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Not really. There is develipment along I-20, but yoy just can't see anything. The bigger hills in that area give it a country look. So many wide open spaces there, too, with some sparse development (along Spur 408 for example).
What forest does I-20 go through near Hutchins? There isn't any development probably due to the jail in that area. Doesn't change the fact that it makes DFW feel smaller than what it really is.. There are more examples than I-20.
What forest does I-20 go through near Hutchins? There isn't any development probably due to the jail in that area. Doesn't change the fact that it makes DFW feel smaller than what it really is.. There are more examples than I-20.
The size of the urban area has nothing to do with. If I am not mistaken the size of Dallas metro is bigger than Houston metro, but it is not the size of land boundaries that people are talking about, it is the FEEL they get driving threw.
you probably can't under stand because all of your darn cities are meshing together. But people who are in the know know what we are talking about. You don't have your sunbelt passport, you won't ever understand.
Huston felt more "massive" to me than DFW and Atlanta. DFW felt bigger than Atlanta overall. However parts of Atlanta, for instance, the continguous downtown-Midtown-Buckhead part fo the city, felt bigger and more urban than both DFW and Houston.
Been going to Houston for more that 15 years now and yes I dont think it feels bigger than it is. And skyscrapers haphazzard intermixed with areas developed and not developed does not conjure up urban to me (more lack of zoning and sprawl honestly).
Regardless I agree Houston feels expansive but the question is does it feel bigger than what it is and the answer for me plain and simple is no. Does it feel like LA, no, and not even close and with a similarity in development style just with less density, to me the answer is no it doesnt feel bigger than it is. Does it feel small or smaller, no, it feels what it is.
And honestly the skyscrapers to me feel out of place and dont make the areas feel any more urban. Urban is felt at the street level not on a highway. But on the question, Yes Houston feels large, does it feel larger than than it is, to me no
Of course it doesn't feel like LA. LAs metro is 4 times the size of Houston.
Stop comparing LA to Houston, you might as well compare Dallas to NYC.
At the airports alone, Atlanta's HJ makes you feel like you're in a bigger city than Houston or Dallas. Or atleast, a more "important" city. But when your plane is on the taxiway, off in the distance you can see the skyline, and from that angle it makes it look rather tiny, and you're like "that's it?"
Then again, I always forget the Texas cities have two airports to ATL's one.
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