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Most rural feeling big(ish) cities in the US: Jacksonville, ATL (kind of), Las Vegas (outside of the strip)
Must urban feeling small/midsized cities: Charleston, Chattanooga, New Haven, Winston-Salem (at least near the CBD), Syracuse, Lancaster (PA-at least within city limits).
Madison is another small city that feels bigger than it is. Being locked in on an isthmus forced it to become very dense by the standards of a medium sized 20th century American city, and the university makes it feel pretty cosmopolitan for its size.
Fort Worth, TX. Its a pretty big city, yet it feels like a small town.
I agree.. FTW, TX but it really depends on where you are in the city... most of it has a smaller feel but some parts makes it feel like a big city ...still doesn't feel like a city w close to a million ppl
I agree.. FTW, TX but it really depends on where you are in the city... most of it has a smaller feel but some parts makes it feel like a big city ...still doesn't feel like a city w close to a million ppl
Well that's because everything is sooooo spread out and there's plenty of available open space within the city limits.
I guarantee if the city limits were smaller with the same amount of people, it would feel much bigger than it does now.
Most rural feeling big cities: ATL, Jacksonville FL, Phoenix, Albuquerque, Los Angeles (sort of, sort of the opposite, it's a weird thing), Tucson, Las Vegas (away from the strip)., Lexington KY (not big, but feels smaller), Orlando
Most urban feeling smaller cities: Charleston SC, Savannah, New Orleans (big, but still feels larger than it is), Miami (same deal), Rochester NY, Chattanooga, Asheville, Providence RI, New Haven, Richmond VA, Fargo (at least near downtown)
I was just going through the density maps at Social Explorer. The densest census tracts in the Midwest outside of Chicago are in Madison. It has one tract 50k ppsm and another at 48k. That is similar to Seattle's peak density.
I was just going through the density maps at Social Explorer. The densest census tracts in the Midwest outside of Chicago are in Madison. It has one tract 50k ppsm and another at 48k. That is similar to Seattle's peak density.
Madison definitely has a very cosmopolitan feel on and around the isthmus. However it's overall density is quite a bit lower than some of it's peer cities.
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