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Lufkin and Nacogdoches, TX seem like big cities in their own right, with a geographical layout and freeway infrastructure not too much unlike Houston's.
I would tend to think of towns that are the largest place in their region so have to have a good deal of amenities. Like maybe Juneau, Alaska which has a very low population density but is a state capital and apparently has the only professional theater in the state. As well as a symphony and a folk music festival. (If Hoboken counts as small town Juneau would as the population is similar) The nearest town of over 50,000 is like 500 miles away. (Although I'm thinking this site isn't counting Canadian cities, but even then Prince George's, British Columbia looks pretty far away and Whitehorse, Yukon is apparently smaller than Juneau)
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Lexington, Virginia are listed somewhere as "walkable small towns" with a fair amount of interest and they are listed as average in population density. Probably too small to feel like "big cities" though.
Mobile, Alabama isn't a small town but it looks to be the smallest city to have skyscrapers over 400 feet tall. Wilmington, Delaware looks to be fairly dense.
populations of 40 - 60,000 are not small towns. Smaller cities maybe, but not small towns.
I think that is all perspective, Hoboken at 60K seems too small to be a city, yet there it very much feels like a city. But Hoboken is literally right across the river from Manhattan and one subway stop away, plus next to Jersey city. You walk across the block and are in a different place
I think that is all perspective, Hoboken at 60K seems too small to be a city, yet there it very much feels like a city. But Hoboken is literally right across the river from Manhattan and one subway stop away, plus next to Jersey city. You walk across the block and are in a different place
Perspective plays a small part, but common sense should have a part as well.
Without it you are putting this: Washburn, ME in the same catagory as this: Hoboken, NJ. One I am sure everybody would consider a "small TOWN" the other, few people would consider a "small TOWN."
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