Best Small City Skylines (Metro Population < 500,000) (tallest, populations, downtown)

[tablemtn]

Well, Bellevue really isn't an independent city - it's an eastern suburb of Seattle.

[ironcouger]

Originally Posted by tablemtn

Well, Bellevue really isn't an independent city - it's an eastern suburb of Seattle.

ah I get it like Oakland and St Paul.

[ironcouger]

Originally Posted by tablemtn

Well, Bellevue really isn't an independent city - it's an eastern suburb of Seattle.

Well it is an independent city and an edge city outside of Seattle . But it is in the Seattle Metro Area . I looked it up the census bureau classified it as an edge city not a suburb. Guess I would have to look up what the difference is between an edge city and a suburb lol.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

I like Des Moines and Wilkes-Barre...though it's metropolitan area is a little over 500,000; it has a sister metro. city in Scranton so I think it can count here>>>>>
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http://www.panoramio.com/photo/40857811

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ntown_crop.jpg

[adivineeternity]

Definitely love Anchorage's skyline.



Baton Rouge is a bit bigger in metro area, at over 700k, but it's got an interesting skyline, as well.

[buzzpost]

Good gosh, it's amazing how many people come on these threads and throw up (good analogy) city skylines with metros of 3 and 4 million people and totally disregard the thread rules, but say "Oh well, I know the metro population is over 500K but I just had to put up a pic of <insert city with a metro population of 1,000,000+ here>.... "

Reading comprehension people?

[shutupnthink]

160,000 people Rochester, Mn

[chociful]

skyline photos for a city of 80,000. Does anyone have photos?
I think the skyline is impressive from the the West shore Bypass.

[justnfl]

"Ya got trouble, my friend, right here,
I say, trouble right here in River City."

South Bend Indiana
City Population: 107,789
Metro Population: 316,862

[nedergras]

Even Watertown NY (population: 27,000) has a skyline. As a kid, moving up North from the South I was surprised that even small towns like Binghamton NY, Utica, and Watertown had skylines.

Photo from visit1000islands.com