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I have not been to all of the sunbelt cities but I must say that Houston definitely gives off that big city feel especially when you're driving on Interstate 10 into the city. When it comes to being on street level it would be a toss up between LA and Miami, again I would like to add that I have not been to all sunbelt cities so I can't remark on cities such as Atlanta which from reading on CD also seems to have a big city feel.
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City wise on feel- Miami
By area on feel- Houston
And by area I do mean, never ending type of feeling. I would assume Los Angeles is a bit of both of those above. But Miami feels more urban to me, and more collective, mainly because the place sits on the shoreline along with its downtown and residential areas being so also.
And by area I do mean, never ending type of feeling. I would assume Los Angeles is a bit of both of those above. But Miami feels more urban to me, and more collective, mainly because the place sits on the shoreline along with its downtown and residential areas being so also.
Don't know if you have been to Atlanta, if you have how would you compare the 2 as far as just driving through them?
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Don't know if you have been to Atlanta, if you have how would you compare the 2 as far as just driving through them?
Driving through Atlanta, it feels just as crowded as Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth. But it also feels smaller because the freeways are on average narrower than Houston's & Dallas-Fort Worth's.
However on ground level and walking around, I would say that Atlanta feels just about as large as Houston and Dallas and a good margin smaller than Los Angeles or Miami. Miami however, in certain segments of the city on street level feels much larger than all the other places in the Sunbelt region.
I will say that by driving through the cities, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, & even Miami all feel more expansive and feel larger on the road than Boston or Philadelphia.
Los Angeles, it has much greater density spread over a much larger area than any of these other cities. It's the densest MSA in the nation. It's downtown is used in many movies that are set in cities like NYC, Chicago, SF, etc... Everytime you see Seinfeld's building, that's LA's Koreatown.
L.A. easily. There are pockets of density in LA that are just about as urban as any city outside of NYC. The problem with LA density is that those pockets are disjointed from each other instead of continuous mass. Commercial streets also seem spaced far apart there.
Miami has a nice skyline and is actually pretty dense also, but it's not structured in an urban manner outside of a couple spots (e.g. South Beach). Even a lot of the high-rise areas feel car oriented and unfriendly to pedestrians.
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