People who live in cities with population 200,000 and lower? (house, school)

[SWV]

What's the closest city you live by with a population more than 800,000? And do you ever visit that city? Also, how far do you live away from that city?

I live in Kalamazoo
Population 70,000


Me:
Chicago 3,800,000
Visit it almost every month
1hr 20mins when traffic is okay..

[blkgiraffe]

I lived in Waco and the closest city was Dallas about 90 miles away.

We'd visit it often to visit family or go to Sixflags. Also for school shopping and my mom use to go up there to get clothes for her store.

[The Dissenter]

Originally Posted by SWV

What's the closest city you live by with a population more than 800,000? And do you ever visit that city? Also, how far do you live away from that city?

I live in Kalamazoo
Population 70,000


Me:
Chicago 3,800,000
Visit it almost every month
1hr 20mins when traffic is okay..

I live in Alexandria, VA (140k) and I'm closest to Philly. I've never been North of Temple Hills, MD so no.

[BPerone201]

New York is the closest city over 800K.. I been there too many times to count.
my city only has a population of 43K

[rnc2mbfl]

Miami Beach has less than 90,000 people and is across the bridge from Miami. The tiny city proper of Miami only has a bit more than 400,000 people while the county has about 2.4 million. But, I guess that doesn't count. One would have to drive 350 miles north to Jacksonville to visit a "big" city based on your criteria. But, there's no reason to do so since Miami is a much bigger city in actuality. City limits are arbitrary in many instances and Florida is one of those instances. the metro area of Florida's largest city, Jacksonville, is smaller than Miami/Ft Laudedale, Tampa/St.Pete and Orlando Metros.
Miami's metro is the 7th largest in the US and its urbanized area is the 8th most densely populated in the nation. The urban area is the 5th largest in the country.
MiamiDade is a collection of seamless communities that stretch north to south without interuption and house millions.

[timeofseasons]

Originally Posted by SWV

What's the closest city you live by with a population more than 800,000? And do you ever visit that city? Also, how far do you live away from that city?

I live in Kalamazoo
Population 70,000


Me:
Chicago 3,800,000
Visit it almost every month
1hr 20mins when traffic is okay..

I live in Lansing
Population (near) 110,000

800,000+ near city:
Detroit (population near) 900,000
I do not visit Detroit, rarely I visit the metro area
Only about an 1hr 20 mins away

[cityboi757]

I live in Hampton Roads, Pop. 1.795M.

[kcee510]

Live in Union City, Ca population 74,000

San Francisco pop. 800,000.

30 miles from UC, 40 min drive (25-30 min Bart ride). Been there too many times to remember. I have friends who live out there and my brother also lives in the city so I am over there very often.

San Jose pop. 1 million

22 miles from UC, 30 min drive. I am literally out there almost every day. Attend school in SJ.

Oakland pop. 420,000 ( I know it's not 800,000 but it's a major city in the US)

22 miles from UC, 15/20 min drive, 30 min to dowtown. Visit a couple times a month.

[ckhthankgod]

This is a tough one, as there are about 4 cities within the same distance that are over 800,000. I've been to Toronto twice, NYC twice, Philly twice and have never been to Montreal. If you count Boston, I've been there once. All are within 4 hours. If you count DC, it is within 5 and a half hours and have been many times.

[backdrifter]

I live in Grants Pass, Oregon (pop. ~34,000). I'm about 400 miles or 7 hours from San Francisco (pop. ~810,000). I've only been there once. I go to the second next nearest city of >800,000, which is Los Angeles (pop. ~3,835,000), almost yearly. It's about 720 miles or 11 hours away from here.