(01-02-2015 08:22 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(01-02-2015 06:25 PM)UConn-SMU Wrote:  Which city is a bigger deal?

1) a city of 1,000,000 with a metro area of 6,000,000?
2) a city of 2,000,000 with a metro area of 4,000,000?

I would select #1. I'm sure there are others that would say #2.

The masses won't know the difference, which is good for San Antonio. Houston has been the fourth largest city for decades now but is just now starting to look anywhere near the part.

Some "small" cities that are bigger than San Antonio:

Miami (approx. 400,000 in only 36 sq. mi., less than SA's potential annexation)
--5 million plus in the metro

St. Louis (approx. 250,000)
--2.7 million in the metro

Atlanta (approx. 450,000)
-5.5 million in the metro

San Francisco (800,000. about 200,000 less than San Jose but SF's in a smaller land area and is clearly the most important city in the Bay)
--7 million in the metro


You get the idea, you can't go off city population alone, which as we're seeing with San Antonio can paint an inaccurate picture.

Yea. But Miami and DFW are kind of odd cities. Miami sort of counts Broward and Palm Beach Counties, but they really act as separate, but adjacent cities. Fort Worth and Dallas kind of have the same thing going on. At least Dallas and Fort Worth share an airport.

Heck, West Palm and Miami are about as integrated as Austin-San Marcos-San Antonio are.