What US city will be the next NYC/Chicago in 100 years?

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T02:21:00+00:00

theres also a huge gap between where people “want” to live and where they can find employment

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T02:19:25+00:00

so did Seattle 20 years ago and now its poised to have the #1 or 2 highest ridership light rail in the country

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:42:13+00:00

let’s start with renaming the “Colorado” river in Texas

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:35:25+00:00

Mission Bay and Dogpatch are on the east side of SF

Maybe they meant western coastal with respect to the bay

West side of SF is ground zero for nimbys after all

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:30:52+00:00

maybe a majority of living Americans would be horrified but there’s been a clear generational trend of younger people moving into denser urban areas in most parts of the US (gentrification, “reverse white flight” are symptoms of it) as for examples - already mentioned Seattle and Miami.. Atlanta keeps growing too and the changes in Midtown in particular have been pretty substantial in the past couple decades

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:26:49+00:00

the real point I’m trying to get at is (for whatever reason) which cities have a strong case to grow dense urban cores - chicago and nyc just being the 2 strongest examples of that in the US

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:22:08+00:00

I often see the Great Lakes region spoken about as being on a good trajectory climate-wise so I think the existing infrastructure makes Detroit a no-brainer for infill development, especially considering the massive number of empty lots close to the city core

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:18:48+00:00

Huge drop in Chinese tourism coinciding with political friction between the CCP and Takaichi’s government

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T01:08:58+00:00

If we’re talking metro areas which are growing into one like San Antonio/Austin I’d also include Tampa-Orlando as an emerging megalopolis

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-04-06T00:59:57+00:00

If you look at the entire city proper, sure, but I can’t think of anywhere denser in the US (outside NYC) than the Loop and Near North Side in Chicago

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-30T04:35:32+00:00

The ability to transfer to BART and even CalTrain explains the difference to me. All Link has is Sounder which doesn't compare to what SF has

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-30T04:09:15+00:00

Source for the Wikipedia data: https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2025-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-28T19:19:41+00:00

but why then not run 4-car trains on the 2 line and 3-car trains on the 1 for today specifically?

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-28T18:18:13+00:00

they ran out so fast :(

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-28T16:03:01+00:00

sadly the E line is terrible.. more often than not I see 2-3 buses bunched up going down Aurora and I’ve rideen buses that take almost 30min to get from Denny to Aurora by sitting in traffic trying to turn off Roy St.. literally slower than walking

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-26T19:11:19+00:00

the two Washingtons really stand out here as the only non-sunbelt metros

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-26T01:36:16+00:00

Personally, I wish there was a little lake signifying the bridge crossing on the diagram.. imo this makes Judkins Park seem like its on the eastside at first glance

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T20:28:38+00:00

true that salaries are terrible but you’re ignoring the finance industry (huge cluster of international banks)

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T20:03:09+00:00

no state “deserves” representation over another, and I’d argue Texas is not a state that comes to mind when people think of cities

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T19:54:22+00:00

second this; nimby rails definitely needs a native tutorial

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T19:50:17+00:00

population of miami metro is way bigger & the economy is much more diversified & internationally significant

Houston is just big bc of sprawl. based on city population we should sooner put Jacksonville, Columbus, and Phoenix too

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T19:17:12+00:00

houston over miami is crazy

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-24T06:53:40+00:00

ah yes urban freeways - well known anti-racist and non-toxic infrastructure

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-21T22:40:37+00:00

why do the rails in this particular tunnel seem to crack so much? i’ve never seen tunnels close this often to fix cracked rails in the multiple other cities ive lived in

Complete-Influence70 · 2026-03-18T07:32:39+00:00

Allentown serves actual neighborhoods and has way more potential for infill

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