Fantasy City/Urban Area Locations - Page 3

jd3189 · #41 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 7:57 AM**

^^^ It’s why there’s all those water bottle companies like Deer Park and Poland Springs. Best water brands I have had yet.

MolsonExport · #42 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 1:41 PM**

Steubenville Ohio. World's largest city.

Ain't that a kick in the head?

SFBruin · #43 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 5:10 PM**

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The volume of fresh water freely available in the US northeast is just staggering.

After the past few weeks, I think that this is surprising to no one...

Steely Dan · #44 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by jbermingham123

The volume of fresh water freely available in the US northeast is just staggering.

the upper midwest is no slouch in that department either.

we got 20% of the planet's (surface) supply (shared with our canadian cousins)!

canada is the true freshwater champion.

10 of the world's 20 largest freshwater lakes by volume are either wholly or partially within canada.

Manitopiaaa · #45 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 5:25 PM**

I'd love for Roanoke to be a 3 million+ metro. The mountains there are incredible but it's too small for me to move there.

Also, Beckley at 1 million would be fantastic given the New River Gorge backdrop.

Paul in S.A TX · #46 Posted **Sep 10, 2021, 6:54 PM**

Latest urbanized area and U.S. metro stats.

https://censusreporter.org/profiles/...united-states/

CaliNative · #47 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:33 AM**

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if there was a big city in southern oregon that would be cool. if a state is primitive then its not going to get big cities, otherwise oregon would have double the population.

Roseville, Medford and Ashland are growing, especially Ashland. On the coast, I think Coos Bay has potential to grow. In the interior, Bend is growing rapidly.

CaliNative · #48 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

the upper midwest is no slouch in that department either.

we got 20% of the planet's (surface) supply (shared with our canadian cousins)!

canada is the true freshwater champion.

10 of the world's 20 largest freshwater lakes by volume are either wholly or partially within canada.

People think of the Great Lakes, but Great Slave and and Great Bear Lakes are massive. Interior Quebec is loaded with lakes. Of course Lake Superior is king. Parts very deep, no light penetrates. I wonder if something big lives down there?

CaliNative · #49 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX

Latest urbanized area and U.S. metro stats.

https://censusreporter.org/profiles/...united-states/

Is Dallas city pop. still larger than San Antonio city pop.?

dubu · #50 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 5:44 PM**

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Roseville, Medford and Ashland are growing, especially Ashland. On the coast, I think Coos Bay has potential to grow. In the interior, Bend is growing rapidly.

if you count vancouver wa, oregon will be at 5 million population soon. 4,437256 now. thats a lot of smaller cities, it makes it good for walking and biking. its kinda like we are the vietnam of the country.

SFBruin · #51 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 7:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by CaliNative

People think of the Great Lakes, but Great Slave and and Great Bear Lakes are massive. Interior Quebec is loaded with lakes. Of course Lake Superior is king. Parts very deep, no light penetrates. I wonder if something big lives down there?

Yeah, the great lakes are kind of like the southern portion of a giant chain of lakes stretching from northern Canada to Ohio.

They're a little more clustered than are the lakes that are strictly in Canada, but if you squint, then you can kind of see it.

MolsonExport · #52 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by dubu

if you count vancouver wa, oregon will be at 5 million population soon. 4,437256 now. thats a lot of smaller cities, it makes it good for walking and biking. its kinda like we are the vietnam of the country.

If you count NYC, Quebec would be nearly 20 million people.

dubu · #53 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 9:20 PM**

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If you count NYC, Quebec would be nearly 20 million people.

vancouver wa is a city thats included in the portland metro area and its the most south you can go in washington where vancouver is. so basically it should be oregon, not sure why you think it should not be.

SFBruin · #54 Posted **Sep 12, 2021, 9:35 PM**

Vancouver, WA, very confusingly, is a suburb of Portland.

SFBruin · #55 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 7:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by jbermingham123

very true.. i think the only remotely comparable location on the west coast is the flat-ish triangular region that stretches from Vancouver BC about 50 miles down to Bellingham WA and nearly 70 miles east to Harrison lake..

I looked this up, and there is an almost uncanny resemblance between the geographies of the LA and Vancouver basins:

One is a lot rainier than is the other, though.

Yuri · #56 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 11:53 AM**

I don't have fantasies about new cities in desolated areas. In fact, I don't like any of those: Brasília, Canberra, Astana, Islamabad.

However, I think it's very interesting to think on how cool Rust Belt cities would like if they kept their share on the overall US population they had back in 1940-1970. Detroit with 10 million people, Cleveland with 6 million, Pittsburgh and St. Louis with 5 million, Buffalo with 2.5 million.

And of course, they would look even cooler if the US hadn't embarked in the autocentric nightmare starting on the 1960's.

SFBruin · #57 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 1:09 PM**

The US Midwest has underrated geography, imo. The area is flat, overcast-ish but not depressing, and with plenty of navigable waterways.

The winters are cold, but they are not too long.

Yuri · #58 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 1:12 PM**

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The US Midwest has underrated geography, imo. The area is flat, overcast-ish but not depressing, and with plenty of navigable waterways.

The winters are cold, but they are not too long.

And cities itself are cool. The US is the only country where environs seem to matter. Elsewhere cities must be located on the most bland places and that doesn't stop them to thrive.

SFBruin · #59 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 1:18 PM**

I don't know exactly what you mean by the environs seem to matter here, but the US has cities in a variety of different climates (see Minneapolis and Phoenix), so I guess that's kinda cool.

Yuri · #60 Posted **Oct 25, 2021, 1:20 PM**

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I don't know exactly what you mean by the environs seem to matter here, but the US has cities in a variety of different climates (see Minneapolis and Phoenix), so I guess that's kinda cool.

I meant many people in the US overlook cities because they're are located on a setting deemed "bland".