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No, it's not true. LA use to be the king of sprawl.
It's a fact. LA has more than double the density for the city of dallas, houston or Atlanta. Also, they have more than double the density in the MSA than dallas, houston or atlanta.
LA use to be the king of sprawl. Not anymore.
All of this is coming from someone who doesn't care for LA. They are simply facts that can't be denied.
No, it's not true. LA use to be the king of sprawl.
It's a fact. LA has more than double the density for the city of dallas, houston or Atlanta. Also, they have more than double the density in the MSA than dallas, houston or atlanta.
LA use to be the king of sprawl. Not anymore.
All of this is coming from someone who doesn't care for LA. They are simply facts that can't be denied.
When you hear the typical "but the sunbelt is sprawled" argument, is that supposed to be offensive? Is everything outside the sunbelt one huge mega urban city and we just don't get it? lol
I honestly think people in these "urban" cities think we are jealous of their lifestyles or something. I really don't understand the sprawl comments that are meant to be hurtful or to put us in our place. Yes the urban footprint of most sunbelt cities sprawls, so what? I know I'd much rather get in my air conditioned car to go somewhere than to walk blocks to run errands in this heat. Also, AMERICA IS SPRAWLED. Every city has a dense center core with sprawl that goes outward. Anything built after WWII was built with the car in mind. Is the car the #1 form of transportation in our world in 2010? Yes it is. Is living in an urban area that is car friendly a bad thing? No. Are there growing transit options in most sunbelt cities for those who don't have a car? Of course. These "urban" cities in the north were designed for a late 19th, early 20th century world. Is that considered modern living? Absolutely not. Being in an urban area that allows for all means of travel is most convenient for todays busy lifestyle. Having this available, coupled with low cost of living creates a great quality of life and that is why the sunbelt is booming. So the derogatory sprawl comments are not offensive, it just makes people look silly when they throw them out there.
Bragging about how many Walmarts and SuperTargets a "city" has just goes to show that Dallas is not a real city in many ways. It's a gigantic suburb with faux-urban places here and there, plain and simple.
Okay, so this thread has really gotten totally off topic, but I just want to ask one question. Just out of curiosity, does that huge number of Walmarts include their Walmart Neighborhood Market Grocery Stores, or just actual Walmarts?
Goodness, people. Are you serious? Have neither of you seen both metro areas from an airplane? They're vastly different in size, too much to simply be called an "overgrown Oklahoma City". Secondly, while DFW isn't known for its trees, it does have much more abundant foliage than what is found in Oklahoma City, particular in its eastern half. The size of and number of downtown buildings are totally different between the two. Furthermore, Dallas has succombed more to the illegal alien invasion, and hence its population is considerably different.
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