Feds want money back if Tri-Rail cuts service on Oct. 5

[thelakelander]

The city limits maybe 300 sq miles smaller, but actual sprawl development knows no municipal limit boundaries.  A local example would be the Westside.  Most of it, in Jacksonville's limits, is still rural and undeveloped.  On the other hand, if you head south paralleling the river, significant development crosses county borders and extends far into Clay County.  Census data indicates that Nashville's urbanized area spreads out more than Jacksonville's and is less dense.

Nashville

Land Area: 1115.7 square miles

Density: 1740.9 residents/square mile


Jacksonville

Land Area: 1063.2 square miles

Density: 2,149.2 residents/square mile

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ua/ua2k.txt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_urban_areas