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It's the principal city of a metro area of over 1.4 Million. City limit populations are arbitrary in general, but CT has notoriously small city limits. Hartford is 18 square miles. I think it feels about right for a metro of 1.4 million. Maybe a little on the larger end, but definitely not abnormal. It's asinine to think of Hartford as a city of 120,000.
It's the principal city of a metro area of over 1.4 Million. City limit populations are arbitrary in general, but CT has notoriously small city limits. Hartford is 18 square miles. I think it feels about right for a metro of 1.4 million. Maybe a little on the larger end, but definitely not abnormal. It's asinine to think of Hartford as a city of 120,000.
That's true, Hartford has a good skyline for a 1.4 million person metro.But in terms of city limits, that's a huge skyline for such a small city
I guess for a city with 145,000 people and that is in only 25-26 square miles, Syracuse may appear bigger than it actually is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...se_skyline.jpg This pic is a little old, as there are a couple of buildings missing.
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I'm curious as to what an American equivalent would be? I believe that Midland TX has a skyline that makes look like a bigger city.
That's a good suggestion. Midland's metro is under 300k, but it has a bigger skyline than you'd imagine. Billings, Montana definitely jumps to mind too (metro of about 166k). Juneau or Fairbanks Alaska are built up in the downtown area more than most cities their size. Anchorage has a pretty sizable skyline for a metro of 400k, but that's getting up there in terms of population.
*edit* Rapid City, SD might be worthy of a mention too with 125k in the metro.
That's a good suggestion. Midland's metro is under 300k, but it has a bigger skyline than you'd imagine. Billings, Montana definitely jumps to mind too (metro of about 166k). Juneau or Fairbanks Alaska are built up in the downtown area more than most cities their size. Anchorage has a pretty sizable skyline for a metro of 400k, but that's getting up there in terms of population.
*edit* Rapid City, SD might be worthy of a mention too with 125k in the metro.
Downtown seems about right for its size. Knoxville or Charleston on the other hand...
Lots of these pop up when you're looking at PA. I don't think anybody has mentioned York, PA yet.
Also, what does the size of the metro area have to do with whether one city counts more than others?
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