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Cities that are a lot bigger or smaller than you thought they were
KCRoadFan:
--- Quote from: JayhawkCO on April 21, 2023, 01:15:10 PM ---I would guess my current locale of Aurora, CO would show up on a lot of people's lists. It's not well known nationally at all but has 386k as of 2020.
For me personally, I think Fort Worth is my answer. You think of it as Dallas' little sister, but it has almost a million people on its own.
For the small side, maybe St. Louis? Less than 300,000 people, but you think of it as a big city.
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It doesn’t surprise me that suburbs of major, well-known cities (as Aurora is for Denver) can seem smaller than they actually are. As for St. Louis, I always have thought of it as a major city, and its metro, I believe, is bigger than that of KC (2.8 million vs. 2.4 million) whereas KC is larger when it comes to the city proper (500K vs. 300K).
In addition, my impression is that places that primarily cater to the tourist trade (see Branson, above) can seem a lot bigger than they are - out of curiosity, I looked up the population of Orlando, Florida, and was somewhat surprised to learn that it, too, is only about 300,000.
Max Rockatansky:
I’ve found that Fresno (population 542,107) seemingly is far larger than most people thought it was (largely because of the Fresno Road Meet).
formulanone:
--- Quote from: 1 on April 21, 2023, 01:10:20 PM ---Naples, Florida is far smaller than I used to think it was. In fact, it's small enough that it doesn't even qualify for the "guess the city" thread.
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I think Naples has that "spot on part of the map for balance" syndrome.
kphoger:
--- Quote from: Max Rockatansky on April 21, 2023, 02:28:52 PM ---I’ve found that Fresno (population 542,107) seemingly is far larger than most people thought it was (largely because of the Fresno Road Meet).
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I, for one, would have guessed less than 400,000.
oscar:
Hamilton, Ontario doesn't look that big for travelers on the Queen Elizabeth Way freeway between Toronto and Niagara Falls. But the QEW steers clear of the city center, so it's not obvious from there that more than half a million people live in Hamilton, nor why it would have its own Canadian Football League team.
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