "urban bones." With this in mind, what cities (preferably ~100k+ in pop.) do you feel best fit this description and have the most potential for growth and development in the next decade? If you could list by region (Midwest, South, etc.), that would be great.
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On the more populous end, I would add Jacksonville, Birmingham, and Memphis.
In general, this thread will favor cities that used to more prominent than they currently are and planned cities.
A lot of smaller New England cities are pretty impressive, Portsmouth, Newburyport, Newport, New London are very impressive for cities in the 20K range.
Columbia, SC and Augusta, GA with their wide thoroughfares and extensive planned grid systems downtown are also good examples.
Chattanooga, TN and Winston-Salem, NC are also very deserving of mentions here.
I would love to see Macon "take off" because I think it has a ton of potential and a good, central location.
I was down in Columbia a few months ago and was impressed-- the city seems to be heading well in the right direction and has the foundation to support it. Great answer by the way, as usual.
A lot of smaller New England cities are pretty impressive, Portsmouth, Newburyport, Newport, New London are very impressive for cities in the 20K range.
Virginia's cities tend to be like that also. Portsmouth, Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Roanoke, Lynchburg, etc. would all qualify here.
I think the same may be true of WV's cities but I'm not very familiar with them. Charleston certainly fits the bill.
I was also somewhat impressed with Montgomery, AL's building stock.
The main cities of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area, Lansing MI, Jackson MS and Harrisburg PA.
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