Smaller Cities with Urban Big City Bones (50,000 to 200,000) (NYC, development, metro)
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I agree, Columbus feels more like a city in my opinion. I have spent a lot of time lately working in Macon. Everything is along I-75. Once you go a half mile off the interstate it gets rural quickly. Very deceiving in my opinion. Heading east on I-16 there is nothing but woods once you pass the last exit for downtown.
Thats true as far as I-16 is concerned and thats pretty much because of the way Macon is layed out and Structured. It flows from East Macon which is Across the River, Not heading East on I-16, a majority of that area is Suburban, then Rural on the far Eastern Part of Bibb County. Downtown off of I-16 pretty much Starts where the old City limits begin before Consolidation. East Macon Used to flow all the way into a portion of Jones County before the City Consolidated. Sorry to say though, Columbus does not have more Urban Bones than Macon, its just not the case period, Consolidation County Population numbers are a little higher though,,, and we are not about to Yet Again turn this into one of those Trolley Columbus, GA Threads.. This Thread is not about Columbus, GA...
Meridian MS is a city of only 30,000 but thanks to the Threefoot building and a fair-sized downtown it looks like a fairly bigger city than it actually is.
I'm basing this off the Wikipedia page of population rankings. Slightly over 200k at 209k is Des Moines. I always thought it was bigger based off its skyline.
Little Rock
Alexandria, VA (though a DC suburb, still a dense old core)
Syracuse
Dayton
Wilmington, NC
Wilmington, DE
Wilmington, DE is Definitely a City that Looks way bigger than its Population figures.. Its population isnt even in the 100,000 range, yet it looks way larger and very dense.
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Wilmington, DE is Definitely a City that Looks way bigger than its Population figures.. Its population isnt even in the 100,000 range, yet it looks way larger and very dense.
That's because the city limits are very small, and it serves as the core for a region of 500,000+ people, the vast majority of whom live in nearby suburbs. Since Delaware is so small, if we were a Sunbelt city, New Castle County (552,778) at 426 sq mi of land could very well be its own city in terms of area--and that's including a ton of rural/industrial areas south of the canal (save for Middletown, the fastest growing area of the state); the true land area of the urban footprint is likely 100-150 sq mi smaller. Throw in the fact that we're a banking and incorporation hub (over 60% of the Fortune 500 is incorporated here), the population hub for an entire state (Wilmington even siphons State office's from the state capital, Dover), and merely 30 miles away from Philadelphia (and connected to it by commuter rail, along with the rest of the Northeast Corridor via Amtrak), and that's what makes Wilmington seem fairly large for a city of 'only' 71,000. In reality, Wilmington should really be viewed as a city of 530,000, in my opinion.
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That's because the city limits are very small, and it serves as the core for a region of 500,000+ people, the vast majority of whom live in nearby suburbs. Since Delaware is so small, if we were a Sunbelt city, New Castle County (552,778) at 426 sq mi of land could very well be its own city in terms of area--and that's including a ton of rural/industrial areas south of the canal (save for Middletown, the fastest growing area of the state); the true land area of the urban footprint is likely 100-150 sq mi smaller. Throw in the fact that we're a banking and incorporation hub (over 60% of the Fortune 500 is incorporated here), the population hub for an entire state (Wilmington even siphons State office's from the state capital, Dover), and merely 30 miles away from Philadelphia (and connected to it by commuter rail, along with the rest of the Northeast Corridor via Amtrak), and that's what makes Wilmington seem fairly large for a city of 'only' 71,000. In reality, Wilmington should really be viewed as a city of 530,000, in my opinion.
Winston-Salem still (arguably) has the 2nd best skyline in NC and was the largest city with tallest buildings in the early 1900s. It was an old industrial city with major downtown building density at the turn of the century.
From my experience Canadian cities across the board have much larger and healthier cores than their American peer-sized cities. I also don't recall seeing freeways running directly through the core of Canadian cities. This with the style of planning in Canada is why I have always thought Canadian cities cores were so much better than the American ones - a lack of decentralization.
I find Canadian cores to be significantly more sterile. US cities are moving in the direction of Vancouver and Toronto though. You can see it in Seattle, Austin, San Diego, and San Francisco. Tall glass buildings with no character.
I find Canadian cores to be significantly more sterile. US cities are moving in the direction of Vancouver and Toronto though. You can see it in Seattle, Austin, San Diego, and San Francisco. Tall glass buildings with no character.
I'd take that any day over bland suburbs and strip malls!
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