Downtown Battle: Philadelphia vs Boston vs DC

[john_starks]

i'm posting from boston right now and its a niiice city..clean and vibrant

very sophisticated

totally agree w/philly not being as up to date as boston & dc

philly is the "brooklyn" of the bunch


its pretty funny, i kept asking people about local bodegas or convenient stores downtown and everyone mentions CVS

[Toure]

Restaurants - Philly (then Boston then DC)
Food Trucks/Food Stands - Philly
Museums - DC -Smithsonian all free (Philadelphia has world class many museums too)
Art Scene - Philly
Diversity - Philly
Vibrancy - Philly (To me 2nd after NYC in downtown)
Pedestrian Friendly - Boston/Philly tie
Transportation - DC, Philly, Boston
Architecture - Philly (oldest buildings in the USA)
Work Force - DC
Skyline - Philly(I think its one of the best in usa.)
Cleanliness - Boston then DC then Philly
Nightlife - Philly
Hotels - Philly
Housing Stock - Boston then Philly then DC
Shopping - Philly
Parks/Squares - Philly (Fairmount Park is beautiful)
Live Music Venues - Philly then DC then Boston
Tourist Attractions - Philly, DC, Boston

Just on purely dowtown overall I think Philly is arguably number 2 in the country (And the 2d best skyline) so of these three I will vote for Philly but all are among the 6 or so best downtowns in the country and all great US downtowns

My ranking on the 6 best would be
1 NYC
2 Philly
3 Chicago
4 SF
5 Boston
6 DC

[hawkwnd]

[quote=Toure;25452464]Restaurants - Philly (then Boston then DC)
Food Trucks/Food Stands - Philly
Museums - DC -Smithsonian all free (Philadelphia has world class many museums too)
Art Scene - Philly
Diversity - Philly
Vibrancy - Philly (To me 2nd after NYC in downtown)
Pedestrian Friendly - Boston/Philly tie
Transportation - DC, Philly, Boston
Architecture - Philly (oldest buildings in the USA)
Work Force - DC
Skyline - Philly(I think its one of the best in usa.)
Cleanliness - Boston then DC then Philly
Nightlife - Philly
Hotels - Philly
Housing Stock - Boston then Philly then DC
Shopping - Philly
Parks/Squares - Philly (Fairmount Park is beautiful)
Live Music Venues - Philly then DC then Boston
Tourist Attractions - Philly, DC, Boston

I love your positive attitude on so nmany of these things and, oh, that it were so in all of them. Phillyneeds aits boosters and there are more of them than there were, but I do think it is better to be realistic and in some of these areas it is just not realistic.

[BajanYankee]

This thread was funny. I forgot about some of the homerific statements in this thread. That's why you can't really trust what people say on this Board. According to C-D posters...

1. The DC Metro Area has dozens of Go-Go shows nightly with thousands in attendance. Patently false.

2. Cleveland has the second largest financial hub in the U.S. after Manhattan. That one still makes me chuckle.

3. Koreatown L.A. is as urban as London.

[SirGreenDown]

Originally Posted by bajanyankee

this thread was funny. I forgot about some of the homerific statements in this thread. That's why you can't really trust what people say on this board. According to c-d posters...

1. The dc metro area has dozens of go-go shows nightly with thousands in attendance. Patently false.

2. Cleveland has the second largest financial hub in the u.s. After manhattan. That one still makes me chuckle.

3. Koreatown l.a. Is as urban as london.

lmao. Stop!

[citylover94]

Originally Posted by john_starks

i'm posting from boston right now and its a niiice city..clean and vibrant

very sophisticated

totally agree w/philly not being as up to date as boston & dc

philly is the "brooklyn" of the bunch


its pretty funny, i kept asking people about local bodegas or convenient stores downtown and everyone mentions CVS

The biggest issue in Boston is the downtown area only includes the financial district, Downtown Crossing, Government Center, and part of the theater district and most of the stores there are not convenience stores they are department stores and other retail stores. The few spots left open are mostly filled by CVS or Walgreens and to get a local store you would have to walk all of a few blocks to Beacon Hill or the North End.

[misterfart]

Philly