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Yea, but its metro has 6 million more people that possibly commute in and out of the city. I agreed that it's all subjective and anything I say about NO has to be taken with a grain of salt.
I believe you, I'll have to check it out. I've only heard good things about NO from people who all say it exceeds their expectations.
You need to visit New Orleans. I've been to Austin once and it feels bigger than Austin to me. On street level New Orleans feels like it could be around 3m MSA, to me at least. Popular downtown and Uptown neighborhoods are busy with tourists and residents all times of the year, especially the large scale events that New Orleans can hold despite it's small size all contribute to the cosmopolitan feel compared to most cities it's size.
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Downtown, sure. The city/metro as a whole? Not at all.
I'm sure he's talking about street level perspective.
You need to visit New Orleans. I've been to Austin once and it feels bigger than Austin to me. On street level New Orleans feels like it could be around 3m MSA, to me at least. Popular downtown and Uptown neighborhoods are busy with tourists and residents all times of the year, especially the large scale events that New Orleans can hold despite it's small size all contribute to the cosmopolitan feel compared to most cities it's size.
I'm sure he's talking about street level perspective.
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That's why I said I could see it for downtown/the core area in particular. Otherwise, not at all.
It's not just downtown. The entire city is built more compact, and the development style extends past the city limits. NO, has one of the most dense UAs, of any major city in the south.
It's not just downtown. The entire city is built more compact, and the development style extends past the city limits. NO, has one of the most dense UAs, of any major city in the south.
That it does, and New Orleans can certainly feel like a city/metro twice its size. But overall, taking everything into account that contributes to a "big city feel," no way does it feel twice as big as Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas or even bigger at all. That's just the hugest exaggeration in my book.
That it does, and New Orleans can certainly feel like a city/metro twice its size. But overall, taking everything into account that contributes to a "big city feel," no way does it feel twice as big as Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas or even bigger at all. That's just the hugest exaggeration in my book.
...in other words. I was going to say that he was just intentionally slighting the big three of the South.
I can freely admit that, from street level, New Orleans certainly feels like the most bustling and exciting city in the South outside of Miami. But how anyone could say it felt like a larger city than Houston is beyond my comprehension.
^^^There's no way those are to the same scale, anyway to make them?
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