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Old 01-03-2012, 12:33 PM
 
Location: Pasadena, CA
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I dont know about all that, but....
I moved to Ft Worth from a town of 45,000 in California and was amazed at how slow it was here.....
It highlighted if you go between Dallas and Ft Worth.

So my answer is Fort Worth. Probably some of the other sleepy metros; OKC, Jacksonville maybe....
So you are from SLO. I wasn't sure from your screenname... I'm from Santa Maria originally.
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Old 01-03-2012, 01:05 PM
 
Location: So California
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So you are from SLO. I wasn't sure from your screenname... I'm from Santa Maria originally.

haha, cool, you can tell by the population number, pretty good.....


I was going to edit my post, because those cities I mentioned are laid back, but not tremendously urban....
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Old 01-03-2012, 03:04 PM
 
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Would Seattle, Denver, or Miami Count?
Miami, perhaps. Seattle is urban, but not especially "laid back" in the same way that Honolulu and San Diego are. And Denver is one of the least urban big cities. It's more laid back than a lot of other cities, but it often doesn't really feel like a city at all.
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Old 01-03-2012, 05:22 PM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Miami, perhaps. Seattle is urban, but not especially "laid back" in the same way that Honolulu and San Diego are. And Denver is one of the least urban big cities. It's more laid back than a lot of other cities, but it often doesn't really feel like a city at all.
Seattle is much more laid back than Miami. I don't think Miami is laid back at all.
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Old 01-03-2012, 06:17 PM
 
Location: East Coast of the United States
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So to sum up this thread so far: Pretty much every urban city in the US is laid-back except for a couple in the northeast?
Depends on your perspective. I live in the DC area. Compared to here, New York City and the surrounding areas are definitely faster-paced. It's a constant mad rush there. Boston I'd say is around the same pace as DC. Philadelphia is a little less, but not by much. The same with Baltimore.

However, the difference becomes noticeable once you leave the northeast line of cities and head to other places in the U.S.
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Old 01-04-2012, 05:02 PM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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Miami, perhaps. Seattle is urban, but not especially "laid back" in the same way that Honolulu and San Diego are. And Denver is one of the least urban big cities. It's more laid back than a lot of other cities, but it often doesn't really feel like a city at all.
Dude...we get it. You aren't a fan of Denver. But the way you describe Denver is way off. I know it isn't anywhere near the most urban city, and that there are plenty of cities that are and feel bigger, but you make Denver sound like it is this...
http://factofthedayblog.com/files/2011/04/corn-field.jpg (broken link)
Not extremely urban, but here are some Google maps images.
Google Maps

I like this one for some reason.
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Google Maps

This is is extremely cool to me!
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll...47.55,,0,-4.36

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Old 01-05-2012, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Denver metro
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Dude...we get it. You aren't a fan of Denver. But the way you describe Denver is way off. I know it isn't anywhere near the most urban city, and that there are plenty of cities that are and feel bigger, but you make Denver sound like it is this...

Not extremely urban, but here are some Google maps images.
Google Maps

I like this one for some reason.
Google Maps

Google Maps

This is is extremely cool to me!
Google Maps
I agree. Here are some more photos that show some of Denver's urban neighborhoods.


Capitol Hill (Denver's most dense neighborhood). This was the only aerial photo I could find, unfortunately it doesn't show alot of the highrise apartment/condo towers that make up this dense neighborhood. Photo credit: http://beyonddc.com/nonweb/_citypics...er-CapHill.jpg


Capitol Hill/Cheeseman Park neighborhoods from another view looking northeast toward downtown. Photo credit: Scan Results - Kansas City Photos, City Stock, Skyline, and Aerial Photography

I'm not arguing that Denver's a super-dense city, but to claim that Denver is one of the least urban big cities is simply not true.

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Old 07-17-2012, 12:54 PM
 
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san francisco takes the cake for urban and laid back (2nd most dense city in the country)
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Old 07-17-2012, 01:26 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Outside of Center City and University City, Philadelphia is a very laid back city.
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Old 07-17-2012, 02:16 PM
 
Location: America
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San Fran and LA. Also Portland
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