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Texas isn't a city, nor do they have any world class cities, unlike other more civilized states.
That's why it only got a one-star review
But there are two of the largest parking lots of the world, and Austin isn't bad at all.
Are you referring to the highways? I almost looked at moving there until I looked into the traffic situation. I left DC to get away from that shit.
FYI, Houston is the 4th largest city in the US by population
And probably the 400th best at most.
Add another zero on there and you'll be in the ballpark
Isn't that mostly because they claim a ridiculously massive metro area? What's the density like?
Lots of other places do too. That's why true city size should be counted as the metropolitan population, not just the city borders. In that case, Houston is 5th, beaten by Dallas/Fort Worth at 4th, which surprisingly means Texas has 2 metropolitan areas out of in the top 5 in the country.
This simply isn't backed by statistics. While Houston is the 4th most populous American city, it's only ~200th in density. If "Lots of other places [did] too," then they wouldn't be half as far down that second list.
I don't really understand what point you're trying to make, but I'd be happy to argue for or against it if you could sum it up.
Honestly, as a Canadian I don't think north america has any world class cities.
Really? NYC? Come on, you're just doing the "murica bad" edgy teenager thing.
I'm surprised it's universally downvoted as mindless shitting on America is a pretty sure bet for upvotes on Lemmy.
It's weird that having a differing opinion of what makes a city world class means I'm "mindlessly shitting on america".
I can't think a single reasonable metric that wouldn't net at least a couple of us cities among the top 20. In fact the only metric that I can come up with is "not in America because of my irrational hate for it ."
Public transportation, walkability, cycling infrastructure, and public spaces. Why are you so convinced I'm foaming at the mouth hating on america. I'm just a dude who thinks our cities suck.
It's just my opinion. A world class city imo should have excellent public transportation, cycling infrastructure, parks and public gathering spaces, and traffic calmed commercial districs. Basically a world class city should have a lot of things worth visiting and infrastructure that lets you visit those places easily and comfortably without relying on a car.
No north american city meets those standards in the way that some european cities do.
You've never even HEARD of the NYC subway?
Dude, just stop having opinions, you're clearly not informed enough.
...so do you not believe there are any world-class cities, period? I can find exceptions for every single city in the list of requirements you laid out.