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I am talking about actual big cities with a local culture that could do well as cities of their own, but because they are so close geographically to an even larger city, they pretty much become a sort of secondary city.
Oakland comes to mind. Oakland could be a normal big city, in may states Oakland would be the state's largest city, however due to its proximity to San Francisco, Oakland is often just mentioned when San Francisco or the Bay area is mentioned, as a result Oakland somehow doesn't really get all the attention it deserves.
Fort Lauderdale is another example in reference to Miami.
Are there any other big cities that follow that pattern? I suppose southern California or the area around New York city has plenty of cities like that.
When it comes to shooting Oakland is #1 hands down.
I'm sure all the Fort Worth posters will come in here whining about how they're not secondary to Dallas pretty soon. It definitely stands on its own and has better museums than Dallas for one, but since Dallas is the larger and flashier city in North Texas, it does overshadow FW. Many idiotic C-D posters think its a suburb of Dallas
"Whining"...
From the comments, it seems like it's common knowledge, now. Everyone here instantly said Ft. Worth... but yeah, NO to Baltimore being in this category.
Based on how large Baltimore is and other cities around its, I don't believe it is underrated as a result to nearby DC or Philadelphia. Fort Worth almost never gets talked about except, one, in threads like this, and, two, as a part of or an extension of (depending on the person speaking) the DFW metro.
Based on how large Baltimore is and other cities around its, I don't believe it is underrated as a result to nearby DC or Philadelphia. Fort Worth almost never gets talked about except, one, in threads like this, and, two, as a part of or an extension of (depending on the person speaking) the DFW metro.
Yeah, but people never question where or even what Baltimore is. I'm willing to bet that more people think Baltimore is much further away from D.C. than it is.
Baltimore is today and has almost always been the larger city in terms of city limits population. It was the 6th largest city in the country for years and years.
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