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Originally Posted by maxus
So in general terms would you say San Antonio is the 9th or 27th largest city in the U.S.
Also, in general terms lets clarify what an "urbanized" area is. Yes urban equates to density but on a map that shows urbanized area- that is an area that is built up- suburban density is included. Maps that display this will denote a color for a built up area not just the dense area. It may be fragmented, as suburban developement goes but none the less it is still urbanized to some extent. So in the real world of cities and moving through them, there is still a continuous density of most sorts. driving from, lets say for example the southern end of SA near 410 and Gillette Ave. straight up north to Evans Rd. or Stone Oak Parkway (the developed areas) that that length is about 23 miles. In Boston you can travel almost twice that many miles and still be in a continuously developed area. So maps are not truly the real world. Actually being there is. Borders are invisible as such of municipalities surrounding major cities. According to the census SA is the 9th largest city in the US but in reality it is not.
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Actually according to the latest census estimates it's the 7th largest city. We all know that the SA metro isn't nearly as big as other metros in the country...thus the smaller skyline and no NFL team (although I'm sure both of those things will change in the future)...but it's much more pleasing to the mind and our proud San Antonio egos to go around telling everyone that SA is the 7th largest city so that's what I do
