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Well some things do seem to call it the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area so perhaps I was mistaken. Garland, Texas looks to be pretty big too and in the DFWA metropolitan area.
Scottsdale, Arizona looks to be pretty large and I think it might count as a suburb. Olathe, Kansas has over a 100,000 and Overland Park is also generally deemed a suburb yet has 170,000 or so.
In New York, a town is the major division of each county (excluding the five counties that comprise New York City). All residents of New York who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town.
But it's still a town regardless. Even if you take away 4 of the hamlets in the town of Hempstead, you would still have a population of at least 600,000.
Incorporated Cities (2008 Est. Population)
Long Beach, California (463,789)
Mesa, Arizona (463,552)
Arlington, Texas (374,417)
Santa Ana, California (339,130)
Anaheim, California (335,288)
Aurora, Colorado (319,057)
Plano, Texas (267,480)
Henderson, Nevada (252,064)
Glendale, Arizona (251,522)
Chandler, Arizona (247,140)
Unincorporated Census-designated places (2000 Population)
Paradise, Nevada (186,070)
Sunrise Manor, Nevada (156,120)
Metairie, Louisiana (146,136)
East Los Angeles, California (124,283)
Spring Valley, Nevada (117,390)
Incorporated Cities (2008 Est. Population)
Long Beach, California (463,789)
Mesa, Arizona (463,552)
Arlington, Texas (374,417)
Santa Ana, California (339,130)
Anaheim, California (335,288)
Aurora, Colorado (319,057)
Plano, Texas (267,480)
Henderson, Nevada (252,064)
Glendale, Arizona (251,522)
Chandler, Arizona (247,140)
Unincorporated Census-designated places (2000 Population)
Paradise, Nevada (186,070)
Sunrise Manor, Nevada (156,120)
Metairie, Louisiana (146,136)
East Los Angeles, California (124,283)
Spring Valley, Nevada (117,390)
Bingo. I would agree that this fits the bill best.
In New York, a town is the major division of each county (excluding the five counties that comprise New York City). All residents of New York who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town.
Right. That would be like counting all the Townships in the Midwest, or wherever else they have them. I've heard them mentioned, but 99.3% of people aren't going to go listing off Townships when talking about the largest cities/suburbs, etc. in a state.
Hempstead is just an administrative area of whatever county its in. There are 22 incorporated places within Hempsted - and THOSE would be what's on this list of the largest suburbs (although none of them are big enough for this conversation).
I don't think that it will be a suburb for much longer. It will soon be on par with Forth Worth.
Uh... what do you mean?
Fort Worth has over 720,000 people with a well established transit system (city bus and start of a streetcar system in the near future) and long developed and growing downtown area.
Arlington is under 400,000 that doesn't even have city buses and I've yet to meet anybody who's even seen downtown Arlington.... and I've lived in Fort Worth nearly all my life.
Fort Worth has over 720,000 people with a well established transit system (city bus and start of a streetcar system in the near future) and long developed and growing downtown area.
Arlington is under 400,000 that doesn't even have city buses and I've yet to meet anybody who's even seen downtown Arlington.... and I've lived in Fort Worth nearly all my life.
I don't think that having public transportation necessarily means that it becomes "its own" city as opposed to a suburb. It doesn't have it out of necessity. Dallas and Forth Worth have a large enough prescience to compensate.
Texas is growing fast and if/once Arlington gains enough people, which I see happening in 15-25 more years, it will be mentioned as Dallas-Forth Worth-Arlington.
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