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The op asks which city feels largest and your judging how the city feels based on a drive to South Carolina?? I don’t know what’s going on in this thread..youre telling me you can tell how large a city feels by driving through the metro suburbs...if this is the case then you can’t possibly know what a CITY feels like
My goodness! Let people live... different people are using different metrics.
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Sorry, I'll just stick with city the city proper
Atlanta feels the largest. Taller, grander skyline that stretches for miles, busy downtown, and a 12 lane freeway that is backed up 24hrs a cutting right through it all. Then a secondary downtown a few miles away in Buckhead. Atlanta also feel like a bigger city because there is more going on there than the other cities we're discussing.
Atlanta definitely has the taller skyline.
However, I don't think its skyline stretches much further than Boston's, if it stretches further at all. If google maps can be believed, the walk from Midtown Atlanta to Downtown is maybe a little shorter than from The Back Bay to West End of Boston (passing through the FiDi of course).
Boston also has a huge highway of its own cutting through the center of downtown that is backed up practically 24hrs and - I think - reaches 12 lanes in at least one spot. Most of it's underground, of course, but here a satillite image of the highway as it leaves the city to the south.
And I find it hard to believe that downtown Atlanta is busier than downtown Boston, but that's harder to quantify than things like skyline length.
The op asks which city feels largest and your judging how the city feels based on a drive to South Carolina?? I don’t know what’s going on in this thread..youre telling me you can tell how large a city feels by driving through the metro suburbs...if this is the case then you can’t possibly know what a CITY feels like
When did you get appointed to decide what a city should feel like?
The metrics you’re using is driving out of the state to determine how large a city feels...I’m just trying to understand what anyone is talking about
That’s literally not what that poster said, he said it feels like Atlanta extends all the way to South Carolina (probably a reference to consistent flow heavy traffic across many lanes with frequent exits)
And also, metro is synonymous with city to most people, even if they aren’t aware of it. Lots of smaller metros have more bustling downtowns than sunbelt cities, but they do not feel larger overall.
However, I don't think its skyline stretches much further than Boston's, if it stretches further at all. If google maps can be believed, the walk from Midtown Atlanta to Downtown is maybe a little shorter than from The Back Bay to West End of Boston (passing through the FiDi of course).
Boston also has a huge highway of its own cutting through the center of downtown that is backed up practically 24hrs and - I think - reaches 12 lanes in at least one spot. Most of it's underground, of course, but here a satillite image of the highway as it leaves the city to the south.
And I find it hard to believe that downtown Atlanta is busier than downtown Boston, but that's harder to quantify than things like skyline length.
From downtown Atlanta location that I used, to Mid-town Atlanta was 2.8 miles. I used 14 St.NE to Memorial Drive SW. There skyscrapers farther north than 14th, but I didn't wanna push too much. This is with any breaks in what could be considered the Central Business District.
How do you mean? Not saying there is no sprawl in Boston area, but imo it is one of the lesser sprawly metros in the country.
If we're speaking specifically about urban areas (not even MSA or CSA), as of 2010, Boston was 1873.5 square miles. Atlanta was 2645.4 square miles, Detroit was 1337.2 sq. miles, and Phoenix was 1146.6 sq. miles.
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The op asks which city feels largest and your judging how the city feels based on a drive to South Carolina?? I don’t know what’s going on in this thread..youre telling me you can tell how large a city feels by driving through the metro suburbs...if this is the case then you can’t possibly know what a CITY feels like
I tend to agree with everyone else. Phoenix’s claim to fame as far as this thread is concerned is the fact that the city limits are almost as large as half the state of Rhode Island and its census-designated metro area easily dwarfs RI by a factor of 14. In fact the Phoenix metro area is almost the size of MA, RI, and CT combined.
The argument KodeBlue was making is parallel to this. Phoenix comes out on top in the category of “nothing around for miles” and Atlanta comes in second. In Boston’s case, you don’t have to drive far until you reach another fairly large city (eg Worcester, Manchester, Providence, and Portland) so it makes sense that Atlanta’s “cult of personality” extends farther without being challenged.
I tend to agree with everyone else. Phoenix’s claim to fame as far as this thread is concerned is the fact that the city limits are almost as large as half the state of Rhode Island and its census-designated metro area easily dwarfs RI by a factor of 14. In fact the Phoenix metro area is almost the size of MA, RI, and CT combined.
The argument KodeBlue was making is parallel to this. Phoenix comes out on top in the category of “nothing around for miles” and Atlanta comes in second. In Boston’s case, you don’t have to drive far until you reach another fairly large city (eg Worcester, Manchester, Providence, and Portland) so it makes sense that Atlanta’s “cult of personality” extends farther without being challenged.
This, in-turn could make Atlanta feel bigger.
That is such a lie. Where do you people come up with this stuff?
If we're speaking specifically about urban areas (not even MSA or CSA), as of 2010, Boston was 1873.5 square miles. Atlanta was 2645.4 square miles, Detroit was 1337.2 sq. miles, and Phoenix was 1146.6 sq. miles.
Boston has an overextended Urban Area IMO just because the base density is so high in New England. Non Suburban towns in New England often have densities in the 400-700 range so very little Suburban growth turns it into an “urban area”.
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