From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!djb Newsgroups: net.trivia Title: Re: largest city - (nf) Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2648 Posted: Mon Sep 27 09:34:34 1982 Received: Thu Sep 30 09:14:17 1982 References: uiucdcs.770 Jacksonville is a metropolitan area, being the consolidation of Jacksonville and Duvall (sp?) County. I remember well the first time I drove into JAX on I-10 from the west. I'd been driving through 80+ miles of non-stop pine trees wondering when I'd get to civilization. At the county line, I passed a sign that said "Welcome to Jacksonville". It must have been another 30 miles before I saw anything I could attribute to a city. Whew, have they got room to grow! Nashville is also metropolitan (as of about 1964). Unlike Jacksonville (as I remember it, mind you), Nashville is spilling over the Davidson County lines into many outlying "bedroom communities". As I recall, the area of Nashville is 507 square miles. Does this sound right? How about Oklahoma City or Jacksonville? Whoever posted this question, do you have the answers? David Bryant cbosg!djb