Quote Originally Posted by solitude View Post
As I said, Norman could be considered one of the few exceptions (though it doesn't meet my self-defined standard of 45 miles from a city). But consider the list as a whole; like all of those Collin County, TX names. No way can a case be made they're not a suburb and it's that way for most on the list.
Solitude, I must agree with you though. I actually moved down here from Overland Park, and first off I definitely consider it a suburb of Kansas City, as is all of Johnson County, KS at that. While it is a beautiful city (but boring at many times), it wouldn't be what it is without being part of the metro. I find it hard to believe that OP would have the HQ of Sprint and Olathe have Garmin if they were not suburbs of KC, you know? I agree the list should look at actual small cities that can survive on their own, and not cities that thrive of being part of a large metropolitan area.