Smaller cities with a big city feel... part 2 (hotels, casinos) - General U.S. - City-Data Forum

skrazzle · 10-01-2008, 11:21 AM

There was a thread on this before, just wanted to see any new opinions.

Size i'm not sure of, perhaps a metro area of less then 1 million? Cities with a very walkable feel to them, lots to do.. etc.

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desert sun · 10-01-2008, 01:21 PM

I was wondering about this too, Columbia,SC has a little over 100,000 in population but over 600,000 in metro so I was wondering how big the city feels.

Steve-o · 10-01-2008, 01:38 PM

Buffalo, NY comes to mind. Same for places like Omaha, Kansas City, etc.

JMT · 10-01-2008, 03:29 PM

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Buffalo, NY comes to mind. Same for places like Omaha, Kansas City, etc.

Kansas City has nearly 2 million in its metro. Buffalo is also over a million although not by much, and it's shrinking in population so will eventually be less than a million if current trends continue.

Salt Lake City has barely over a million in its metro but it feels quite a bit larger. Same with Birmingham.

I've only been to Syracuse a couple of times, but I always thought it seemed larger than it really is.

sarahkate_m · 08-29-2009, 10:33 PM

KC is cool. Portland also comes to mind - I read they have an excellent bus system.

Infamous92 · 08-29-2009, 10:45 PM

Atlantic City, its population is only 35,770 but it feels much larger because of its skyline full of Casinos/Hotels, the city is somewhat dense too.

theS5 · 08-30-2009, 06:26 AM

It does not feel like a big city at all.

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Originally Posted by desert sun

I was wondering about this too, Columbia,SC has a little over 100,000 in population but over 600,000 in metro so I was wondering how big the city feels.

grapico · 08-30-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by desert sun

I was wondering about this too, Columbia,SC has a little over 100,000 in population but over 600,000 in metro so I was wondering how big the city feels.

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otters21 · 08-30-2009, 10:27 AM

Hoboken N.J. and Allentown Pa. have a New York feel to them.

Thomas R. · 08-30-2009, 11:26 AM

Arlington, Virginia was listed once by a Podiatric society as walkable. Although it's part of the DC metro-area it's classed as its own city by the state of Virginia. Jersey City has a good deal of people using mass-transport and it has skyscrapers. It's in the NYC metro-area.

Of places I've seen Bartlesville, Oklahoma had kind of a "big" or "bigger" city feel to it considering its size.

My personal guess, based a bit on economic geography, is a small-city feels more "big cityish" when it has to serve as a big city. Meaning when it is a tad isolated so becomes "The City" for a large area. That might lead me toward Amarillo, Texas; Billings, Montana; or possibly Hilo, Hawaii. However I'm pretty sure that's not what you mean. I'm guessing you mean "high population density, good public transport." So the smaller cities of New Jersey might be what works.