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Potential residents should not only explore all of them fully before settling down, but also drive the commute during morning and afternoon rush hours. If nothing else, Atlantans have a love affair with their cars, probably because they spend so much in them navigating traffic.
What is the deal. When did Dallas and Houston become urban?
I think they all get bashed pretty hard for being low-density and sprawly.
IMO Dallas has the most dense, walkable (un-sprawly?) areas, then Houston, then Atlanta - though it's like measuring flecks of dust, so maybe I am wrong.
I would imagine these three get labeled as "sprawl kings" because they are high profile, large cities. They are still way more "urban" than just about any other sunbelt city.
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I think they all get bashed pretty hard for being low-density and sprawly.
IMO Dallas has the most dense, walkable (un-sprawly?) areas, then Houston, then Atlanta - though it's like measuring flecks of dust, so maybe I am wrong.
I would imagine these three get labeled as "sprawl kings" because they are high profile, large cities. They are still way more "urban" than just about any other sunbelt city.
It's cute how you pretend to act like a professor on places you know nothing about. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I hear lots of criticism about DFW and Houston for sprawl. I live in TX and tend to focus on threads about Texas so maybe that's why I've seen them. That aside, haters are gonna hate. Atlanta has many positives so people are going to try and bring it down a bit by focusing on traffic and sprawl.
This forum is filled with city bashers. It's nothing new here. city bashers were putting down other cities because of hatred, jealousy, or because they are troll with nothing better to do. Also, this forum is filled with city boosters that always input and exaggerate their city's growth(Philly, SF, and my very own DC posters are the biggest city boosters on this Forum).
The developments in the City of Dallas are more urban than sprawl. I can't speak for the surrounding cities but I know for a fact that majority of the developments happening in Dallas are dense urban developments. These developments are mainly centered around the Uptown/Downtown area.
It's cute how you pretend to act like a professor on places you know nothing about. You have no idea what you're talking about.
Please enlighten me on what I so authoritatively stated that is incorrect. I believe I try to bring an even hand, particularly about cities I don't know well.
There isn't a solidly urban core in any of these three cities, which is why they probably get bashed for being sprawly.
I'm looking forward to the rebuttle as to why any of these three cities has a solidly urban core, but instead of focusing on that, you COULD be discussing how your suburban areas are denser than most cities in the country and there is SOME urban renewal going on as well......we'll see.
The developments in the City of Dallas are more urban than sprawl. I can't speak for the surrounding cities but I know for a fact that majority of the developments happening in Dallas are dense urban developments. These developments are mainly centered around the Uptown/Downtown area.
Do you have any kind of source that shows that the "majority of the developments happening in Dallas are dense urban developments", or are you talking about JUST the city? This must be happening in the suburbs then, because of the 1-1.5 million people the region has gained in the last 10 years, the city of Dallas has only received a fraction of that (which I don't entirely doubt was more urban in form). It'd be kinda odd if a city center in America did NOT have urban development, but in some places with HUGE city municipalities I suppose it's possible!
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