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Old 03-17-2017, 11:55 PM
 
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Hello,

To those that live in San Antonio do you think that with all the growth San Antonio still retains the small town feel and mentality that it is well known for? And do you think it will always retain that feel no matter how big the city grows?
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Old 03-18-2017, 03:31 AM
 
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No, and no.
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Old 03-18-2017, 03:51 AM
 
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no way
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Old 03-18-2017, 04:56 AM
 
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No, but there are many towns within commuting distance to San Antonio that definitely have that feel. Castroville, Floresville, and La Vernia are all towns I lived in that did so.
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Old 03-18-2017, 05:09 AM
 
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Does it feel like a small town in that everybody knows each other like a classic episode of the Andy Griffith show? No.

Does it feel like a small town relative to other cities given its size/population density/sprawl in the sense that it lacks certain cultural activities/diversity/etc. Absolutely.
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Old 03-18-2017, 09:52 AM
 
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Does it feel like a small town in that everybody knows each other like a classic episode of the Andy Griffith show? No.

Does it feel like a small town relative to other cities given its size/population density/sprawl in the sense that it lacks certain cultural activities/diversity/etc. Absolutely.

Agreed.
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Old 03-18-2017, 10:28 AM
 
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yes. In good and bad ways.

Good - sort of.
It seems everyone knows everyone else, and you can't go anywhere without seeing people you know. And everyone is sort of interconnected.

Bad -
The small town mentality that isn't interested in learning from outside, the mentality that fears outsiders and outside influences is alive and strong.

But, I live in the urban core, so that has an impact. Since the new HEB has opened, I've never gone without running into someone I know. This also happens in other areas of town though, which always surprises me.
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Old 03-18-2017, 11:40 AM
 
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But, I live in the urban core, so that has an impact. Since the new HEB has opened, I've never gone without running into someone I know. This also happens in other areas of town though, which always surprises me.
You mean on the one on S.Flores? I really liked that area or the potential it has. It together with Southtown.Art-Dirtrict and all the new river improvement projects could make that entire area into something pretty great.
South after the tracks would have get cleaned up a bit perhaps... in some areas anyways.
But overall it was a fun place to be and could be something special in the future.
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Old 03-18-2017, 02:02 PM
 
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Does anyone care to explain the comments about lacking vision and disdain for outside views?


The main reason why I am asking is almost half the people here are not from here.

Last year we had a birth to death in crease of 16,930 people but we had a new migration of peoples from outside the metropolitan area of 33,187. Is it the fear of change or are the same types of people moving here? Or are policy ideas from other areas just not compatible with this area?

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Old 03-18-2017, 04:02 PM
 
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Hello,

To those that live in San Antonio do you think that with all the growth San Antonio still retains the small town feel and mentality that it is well known for? And do you think it will always retain that feel no matter how big the city grows?
Compared to Buda, Texas... no!

Compared to New York...yes!
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