Seattle vs Philadelphia (best, better, life, people)

[DANNYY]

Criteria:
- Weather
- Dining (Upscale)
- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc)
- Public Transit (Rail)
- Downtown (amenities)
- Housing (The variations)
- Diversity (The People)
- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc)
- Scenery
- Historical sites
- Outdoor activities (please list)
- Economy (Sheer size)
- Economy (On health)
- Education (K-12)
- Education (Higher ed)
- Parks
- Nightlife
- Anything else I may have forgotten

[kidphilly]

Criteria:
- Weather - Subjective
- Dining (Upscale) - Close but edge to Philly
- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc) - again close with edge to philly though Asain is overall better in Seattle
- Public Transit (Rail) - Philly
- Downtown (amenities) - Philly
- Housing (The variations) -Philly
- Diversity (The People) - Depends on what is considered diversity
- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc) - Philly
- Scenery - Seattle
- Historical sites - Philly
- Outdoor activities (please list) - Seattle - wider variety easier access
- Economy (Sheer size) - Philly
- Economy (On health) - Edge Seattle?
- Education (K-12) - If City Seattle, If metro Philly
- Education (Higher ed) - Philly
- Parks - na - although I sent a lot of time in Seattle I do not recall a ton of time in parks, Philly has great parks, Seattle has amazing things very close to the city
- Nightlife - Philly

Overall Philly, but choice will be very subjective as these cities both with good cores offer two different lifestyles, also one basically twice the size of the other

[rainrock]

- Weather Philadelphia
- Dining (Upscale) Philadelphia
- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc)Phiiladelphia
- Public Transit (Rail)Philadelphia
- Downtown (amenities) Philadelphia
- Housing (The variations)Seattle
- Diversity (The People)TIE
- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc)Philadelphia
- ScenerySeattle
- Historical sitesPhiladelphia
- Outdoor activities (please list)Seattle
- Economy (Sheer size)Philadelphia
- Economy (On health)Seattle
- Education (K-12)Seattle
-(Higher ed)Philadelphia
- ParksSeattle But philadlephia underrated.
- Nightlife Philadelphia

A.Overall dealing with reality I Would rather live in Philly in large part due to its more centrally located location.Seattle is a great city and region though.

B.Of the 2 downtowns I would Rather live in Phillys downtown.

C. If all things were equal. I would rather live in the city of Seattle than Philly, Seattle is much healthier overall imo.

[DANNYY]

Criteria:
- Weather: Seattle (rain, snow, the works)

- Dining (Upscale): Philadelphia

- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc): Toss up, both have astonishing aspects in this regard

- Public Transit (Rail): Philadelphia

- Downtown (amenities): Philadelphia

- Housing (The variations): Seattle, its subjective but I like the housing in Seattle more

- Diversity (The People): Toss up
+ Racially: Seattle
+ Ethnically: Impossible to draw any conclusions, its a toss up, Philadelphia capitalizes on European ethnicities and Seattle on Asian

- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc): Toss up
+ Art Galleries: Seattle
+ Theater: Philadelphia
+ Symphonies: Philadelphia

- Scenery: Seattle

- Historical sites: Philadelphia

- Outdoor activities (please list): Seattle

- Economy (Sheer size): Philadelphia (40% larger than Seattle)

- Economy (On health): Seattle (Both under national average and healthy though)

- Education (K-12): Seattle

- Education (Higher ed): Philadelphia

- Parks: Toss up, I would imagine parks near some scenic lake or mountains to be beautiful, but Philadelphia has more variety in Urban parks.

- Nightlife: Uhhhh..
+ Bars: Philadelphia
+ Clubs: Don't know, never experienced it and am not a clubber either way

- Anything else I may have forgotten: Ehhh maybe I can come up with something later on that I may have forgotten

Skylines: Toss up
+ Skyline & Scenery: Seattle
+ Sheer Skyline: Philadelphia

[Aficionado]

- Weather Seattle
- Dining (Upscale) Tie
- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc) Tie
- Public Transit (Rail) Philadelphia
- Downtown (amenities) Philadelphia
- Housing (The variations) Seattle
- Diversity (The People) Seattle
- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc) Not sure
- Scenery Seattle by ---- far
- Historical sites Philadelphia by ---- far
- Outdoor activities (please list) Seattle
- Economy (Sheer size) Philadelphia
- Economy (On health) Seattle
- Education (K-12) Seattle
- Education (Higher ed) Philadelphia
- Parks Seattle
- Nightlife Philadelphia

[Metro Matt]

Can I pick neither?

[DANNYY]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Can I pick neither?

Haha yeah the "Other" option is always there.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by DANNYY

Haha yeah the "Other" option is always there.

No offense to those cities or anything I just don't like their climates both natural & political.

[jayp1188]

- Weather: Seattle
- Dining (Upscale): Philadelphia
- Restaurants/Food (Variety, what kinds, etc): Philadelphia
- Public Transit (Rail): Philadelphia
- Downtown (Amenities): Philadelphia
- Housing (The Variations): Seattle
- Diversity (The People): Tie
- Arts (Art Galleries, Theaters, Symphonies, etc): Philadelphia
- Scenery: Seattle
- Historical Sites: Philadelphia
- Outdoor Activities: Seattle
- Economy (size): Philadelphia
- Economy (health): Seattle
- Education (K-12): Seattle
- Education (Higher Ed): Philadelphia
- Parks: Philadelphia
- Nightlife: Philadelphia

I really like Philadelphia and it's a very underrated city. On paper, Philadelphia wins this. However, Seattle is an awesome city and I would probably pick it over Philadelphia.

[PhillytoCincy]

Seattle is great, don't get me wrong, but I give Philly the up in every category minus the health of the economy and outdoor activities.

I went back home to Philly for Thanksgiving. Best city in the world!