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Completely off topic but Columbia has an underrated skyline
I think The other N.C. cities forget about Greenville, Columbia & Charleston (from an economic standpoint, not tourism) but these 3 cities are important to the Charlotte economy and our economies function together.
In terms of downtowns, I've always felt that Columbia, Greenville, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Durham, and Raleigh were peers. Your images illustrates that fact perfectly.
Completely off topic but Columbia has an underrated skyline
I think The other N.C. cities forget about Greenville, Columbia & Charleston (from an economic standpoint, not tourism) but these 3 cities are important to the Charlotte economy and our economies function together.
i'm actually a fan of Greenville, Columbia and Charleston.
The city “proper” numbers are always a terrible measuring stick. Metro numbers aren’t perfect but usually tell the story of a cities size a lot better. In this instance however, even though Columbia and Greenville’s metros are larger then Gboro itself, being in the Gboro area probably still “feels” larger because of how the Triad some what melts together. Though it seems fair that all 3 downtowns are close in size.
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The city “proper” numbers are always a terrible measuring stick. Metro numbers aren’t perfect but usually tell the story of a cities size a lot better. In this instance however, even though Columbia and Greenville’s metros are larger then Gboro itself, being in the Gboro area probably still “feels” larger because of how the Triad some what melts together. Though it seems fair that all 3 downtowns are close in size.
If you think that metro numbers are better than city propper numbers, you might think that Philadelphia & Atlanta are peers. Those would be the largest metro near Charlotte & Raleigh & the closest city over one million. You might also not understand that very large cities have a different dynamic.
If you think that metro numbers are better than city propper numbers, you might think that Philadelphia & Atlanta are peers. Those would be the largest metro near Charlotte & Raleigh & the closest city over one million. You might also not understand that very large cities have a different dynamic.
I "might" not think anything. Metros are not perfect but they are a better measurement if which cities are actually closer in size. City population numbers are always way out of whack because of differences in land area for instance. Urban Area is also a much better number to look at then city proper population.
I "might" not think anything. Metros are not perfect but they are a better measurement if which cities are actually closer in size. City population numbers are always way out of whack because of differences in land area for instance. Urban Area is also a much better number to look at then city proper population.
There’s also exceptions. Like Triangle is in reality a single metro. Annoying when people can’t have reasonable conversation because they are stuck on semantics, facts & figs
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i'm sorry but Greensboro is not a smaller version of Greenville or Columbia, that in itself is nonsense if we look at the actual facts of each cities "propper" populations from 2016 excluding metros.
Greensboro(287.027) () as of Jan 1st 2016
Greenville (67.453) () as of Jan 1st 2016
If you put together the population of Columbia and Greenville that still wouldn't equall the population of Greensboro "propper"...something to think about...or that severall Greenville's can fit in greensboro itself.
South Carolina's annex laws are much more strict than NC and the culture is different. While the Greenville "city limits" only has 67,000, there's 285,000 to 300,000 people with a Greenville address who technically live in what is "Greenville." Greenville purposefully markets itself as that quaint small city by the river, but in reality it's a tree covered, sprawling mid-sized city like Greensboro.
If SC had the same annexation culture as NC, Greenville and Greensboro would pretty much be twins. Even know they kind of are, especially with the Upstate/Triad similarities.
Even the counties are strikingly similar: Guilford County: 521K, Greenville County: 500K.
South Carolina's annex laws are much more strict than NC and the culture is different. While the Greenville "city limits" only has 67,000, there's 285,000 to 300,000 people with a Greenville address who technically live in what is "Greenville." Greenville purposefully markets itself as that quaint small city by the river, but in reality it's a tree covered, sprawling mid-sized city like Greensboro.
If SC had the same annexation culture as NC, Greenville and Greensboro would pretty much be twins. Even know they kind of are, especially with the Upstate/Triad similarities.
Even the counties are strikingly similar: Guilford County: 521K, Greenville County: 500K.
Yep. Which again is why the city population number is a pretty useless one.
Completely off topic but Columbia has an underrated skyline
I agree (and I took that first picture a couple of years back). Columbia's skyline doesn't get much attention, at least from outsiders, because it doesn't have a primary interstate running near downtown that would showcase the skyline up close for people passing through. But you can get an idea of the breadth of the skyline taking I-26 and merging on I-77 north if you look closely.
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