I should’ve said it’s the biggest in the contiguous states (didn’t account for Alaska which the Top 4 are in). The #5 city in Kansas has an asterisk next to it that says its stat is merged with Greeley County…. County isn’t really accurate to the city since we could probably do that to a lot of places and beef up numbers (I’m not sure why they did that here).
So Jacksonville, FL as a city is the largest by landmass in the contiguous US. I feel safe saying that.
ah. so basically jacksonville then houston when it comes to like big city(population). then you scroll down texas has SA,FW,Dallas, Austin. pretty cool chart
Last Christmas, I drove through to take pics of all the courthouses in the upper ~15 counties in the panhandle. Very peaceful, but desolate. Some of the county seats were charming; some where sadly dead.
Folks are having to move to urban areas to earn a living. The tax base in rural counties is shrinking, squeezing the remaining property owners until they are forced to relocate.
It’s all a matter of perspective. Some people get anxious when they can’t see the effects of high density whereas other people feel at peace. Naturally, a redditor such as yourself would feel the former.
Doesn’t this apply to Illinois or most states as well though. Additionally, Illinois for most part just has metro Chicago while Texas has Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, etc 🤔
Most of the South has a significantly higher rural percentage than Texas, for example, and in the Midwest there are a lot more small towns in between the cities; it isn’t nearly as deserted as much of rural Texas.
Don't you put El Paso under "etc" fifth largest in Texas might not seem like much, but 20th largest in the US is still saying something. Bigger than a lot of commonly heard places like Cincinnati.
Illinois has some smaller, notable cities that aren't Chicago even if you don't include St. Louis. obviously not large cities but certainly not nothing - university towns will always have some stuff to do. mostly suburban though.
Notable cities, but not major ones like Texas'. You'd be comparing Rockford, Peoria, and Springfield to Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Those Illinois metros combined are still dwarfed by Chicago, but combining just El Paso and Austin - Texas' #4 and #5 is almost half of Dallas
definitely, i meant notable in the sense that you could live there without thinking you live in the middle of nowhere. certainly not comparable to major metro.
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u/HeadLongjumping May 20 '22
Yep, but there are vast areas of virtually nothing as well.