The most spread-out major city in the US. (land, park)

[CMDallas]

Houston... that not necessarily bad ...
From the air I saw the Houston metropolitan area its big... make no mistake but small rural area separate a good chunk of suburbs.
This is the case for the DFW metro area but 5 million out of the 6.2 Million live in the endless mess... where as IT SEEMS (i don't actually know) that about 3 Million live in the mess and the other 2 Million live in the spread out suburbs.
From the Air you can see DT Fort Worth to DT Dallas and endless buildings...

[bradly]

Phoenix Arizona is not spread out!.. its metro is.. thats something that needs a correction.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

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[Ann_Arbor]

Originally Posted by BlackOut

The city of Detroit is about 139 sq. miles, which isn't even close to how large some of the cities listed above are. Metropolitan Detroit, however, is a different story.

Are we talking built environment or just land area?

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Actually, if you're in Detroit, it feels incredibly dispersed and spread out- even more than many of the suburbs.

Historically, Detroit was the birthplace of many facets of suburban/modern lifestyle- i.e. houses were detached and cars and pedestrians were separated.

[Black Jack22]

Originally Posted by landon1850

Surprisingly, it's Jacksonville according to this:

List of United States cities by area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder how Alaska designates it's cities?

Yes, it's Jacksonville followed by Houston.

[bennyboo<3seattle<3]

i dont understand why phoenix is getting so many votes. its skyline i sjust small. not spread out :P.i chose atlanta

[AZLiam]

Originally Posted by bradly

Phoenix Arizona is not spread out!.. its metro is.. thats something that needs a correction.

Yes Bradly, its metro is; however, a common misconception many people have about Phoenix is that it is one of the biggest sprawlers...not true. Its urban area footprint is actually a lot denser than most other cities in the country.

[Thomas R.]

Oklahoma City seems to have a fairly low density going by the link, if I calculated it right it's lower than Jacksonville's.

Anchorage seems to be larger in area than Jacksonville, but maybe doesn't count as a major city.

[big daryle]

Originally Posted by landon1850

Surprisingly, it's Jacksonville according to this:

List of United States cities by area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I wonder how Alaska designates it's cities?

I drove through Jacksonville once and it surely did seem spread out.

[blkgiraffe]

Originally Posted by AZLiam

Yes Bradly, its metro is; however, a common misconception many people have about Phoenix is that it is one of the biggest sprawlers...not true. Its urban area footprint is actually a lot denser than most other cities in the country.

PHX metro area is beyond bad when it comes to sprawl. Maricopa County alone is bigger than most southern cities whole metro areas. PHX is really only the size of cities like Austin or Charlotte.