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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?
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
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
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.
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.
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
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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