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Agreed, every business district is in the city. Even the ones 20 miles away, like the Energy Corridor/Port of Houston, Westchase, Greenspoint or NASA area.
Houston without the city, would be one of the smallest cities of roughly 5,000,000 in the U.S.
On the other side, I think DFW should be higher. Just because Fort Worth exists, and while Central Dallas is a massive loss, their's still roughly 6.3 million people in the MSA compared to (4.8 million in Houston), and a large Downtown, as well as some interesting nightlife places like Addison.
I will say in terms of urban neighborhoods, DFW without Dallas would suffer almost to the extent of Houston.
My personal list would be...
Miami
NYC - NNJ is very underrated. Hudson County is legitimately, the 2nd or 3rd most urban city in the country (if it was unified).
LA
Dallas
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Houston
Disagree on DFW. Dallas and Fort Worth have the majority of what DFW has to offer
Pretend you had to remove the largest and main city of the metro and were left with its remaining towns, cities and suburbs. How would you rank them in terms of favorite? Which would you live in? Which do you think would be the most interesting ones?
How would you rank them:
-New York metro without New York City
-LA metro without the city of Los Angeles
-Chicago metro without the city of Chicago
-Miami-Ft. Lauderdale metro without the city of Miami
-Dallas Metroplex without the city of Dallas
-Houston metro without the city of Houston
-Washington D.C. metro without the city of Washington DC
-Boston metro without the city of Boston
Only three legit attractions outside of the Houston city limits are Galveston, Kemah Boardwalk and the Woodlands. Lake Conroe to a lesser degree. Then there’s some nice trails in some parks on the northwest and northwestern ends of the metro. But overall, most of what you get lies in the limits.
Houston vs Chicago outside the limits would be a good debate. Much like Houston, Chicago has nice suburbs but mostly to live and work.
I would rank them as follows:
1.DC- Diverse cities and suburbs in both Maryland and Virginia. DC's land area is relatively small so its suburbs offer most of the city amenities that you would find in DC. New urban developments in Silver Springs, Rockville, Tysons, Arlington, and Reston all provide alot of the urban amenities found in DC proper. Alexandria provides a mix of classic urban development and new urban development as well.
2.NY- Although the suburbs around NY also provide alot of urban amenities the scale is much smaller compared to NYC itself. The difference between Jersey City/Newark and NYC is pretty great compared to Alexandria/Arlington to DC for example.
3.Miami- Ft Lauderdale provides most of the same beach and urban activities that are available in Miami.
4.LA- Would still have access to west coast beaches in orange county as well as a lot of cultural diversity and amusement.
5.Boston- Coastal New England is still a culturally and geographically diverse region
6.Houston- Suburbs would offer similar amenities
7.Dallas- Same as Houston
8.Chicago- The midwest doesnt't offer as much geographic or cultural diversity as other regions in the country in general.
1. Miami - the outside of the city limits almost feel like you’re still in Miami. Miami Beach is often seen as the most “Miami” place there is and it’s not even in the city limits. Not to mention everything in West Palm Beach, some of the keys and even some more inland burbs like the Gardens. This is the only on this list where the outside of the city limits legit has more to offer than the city limits themselves.
2. Los Angeles - The external city limits aren’t of the same caliber as Miami, but LA is the next best thing with Venice, Malibu, Santa Monica, Long Beach, etc.
3. DC - Virginia is extremely underrated and people often forget this portion of DC. Also points for landing Amazon HQ2!
4. NYC - Long Island and Jersey. Nuff said.
5. Boston - Western Boston I have found to be quite underrated. Not to mention the history along the coast.
6. DFW - This is the first huge cap in relation to the rest. But DFW does have some attractions outside of the city. Arlington has the sports stadiums and 6 Flags. Plano is worth checking out. But much like the rest, the suburbs here are almost all to live and work.
7. Houston - You got Galveston, Kemah and the Woodlands. Most everything else is live and work.
8. Chicago - Again, like Houston and DFW, suburbs are for living and working.
Maybe a bit biased because I live here, but Tampa Bay deserves a nod… Tampa itself isn’t all that great, but Pinellas County as a whole is wonderful.
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Originally Posted by ParaguaneroSwag
1. Miami - the outside of the city limits almost feel like you’re still in Miami. Miami Beach is often seen as the most “Miami” place there is and it’s not even in the city limits. Not to mention everything in West Palm Beach, some of the keys and even some more inland burbs like the Gardens. This is the only on this list where the outside of the city limits legit has more to offer than the city limits themselves.
2. Los Angeles - The external city limits aren’t of the same caliber as Miami, but LA is the next best thing with Venice, Malibu, Santa Monica, Long Beach, etc.
3. DC - Virginia is extremely underrated and people often forget this portion of DC. Also points for landing Amazon HQ2!
4. NYC - Long Island and Jersey. Nuff said.
5. Boston - Western Boston I have found to be quite underrated. Not to mention the history along the coast.
6. DFW - This is the first huge cap in relation to the rest. But DFW does have some attractions outside of the city. Arlington has the sports stadiums and 6 Flags. Plano is worth checking out. But much like the rest, the suburbs here are almost all to live and work.
7. Houston - You got Galveston, Kemah and the Woodlands. Most everything else is live and work.
8. Chicago - Again, like Houston and DFW, suburbs are for living and working.
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Pretend you had to remove the largest and main city of the metro and were left with its remaining towns, cities and suburbs. How would you rank them in terms of favorite? Which would you live in? Which do you think would be the most interesting ones?
How would you rank them:
-New York metro without New York City
-LA metro without the city of Los Angeles
-Chicago metro without the city of Chicago
-Miami-Ft. Lauderdale metro without the city of Miami
-Dallas Metroplex without the city of Dallas
-Houston metro without the city of Houston
-Washington D.C. metro without the city of Washington DC
-Boston metro without the city of Boston
I think it's pretty obvious that Los Angeles is head and shoulders the winner here, but after that it gets interesting. I also think that SF should have been an option here and would probably be 2nd, but will go by what's asked in the OP.
LA
Miami
DC metro
New York
Boston
Dallas
Houston
Chicagoland
I think it's pretty obvious that Los Angeles is head and shoulders the winner here, but after that it gets interesting. I also think that SF should have been an option here and would probably be 2nd, but will go by what's asked in the OP.
LA
Miami
DC metro
New York
Boston
Dallas
Houston
Chicagoland
Disagree on DFW. Dallas and Fort Worth have the majority of what DFW has to offer
I was assuming we only took out Dallas. Because we only take out one city for the rest of the metro areas, and while DFW is probably the most “multipolar” on this list after LA, “tbh it’s closer to “bipolar” or “tripolar” but I don’t know if that’s an appropriate term to use, knowing it’s usual medical use.
For example if we are taking multiple cities, while Newark is no New York, the downtown does not stack to badly against Fort Worth let alone Jersey City, and you could easily take it out as well. Not to mention Long Beach and Arlington for LA and Washington respectively. Although I don’t know how they compare to Fort Worth.
It's pretty obvious he doesn't know what he's talking about.
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