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It seems like a trip to Phoenix is not complete without hitting up the other suburbs like Scottsdale, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe. Is there any other city like that?
Granted Dallas also has powerful suburbs as part of the metroplex but you don't really need to wander outside city limits for entertainment needs. That is not to say FTW is not worth it no pun intended.
The only similarities I can find to this is maybe Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Still ironic considering that even if the 3 cities merged together, their total land area would still be smaller than Phoenix.
Is there any other examples like that across the US?
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It seems like a trip to Phoenix is not complete without hitting up the other suburbs like Scottsdale, Gilbert, Mesa and Tempe. Is there any other city like that?
Granted Dallas also has powerful suburbs as part of the metroplex but you don't really need to wander outside city limits for entertainment needs. That is not to say FTW is not worth it no pun intended.
The only similarities I can find to this is maybe Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area. Still ironic considering that even if the 3 cities merged together, their total land area would still be smaller than Phoenix.
Is there any other examples like that across the US?
Lots of cities are like that, esp. in the West (Seattle is maybe the one big exception). Dallas is similar, Atlanta is somewhat similar, Minneapolis is similar (lots of stuff in suburbs and not in city limits)
A trip to Miami not complete without a trip to South Beach.
And South Beach isn't even a city. It's just the southern part of Miami Beach.
As for the OP's question: Nearly all cities are like that. Very few are just the central city, though some of these giant land area cities like Jacksonville within a mid-sized metro are about as close as one gets.
Really?? when I search on Google Universal Studios Florida and Walt Disney World Resort it shows up as address of Orlando. I dunno who's rope your trying to yank
Universal is in Orlando.
Nothing else is: International Drive is in unincorporated Orange County, Disney World and the resorts are spread between Lake Buena Vista and Kissimmee, etc…
Also, the same can be said about Miami: most tourists go to Miami Beach, which is not the same as the city of Miami.
The only cities in the Phoenix metro worth visiting are Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe, if someone is recommending the other places to a tourist they don’t know what they are talking about. Now if you pass through those places to get to the surrounding mountains that makes some sense.
Nah, the only reason to go to Glendale is to go to a Coyotes game, but I'm pretty sure they are relocating to Tempe anyway.
That poster is correct that Tempe and Scottsdale are the only major Phoenix suburbs worth visiting. I'd also add Cave Creek, a cool little town on the outskirts.
The only cities in the Phoenix metro worth visiting are Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe, if someone is recommending the other places to a tourist they don’t know what they are talking about. Now if you pass through those places to get to the surrounding mountains that makes some sense.
I really don't get this thread.
Scottsdale has always been the "western, touristy" place for Phoenix even when Phoenix wasn't very big. Tempe' has the University. I don't know what else it has. Mesa just has the Temple. Glendale has the stadium.
Arlington, Tx has been one of the big "go too" parts of Dallas ever since Six Flags opened. Ft. Worth has all the stuff the Scottsdale has for Phoenix. Frisco now has a bunch of stuff, Valley Ranch has the Cowboys, and Grapevine has a bunch of tourist stuff as well. Throw in the Dallas TV show ranch which is out of town...
There is a bunch of stuff not in Dallas.
Scottsdale has always been the "western, touristy" place for Phoenix even when Phoenix wasn't very big. Tempe' has the University. I don't know what else it has. Mesa just has the Temple. Glendale has the stadium.
Arlington, Tx has been one of the big "go too" parts of Dallas ever since Six Flags opened. Ft. Worth has all the stuff the Scottsdale has for Phoenix. Frisco now has a bunch of stuff, Valley Ranch has the Cowboys, and Grapevine has a bunch of tourist stuff as well. Throw in the Dallas TV show ranch which is out of town...
There is a bunch of stuff not in Dallas.
There is a lot of stuff all around DFW, but you don't have to leave Dallas to have a high variety of entertainment. That isn't the same case with Phoenix.
Lots of cities are like that, esp. in the West (Seattle is maybe the one big exception). Dallas is similar, Atlanta is somewhat similar, Minneapolis is similar (lots of stuff in suburbs and not in city limits)
That's not true of Atlanta at all. The majority of the touristy things are in the city: museums, high end shopping, and and the actual tourist district is downtown where the big conventions are held. Stone mountain and Six flags are the only tourist draws I can think of that are outside the city.
Lots of cities are like that, esp. in the West (Seattle is maybe the one big exception). Dallas is similar, Atlanta is somewhat similar, Minneapolis is similar (lots of stuff in suburbs and not in city limits)
Dallas is definitely not similar. Outside of going on a roller coaster, you don't need to leave Dallas to be entertained.
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