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Old 07-27-2013, 03:35 PM
 
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Will Chicago get back on its feet. Growth wise.
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Old 07-27-2013, 03:37 PM
 
Location: Denver Tech Center
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Will Chicago get back on its feet. Growth wise.
Growth-wise? Sure, eventually. Texas is growing very rapidly.

If you only counted cool people, it will never happen!

I miss Chicago!!
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Old 07-27-2013, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Who cares? I'd rather have the better city than the bigger city.
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Old 07-27-2013, 05:32 PM
 
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Who cares? I'd rather have the better city than the bigger city.
Right. I would rather be like Boston, SF, Miami, Seattle that don't rank in the top 5 in size than a Houston, Phoenix, Dallas, etc.
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Old 07-27-2013, 08:05 PM
 
Location: CHICAGO, Illinois
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Houston is a hard foe to beat. Not only is it a major focal point of the Sun-belt boom, a lot of its growth comes from it's rabid land annexations. Chicago includes 234 square miles for its city limits; Houston accounts for nearly 630 square miles.

Cities populations are pretty arbitrary really because there's no set size limit to abide by.
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Old 07-27-2013, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Cleveland, OH USA / formerly Chicago for 20 years
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Houston is a hard foe to beat. Not only is it a major focal point of the Sun-belt boom, a lot of its growth comes from it's rabid land annexations. Chicago includes 234 square miles for its city limits; Houston accounts for nearly 630 square miles.

Cities populations are pretty arbitrary really because there's no set size limit to abide by.
Exactly. Because of rampant annexation, a great deal of what is considered "Houston" would be suburbia if you look at Chicago in the same light.

The Greater Houston metro area will not be bigger than Greater Chicago anytime soon, population-wise. Heck, even in Texas it's second to Greater Dallas/Fort Worth.
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Old 07-27-2013, 09:01 PM
 
Location: 53179
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Who cares? I'd rather have the better city than the bigger city.

And Houston is really only a 9-5 city. In other words boring.
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Old 07-27-2013, 09:04 PM
 
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Exactly. Because of rampant annexation, a great deal of what is considered "Houston" would be suburbia if you look at Chicago in the same light.

The Greater Houston metro area will not be bigger than Greater Chicago anytime soon, population-wise. Heck, even in Texas it's second to Greater Dallas/Fort Worth.
Yep, it is like the city of Kansas City is larger than the city of St. Louis, but the St. Louis metro area is significantly larger as St. Louis was not able to expand geographically.
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Old 07-27-2013, 11:32 PM
 
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Who cares? I'd rather have the better city than the bigger city.
I'm with nearnorth on this. Would you rather live in Mumbai or Paris? Chicago does enjoy many benefits because of its relative size, but it also has its share of headaches. Once you reach a certain population as a metro area, extra growth is no longer a benefit except for "whip it out" style bragging rights.
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Old 07-27-2013, 11:34 PM
 
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There are only two things about Houston that I envy as a Chicagoan: Warmer winters and job growth. I don't see any other reason to ever consider it as an option. Texas's state government is as corrupt as Illinois, just under the banner of a different party. To me the city lacks the character of older northern cities, yet has all of the same problems.
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