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Originally Posted by wwmiv
Same size, yes, but Fredericksburg feels a lot bigger because of its relative independence from any large city. It is also a regional hub for many of the counties north of it.
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To me, Boerne feels bigger because there's more population in unincorporated areas surrounding the city, and because its on the outskirts of the SA urbanized area. I perceive Frederickburg as being more of an isolated small town, even if its core blocks feel "busier" than Boerne's. One thing that might explain this (in addition to FBurg's function as a tourist desitination) is that Fredericksburg lies at the intersection of two major regional arterial highways (US 87 and US 290) that carry traffic to and from SA and Austin. Outside of TX 46, which serves as a loop connecting the far northern and eastern developed nodes of the SA metro, Boerne has no major throughfares going through its downtown, and generates mostly local traffic. Considering that, Boerne's core area is still pretty impressively large and busy.