Because they said city, not parking lot built on a bog.
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chunes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
How is it not just straight up Houston. It’s almost larger than Chicago now.
Folstar@lemmus.org 2 months ago
blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
My asshole is really big, but you don’t see anyone trying to say it’s great.
COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Houston is too sprawled, even within Texas DFW has the bigger metropolitan population. It’s just that DFW has some lines drawn in it separating the cities while in Houston they’re all considered the same city.
That being said culturally it’s definitely not DFW or Chicago. I think Miami is the clear 4th from its city size and unique culture, though I also can see the arguments for DC and SF.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because Houston isn’t a city, it’s just a never ending suburb.
Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Same thing with a lot of ‘large’ cities in the US. The city seems absolutely huge, but in reality it’s just a part of the metro area around it. Makes me wonder how New York and LA got so big without being a collection of a dozen smaller towns, even though they both have lots of surrounding suburbs of course.
MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They were devolved before widespread car adoption
Skyrmir@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Another form of generational wealth being locked in for generations? As good a theory as any I can think of.