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It is curious that most of the places listed here so far are not big cities except St Louis and Cleveland and maybe Baltimore. Aparently these "big city amenities" can be found pretty much anywhere.
while I'm sure they are all nice cities, Reno, Asheville, and Syracuse, are not quite the caliber of city I'm referring to. I don't think these towns for instance are on the list for broadway shows, major concerts, and none have professional sports like some of the bigger 'little' cities do.
It is curious that most of the places listed here so far are not big cities except St Louis and Cleveland and maybe Baltimore. Aparently these "big city amenities" can be found pretty much anywhere.
Define 'big city'.
I'm from New York City which it would be a gross understatement to describe as "big".
To me, a big city is any city you can't reasonably walk out of from its center in a couple of hours. Depending on density that makes a city from about half a million to several million a "big" city. By that criteria, most of the cities on this thread are big.
If you need skyscrapers to define a city as big then there are metropolises in the American west and Texas with several million residents that wouldn't qualify.
If you count only cities within their defined political borders and ignore their contiguous suburbs, then again, you eliminate a lot of cities.
To me, any city with more than ~3 million (and I'm talking metro areas here) are 'huge' cities transcending merely 'big' and when you reach ~10 million+ we're talking megalopolis status.
To me, any city with more than ~3 million (and I'm talking metro areas here) are 'huge' cities transcending merely 'big' and when you reach ~10 million+ we're talking megalopolis status.
For me the "big" cities are a metro of 3 to 4 million plus. Big big cities are 5 million plus. Huge could be NY, London, Paris, Shanghi, Toyko (but not those shanty towns like Mexaco City.) A place like St Louis (a little less than 3 million) gets a bump because of how long it has been ........ a major city?
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