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View Poll Results: Which city is more urban at street level?
Philadelphia 212 40.93%
Chicago 306 59.07%
Voters: 518. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-20-2010, 04:40 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I wonder what went differently in Chicago than in New York to allow New York to grow so large in population. Maybe it's Chicago's fairly low rise method of development away from the lake.
I don't think it was that New York City grew as much as it was Chicago shrank after the introduction of the Polish Sausage in 1957...which of course resulted in an inordinate number of heart attacks.
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Old 10-20-2010, 04:42 PM
 
Location: roaming gnome
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I don't think it was that New York City grew as much as it was Chicago shrank after the introduction of the Polish Sausage in 1957, which of course resulted in an inordinate number of heart attacks.
lmao!

I think the stuffed pizza was invented about a decade later... which also led to more heart attacks.
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Old 10-20-2010, 10:40 PM
 
Location: Denver
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lmao!

I think the stuffed pizza was invented about a decade later... which also led to more heart attacks.
And about a 10% decline in population! The Polish sausage and stuffed pizza claimed more lives than I'd like to admit.

Chicago's population had the same chances as an Freshman in the North End of Boston in the 70s...think about that!
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Old 10-21-2010, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Denver
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And about a 10% decline in population! The Polish sausage and stuffed pizza claimed more lives than I'd like to admit.

Chicago's population had the same chances as an Freshman in the North End of Boston in the 70s...think about that!
I need to stop getting drunk and typing responses thru my phone.
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Old 10-21-2010, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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I'll be back later to post on the subject but for now:

Chicago from my bedroom window:

daaaaamn

and what i gather from all these pics is that chicago is a larger version of philly. never been
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Old 10-21-2010, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Earth
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Just to clarify - Septa does run 24 hours and runs buses along the Subways lines in non running subway hours - but yes the subways do stop a few hours in the middle of the night. I agree Chicago is larger and the Skyline is more massive but that doesnt always translate to a more urban street scene. Houston and Miami technically have much larger skylines than philly yet I think most would find Philly to be a more urban street scene when compared to those two
Here's one I did if Philly where in Chicago. I think Philly would be a little bigger with only a few more buildings added.
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Old 10-21-2010, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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You got anymore of thosE?
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Old 10-21-2010, 07:15 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Here's one I did if Philly where in Chicago. I think Philly would be a little bigger with only a few more buildings added.
That's not relevant because Philly has depth and it's not as linear as Chicago.

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Y = Philly X = Chicago. That's what the picture's depicting.
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Old 10-21-2010, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Earth
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name me some cities then
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Old 10-21-2010, 07:19 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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name me some cities then
Compare Chicago and Philly where the angle's aren't favoring one over the other.
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