NY area/Long Island translplants Wilson County?

[Coney]

Groovamos, I think you have totally misunderstood my posts. As I said previously, I have not been to Houston in years and I am sure that it has grown a great deal. I have family there and they have reported to us about the growth. When I was in Houston, I liked the city very much. I also stated that Boston and Philly, from my point of reference as a New Yorker are "smallish." IMO, and that is my opinion, LA is not small and I have been there numerous times. I can't speak from the point of view of someone from London since I did not live there. But I would guess that these visitors from London probably had a steoreopetyped vision of Houston being full of cowboys and large ranches, and oil wells. Maybe, they think that everyone in Houston rides around on horses,lol. They were probably surprised to see so many tall buildings, business people, and suburban sprawl. I never claimed that the skylines of these cities are funny looking, but it is a fact that they are smaller than Manhattan's skyline. That doesn't make them ugly.

Of course, I am going to compare NY to Nashville. That was the initial topic for this tread-Long Islanders who want to move to Wilson County and that inevitably leads to making comparisons to the two different areas and if Long Islanders are happy about their choice to leave. I am considering relocation and therefore, one must consider the tradeoffs for this move. The fact that from my point of reference that Nashville is "small" is a plus for me. That is why I want to live there. Other people might want to live in NY because they like the idea that it is "big." I want to leave "big." I've had enough of "big." To me, 90 miles of continuous development is not shocking since where I am, continuous development spans a much larger geographic section than 90 miles in all three directions (the fourth direction would be the ocean) and I Hate it. I would like to get away from overdevelopment which is why I love the undeveloped open spaces around Nashville and look forward to enjoying every square inch of it, for as long as it lasts. Heaven forbid that Nashville or Houston should turn into another New York or that Williamson County should turn into Nassau County. If you are interested in conservation and the plight of overdevelopment, may I suggest watching the current broadcast of Ken Burns's National Parks documentary series on PBS.

[Coney]

www.city-data.com/forum/new-york-city/781193-other-big-cities

This link is for the OP who was not happy that I classified Nashville and Houston as "small." Coincidentally, someone else started this thread.

Small doesn't mean that a place is bad. It is just that when your frame of reference stems from years of living in a large, densely populated area of 18+million people, other cities in the US and Canada do seem relatively quite small. It is all a matter of perspective.