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Is Corpus Christi the biggest city that nobody thinks of as a big city?

Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:18 pm
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101662 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:18 pm
I've never been there, but always thought it was like the size of Monroe or something. I really had no idea it had 400,000 people and had a skyline that looked like this:



Am I the only person who was completely out of the loop on this place?
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
66364 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:19 pm to
quote:

. I really had no idea it had 400,000 people and had a skyline that looked like this:
Posted by LZ83
La
Member since Sep 2016
17406 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:19 pm to
I thought it was a little shithole town too
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
16198 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:20 pm to
Yea I'm in the same boat. Never been and just assumed it was a dump.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 2:21 pm
Posted by Geaux23
Member since Sep 2012
5812 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:20 pm to
I had no idea either
I thought it was similar to grand isle
Posted by Mr. Hangover
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2003
34517 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:20 pm to
Well, it's in Texas, so I always assumed it looked like this:

Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101930 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:20 pm to
I didn't realize it was that big either... but I knew it was decent sized.

Corpus proper has about the same amount of people as NOLA proper, but the metro area is a good bit smaller.
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
60616 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:21 pm to
i always assumed it was roughly equivalent to mobile
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
9820 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:21 pm to
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Corpus Christi


Huh.. well who would have thought.

Here I was thinking Corpus Christi was some sort of joke about Chris Christie's rotundness.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
68368 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:22 pm to
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400,000 people


Just looked it up and the metro is 442, one thoudand less than shreveport

Nobody gives a shite about shreveport either
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:26 pm to
I've driven through it. I'm sure it's like any place else with nice areas but around the highway it is a profoundly shitty place.
Posted by Black n Gold
Member since Feb 2009
15409 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:28 pm to
San Jose is an often overlooked city.

ETA: Population of 1.02M
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 2:31 pm
Posted by mule74
Watersound Beach
Member since Nov 2004
11309 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:32 pm to
I do a lot of business down in Corpus. Yes, the first time you go the skyline will shock you. However, there's actually a lot of money in South Texas in Corpus is really the only major city. But it is still a giant shite hole.

You want to talk about the land of the haves and have not's ... it's Corpus Christi. The 20% of white people own everything and then it's just a shite load of Mexicans.

Also something you wouldn't know… The McAllen area is soon to be one of the biggest in the United States. It's huge.
This post was edited on 8/25/17 at 2:34 pm
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38592 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:36 pm to
quote:

I really had no idea it had 400,000 people and had a skyline that looked like this:


That skyline is deceiving. Downtown along the shore line isn't anything to think of.

And that's not a knock against them. The best view of the water area is from The Republic located inside the Omni hotel.

Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 2:36 pm to
quote:

I really had no idea it had 400,000 people and had a skyline that looked like this for now:



FIFY.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 3:05 pm to
Lol, how can this many people think CC is a podunk town? I mean, I was in that number until this thread.
Posted by CaptainBrannigan
Good Ole Rocky Top Tennessee
Member since Jan 2010
21644 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

I've never been there, but always thought it was like the size of Monroe or something. I really had no idea it had 400,000 people and had a skyline that looked like this


I had no idea either. 400k is double the population of Birmingham,AL. But I would not know, I'll never go to that shithole known as Texas unless Auburn is playing for the NC there.
Posted by Apache
San Diego
Member since Dec 2013
2492 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 3:25 pm to
It's clearly Reno NV.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 3:27 pm to
I love that city.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
83571 posts
Posted on 8/25/17 at 3:28 pm to
quote:

Am I the only person who was completely out of the loop on this place?
Count me in.

I thought it was a tiny coastal town where old people retire.
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