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I'd hope the downtown is Urban.... it's the urban core of the city.
Lets put it this way: Downtown Portland and its surrounding neighborhoods feel much more urban to me than the downtowns of many Sunbelt and Midwestern cities with over twice Portland's metro population.
While Portlands downtown may be urban I wouldnt say the same for the rest of the city. Cities in the Northeast and Midwest are the most urban since there wasnt a dependence on the automobile when they were built unlike southern and western cities.
I hate when people put Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas in the same category. Houston is the most urban out of the 3! NOT ATLANTA!
Relax. All three have great urban environments and suburban living mixed together. If one is more urban than the other, it's not by an extreme standard.
I hate when people put Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas in the same category. Houston is the most urban out of the 3! NOT ATLANTA!
I think they're all pretty much the same category. The only reason I think most people would put Atlanta ahead is because of it's more advance rail system.
I think some urban environments that are underrated lie in some of the nations medium to smaller cities. Like Greenville, SC, Charleston, SC, Winston-Salem,NC to name a few. Norfolk,VA is incredibly urban. IMO the whole city is quite urban not just the downtown. In addition to older cities that were built before dependence on the auto, it seems smaller cities are more urban due to limited space to grow. They have to grow up rather than out.
For small cities Pueblo is urban. The city is about 110,000 people and the metro is about 160,000 people yet it has the second largest urban area in the state, larger then the urban areas of Colorado Springs and Fort Collins combined.
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