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Looking for an edge city that has a clean, upscale, safe, business oriented feeling that Bellevue and Irvine have and are within relatively close proximity of larger cities/metro areas. Ideally, such an edge city would get little to no snow.
Thanks.
Tysons Corner outside of D.C., along with Perimeter Center outside of Atlanta are two of the largest and most successful. They are also among the very few to be connected to their core cities by modern, heavy rail transit.
Cities that remind me of Bellevue, WA and Irvine, CA include Boca Raton, FL; Sandy Springs, GA; Bethesda, MD; Provo, UT; Tempe, AZ; and, as someone previously mentioned up-thread, The Woodlands, TX.
Ones with real downtowns like Bellevue would include Clayton, San Jose, Century City...
Don't know if I can buy the idea of San Jose serving as an edge city for San Francisco. Per Wikipedia's definition (which I can accept):
"Edge city" is an American term for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown (or central business district) in what had previously been a residential or rural area.
San Jose and San Francisco came out of the ground at about the same time (founded 1777 and 1776, respectively);SJ has been an established community for as long as SF. One didn't form as a result of the other; in the other examples presented here, they were.
Others that come to mind:
New Center (Detroit)
Cumberland (Atlanta)
Dadeland (Miami)
Coconut Creek (Fort Lauderdale)
That's not really an "edge city" area. Concord comes close to qualifying in the area near the mall, but it doesn't have a critical mass of office space.
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Originally Posted by JMatl
Southpark in Charlotte
Southpark is an actual neighborhood within the city of Charlotte just a few minutes from Uptown, so it wouldn't qualify either although it has some features reminiscent of edge cities.
Charlotte really doesn't have any edge cities but I'd say Ballantyne comes closest. It's within the city limits but on the fringes and is completely suburban.
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