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View Poll Results: More superior city:
Baltimore 74 50.68%
Portland, OR 72 49.32%
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Old 06-13-2010, 06:29 PM
 
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Which do you prefer and why?

Which is more urban?
Which has a more utilized and beautiful waterfront?
Best foodie scene? Architecture? Public transit?
Which parties harder and has more to do in general?

(We're talking about Oregon here, not Maine)

 
Old 06-13-2010, 06:35 PM
 
Location: DC/Brooklyn, NY/Miami, FL
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Which do you prefer and why?

Which is more urban? - Baltimore
Which has a more utilized and beautiful waterfront? - Baltimore
Best foodie scene? Baltimore
Architecture? Baltimore
Public transit? Baltimore
Which parties harder and has more to do in general? Baltimore

(We're talking about Oregon here, not Maine)
 
Old 06-13-2010, 06:41 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Which is more urban? Baltimore
Which has a more utilized and beautiful waterfront? Portland (Baltimore has a better harbor though)
Best foodie scene? Baltimore
Architecture? Baltimore
Public transit? Baltimore
Which parties harder and has more to do in general? Baltimore
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Portland has a way lower crime rate, which is a big plus.

Overall, Baltimore is the better city IMO, it's actually one of my favorite cities
 
Old 06-13-2010, 06:48 PM
 
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Portland. Trailblazers. Nuff Said!
 
Old 06-13-2010, 06:52 PM
 
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Baltimore. Portland is just too out there for me. I love cities where there is so much ordinary in daily lives. Portland tends to try to stand out as hard as it can and simply comes off as not being authentic or genuine. Beautiful scenery though, and a nice downtown. Its not as urban as Baltimore though, and its urban environment doesn't draw me. Baltimore has a nicer waterfront and better neighborhoods as well as architecture.
 
Old 06-13-2010, 06:56 PM
 
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I can accept all of that, but how does Baltimore have better public transit? And what makes it food scene so good?

Tell me about Baltimore's waterfront. Is it good for recreation? Seafood? Can you walk/bike along it?
 
Old 06-13-2010, 08:06 PM
 
Location: DC/Brooklyn, NY/Miami, FL
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I can accept all of that, but how does Baltimore have better public transit?
Baltimore has a subway system, light rail and bus.
Portland has light rail, streetcar, bus.

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And what makes it food scene so good?
Seafood, theres nothing like good ole Maryland crabs.

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Tell me about Baltimore's waterfront. Is it good for recreation? Seafood? Can you walk/bike along it?
Seafood and the harbor is really nice. Good restaurants, water taxis and boats, you can walk along it, but can't bike.
 
Old 06-13-2010, 08:56 PM
 
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Baltimore has a subway system, light rail and bus.
Portland has light rail, streetcar, bus.
Using this logic, Miami also has better public transit than Portland since they also have heavy rail.

Baltimore may have a subway, but hardly anyone uses it - you'll hear lifelong Baltimoreans say, "We have a subway??" and they're being serious; they really don't know it's there. Baltimore still is a very a much a "transit is only for those who can't afford a car" type of town. Portland meanwhile has many more "choice riders" and is renowned by urban planners across the country for it's public transit. Portland also has a bicycle culture that blows away anything Baltimore has.

There's a lot of things that Baltimore does better than Portland (architecture, density, overall urban environment), but transit isn't one of them.
 
Old 06-13-2010, 08:58 PM
 
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Seafood and the harbor is really nice. Good restaurants, water taxis and boats, you can walk along it, but can't bike.
Not at the inner harbor, but you can along other parts of the waterfront (there are other parts of the waterfront in Baltimore!). Middle Branch Park has a good biking trail, as well as other recreation in the water over there
 
Old 06-13-2010, 09:41 PM
 
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Using this logic, Miami also has better public transit than Portland since they also have heavy rail.

Baltimore may have a subway, but hardly anyone uses it - you'll hear lifelong Baltimoreans say, "We have a subway??" and they're being serious; they really don't know it's there. Baltimore still is a very a much a "transit is only for those who can't afford a car" type of town. Portland meanwhile has many more "choice riders" and is renowned by urban planners across the country for it's public transit. Portland also has a bicycle culture that blows away anything Baltimore has.

There's a lot of things that Baltimore does better than Portland (architecture, density, overall urban environment), but transit isn't one of them.
I was thinking the same thing.

Portland's light-rail has 4 completed lines (not including the street car) with 84 stations and an average daily ridership of 121,000.

Baltimore light-rail + subway combined = 4 lines with 47 stations serving 92,300 people per day according to wiki.....
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