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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ no, no, no, you're completely reading more into my post than was there.
i was merely explaining why there's a drop-off in density between NYC, LA, chicago, & philly and the others on the list.
i absolutely encourage and applaud the efforts of urbanization taking place in every american city. but we have to be honest, a place like phoenix would not be seen anywhere on the list of america's most populous cities if it didn't exist within a political environment that has allowed it to annex huge swaths of its suburbs. if phoenix were constrained to just 48 sq. miles like boston, it would be a city of a several hundred thousand at most, not one of america's "10 largest cities".
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And those decisions are made by local and state government officials. Not the general citizenry of the city/metro in question. My one little vote isn't going to decide the political boundaries of Chicago, Memphis or anywhere else.
So taking that fact into account (as we have several hundred times on this site already) is there further need to continually mention it?
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