Which has more of a classic urban, big-city feel: Dallas or Denver? (America, life)
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Does it though? I haven't been in a decade and it seems to have improved but so has everywhere else. Dallas is the 4th largest MSA, but smaller sunbelt MSAs like Miami, Atlanta, San Diego, and Houston have better cores. Has Austin's core passed Dallas'? Nashville?
Austin and Nashville's cores are not passing Dallas's anytime soon.
I chose Denver. Denver has more of the CLASSIC URBAN feel to it. Hell Denver was a much bigger city than Dallas up untill the 1920s and it shows in Denver's architecture compared to Dallas. Much more older buildings that you find in classic urban settings. Dallas has some but less than Denver.
Dallas most urban neighborhood is Uptown. Uptown is really modern day commercialized faux urbanism. Now with that said I can see Dallas having a bigger urban layout but Denver has higher highs of urbanism that you can't find in Dallas.
I chose Denver. Denver has more of the CLASSIC URBAN feel to it. Hell Denver was a much bigger city than Dallas up untill the 1920s and it shows in Denver's architecture compared to Dallas. Much more older buildings that you find in classic urban settings. Dallas has some but less than Denver.
Dallas most urban neighborhood is Uptown. Uptown is really modern day commercialized faux urbanism. Now with that said I can see Dallas having a bigger urban layout but Denver has higher highs of urbanism that you can't find in Dallas.
I'd argue that Dallas' most urban neighborhood outside of Downtown is Deep Ellum. Uptown has more residential density though.
The title states that the OP is looking for a classic, urban feel. Which means older buildings.
No, it means no setbacks, narrower streets, and more mid rise density. Skyscrapers are a new thing, and so are wide roads. One of the most “classically urban” cities in the US is DC because it’s the closest city to emulating a European city. And NYC Brownstones. Some parts of LA and SF are good at this despite being the west coast and not populated until later.
I voted for Dallas. But Denver does have a few blocks and it’s downtown that are unmatched by anything in Dallas regardless of the buildings being new or old
What about Knox? It is pretty old with newer development. Largely built before WW2 with the urban design still in place. Knox St and McKinney/Coles Aves will be further improved with complete streets redesign and converting one way streets back to two way.
I really wish I made a video of Knox-Henderson on the weekends in the daytime during the summer. It was packed! Not surprising since new development has really picked up in the last few years.
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.....So "Urban" means having older buldings?!!!
