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I'd venture to say Houston already somewhat resembles LA with its skyline/s, mega freeways, tropical vegetation, & coastal setting. It doesn't have near the amount of suburbs the Greater Los Angeles area has though & never will (which is a good thing). Dallas is more similar in that regard.
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I'd venture to say Houston already somewhat resembles LA with its skyline/s, mega freeways, tropical vegetation, & coastal setting. It doesn't have near the amount of suburbs the Greater Los Angeles area has though & never will (which is a good thing). Dallas is more similar in that regard.
I think Dallas has a bit of Atlanta in it also. When I think of Atlanta, I automatically think of Charlotte or Dallas.
Miami is going to be like Hong Kong! Lol, nah I don't know. Miami really isn't going to look like any other city in 10-20 years. There really is no other city in the US that looks like Miami, you can say that there are areas that look like LA, but as far as the skyline looks it really is one of a kind for America.
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Dallas reminds me of cities like OKC, Wichita, Omaha, etc. only on a much more urban & cosmopolitan scale.
I posted this earlier today when I saw another thread talking about cities similar to Atlanta:
Other similarities between the two are the AT&T headquarters. AT&T Mobility is headquartered in Atlanta, and AT&T Inc.. is in Dallas.
DFW used to be a major Delta hub.
Both have some hills, and geographically very similar. Both have similar climate as well, and similar weather patterns.
If you take a ruler and put it straight across Dallas on a map, you'll see that the other end of the ruler would end in Atlanta, meaning they're longitude location is nearly identical.
Ethnic diversity and LBGT areas are similar for both cities.
Once Dallas is complete with it's public transportation expansion, it will be very similar to Atlanta's layout and services.
They both have similarities in business, and are sports moguls in their respective regions (Atlanta- South) (Dallas- Texas) (They have all the BIG 4 sports teams).
Houston's starting to distinguish itself more from Dallas, I think the two are starting to diverge into different identities, IMHO. I don't know if anyone else feels the same with that.
Dallas is taking it's relationship with the other cities in it's Metroplex to another level and trying to strengthen it, because it needs them just as much as they need it.
Houston is trying to build more of an attractive inner city, to get attention to it's inner city from the suburban people. Much like LA (1990's) or Chicago in that aspect, where the inner city has the most prominent attractions.
Over the next 20 years, the median age in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area will decrease, and once the elderly population begins to significantly die off (if it hasn't begun to already), the metro area will become one of the most highly-educated in the U.S.
I posted this earlier today when I saw another thread talking about cities similar to Atlanta:
Other similarities between the two are the AT&T headquarters. AT&T Mobility is headquartered in Atlanta, and AT&T Inc.. is in Dallas.
DFW used to be a major Delta hub.
Both have some hills, and geographically very similar. Both have similar climate as well, and similar weather patterns.
If you take a ruler and put it straight across Dallas on a map, you'll see that the other end of the ruler would end in Atlanta, meaning they're longitude location is nearly identical.
Ethnic diversity and LBGT areas are similar for both cities.
Once Dallas is complete with it's public transportation expansion, it will be very similar to Atlanta's layout and services.
They both have similarities in business, and are sports moguls in their respective regions (Atlanta- South) (Dallas- Texas) (They have all the BIG 4 sports teams).
Houston's starting to distinguish itself more from Dallas, I think the two are starting to diverge into different identities, IMHO. I don't know if anyone else feels the same with that.
Dallas is taking it's relationship with the other cities in it's Metroplex to another level and trying to strengthen it, because it needs them just as much as they need it.
Houston is trying to build more of an attractive inner city, to get attention to it's inner city from the suburban people. Much like LA (1990's) or Chicago in that aspect, where the inner city has the most prominent attractions.
Dallas is like Atlanta in the sake of a sunbelt city and being inland but it’s more like Houston than Atlanta. Their geography and topography are radically different. Dallas is prairie with some trees and hills, Atlanta is rolling foot hills in a forest. Even the vernacular architecture of Dallas is more like Houston than Atlanta. And all 3 cities Dallas, Houston and Atlanta are trying to build more of an attractive inner city to get suburbanites to move in. it's not unique to Houston.
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Dallas is like Atlanta in the sake of a sunbelt city and being inland but it’s more like Houston than Atlanta. Their geography and topography are radically different. Dallas is prairie with some trees and hills, Atlanta is rolling foot hills in a forest. Even the vernacular architecture of Dallas is more like Houston than Atlanta. And all 3 cities Dallas, Houston and Atlanta are trying to build more of an attractive inner city to get suburbanites to move in. it's not unique to Houston.
Just to give the idea, but all three cities are moving towards a direction that will make them even more distinctive from each other.
I think Dallas's biggest project is it's relationship with it's suburbs and with Fort Worth and Fort Worth's suburbs. Their rail expansion and everything is going in that direction.
They're working on their inner city too, but Houston and Atlanta are more. Because Dallas has a lot going on on it's outskirts.
This is the decade for truth for these cities, they're trying to make their own identity now instead of something like "sunbelt city #1, sunbelt city #2, and sunbelt city #3". Miami has already set itself apart from the rest of the country.
The sprawl is stopping for these cities, they're working on their main city (cities) now.
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