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Old 02-22-2008, 05:44 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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besides san diego, cuz God know's everyone in texas is going to say san diego (okay okay, maybe only sweetclimber), what's the most "least urban major city" in the united states?

i'd have to say houston because it covers an area of 10,000 square feet with only 6,000,000 people and is a very flat zone free metro region -- the one of the world's largest low density metro regions of its size and class!

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Old 02-22-2008, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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Jacksonville, Fl. The city proper covers an area larger than the city propers of both Los Angeles and New York City combined and yet has only 800,000 people, whereas New York and LA have 12 million between them.
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:01 PM
 
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jacksonville might be it. houston, phoenix, and indianapolis get a vote. houston's metro is the size of new jersey.
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:11 PM
 
Location: Iowa, Des Moines Metro
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Since 1968, Jacksonville has been the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States; this resulted from the consolidation of the city and county government, along with a corresponding expansion of the city limits to include almost the entire county.
says wiki
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:18 PM
 
Location: Blue Ridge Mtns of NC
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Default Old Stats

US Cities Over 100,000 Ranked by Population Density: 1990
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:19 PM
 
Location: moving again
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^ information from 18 years ago
And The title should be more like "what is the least urban major city". there's no need for the most!
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:22 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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The title should be more like "what is the least urban major city". there's no need for the most!
i thought about it, but i like the dramatic counterintuitive semantic my question gives off. maybe it's just me
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:24 PM
 
Location: Blue Ridge Mtns of NC
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^ information from 18 years ago
And The title should be more like "what is the least urban major city". there's no need for the most!
Yep, there should be stats for 2000 (last census), but I haven't found it.
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:24 PM
 
Location: moving again
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i thought about it, but i like the dramatic counterintuitive semantic my question gives off. maybe it's just me
^ oh yea, i see! i gets more attention! doesn't it?

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Yep, there should be stats for 2000 (last census), but I haven't found it.
Gotcha!
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Old 02-22-2008, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Blue Ridge Mtns of NC
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Here's one based on the 2000 census, but it's for metro areas as opposed to cities.

United States and Puerto Rico by Metropolitan Area - GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density:**2000
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