Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Jacksonville may be Florida's largest city, but it's only its 4th largest metro area. Both the Tampa Bay and Orlando areas are larger than metro Jacksonville. In the case of Tampa Bay, it doubles Jacksonville in less land area, and Orlando tops it by a million+.
Agree with most of the post but the bolded is wrong. Tampa has about 3.1 million people, Orlando 2.6 million.
Rule: No NYC, LA, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Miami, Jacksonville
NY State cities we are comparing: Buffalo, Rochester, White Plains, Albany, Yonkers, Syracuse, New Rochelle
FL State: Tampa, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, West Palm Beach
CA cities: Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, Fresno, Glendale, Pasadena, Anaheim, Santa Ana
How we comparing the three groups
1. Which one has better nightlife/bars
2. Which one feel more urban and walkability
3. Transportation
4. Restaurants
5. Culture
6. Neighborhoods
7. Best small stores within downtown area
8. Foot traffic
9. Best suburbs
10. Recreation
11. Schools
Even Fort Lauderdale anchors a metro division of 2 million people, along with WPB anchoring an area of 1.5 million.
I love voting for Florida usually, but this seems unfair to the other choices.
It's bizarre criteria, but hey, it's your thread
I wondered about Orlando and Tampa too. They are very much considered major FL cities. For the sake of the state, almost on a similar stature to Miami. (Miami is obviously more major on an international level, but as far as the state goes, all three are considered to be THE major metros.)
Fort Lauderdale and WPB however do kind of play second fiddle to Miami in the SFL region, so I can see why they wouldn't be considered "Major FL cities" in the same vain.
But hey, for the sake of this poll, I'll vote Florida...
For the sake of the state, almost on a similar stature to Miami. (Miami is obviously more major on an international levell, but as far as the state goes, all three are considered to be THE major metros.)
Miami is 'More major' on every level, than Orlando and Tampa. I won't go further off topic though
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
