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For this thread compare the Seattle metro and Vancouver metro( including the I5 corridor between them) vs the Detroit and Windsor metros.
-Transit(includes freeways)
-Education(k-12)
-Higher Education
-Cost of Living
-Diversity
-Climate
-Nightlife
-Architecture
-Crime
I'm not sure why you'd mention Windsor - its a pretty small non-descript city that isn't even close to being in the league of any of the other three..
I'd give Detroit architecture, Higher Education and Cost of living over Seattle and Vancouver but every other criteria give to Seattle/Vancouver as a combo or heck even separately.. Now I've heard that you can get a REALLY cheap house in Detroit which gives it a cost of living/value proposition but would you really want to live in that house... prolly not!
Windsor isn't a major city. It's only as large as it is now because it's right across the river from downtown Detroit. Had it been Toronto or something across the river, then that would be a different story.
You might as well just do Detroit-Toronto to compare to Seattle-Vancouver... It's only about an hour longer to drive from Detroit to Toronto as it from Seattle to Vancouver(and border waits can be long crossing up in Blaine, Washington going both ways)...
Detroit-Windsor is basically one metro, while Seattle to Vancouver is several metros--and there's a lot of ground on I-5 between them including Bellingham.
Windsor isn't a major city. It's only as large as it is now because it's right across the river from downtown Detroit. Had it been Toronto or something across the river, then that would be a different story.
No doubt the economy of Windsor benefits from being close to Detroit - but it is the southernmost city of prominence in Canada so even without Detroit there would be a draw to the place. With or without Detroit a city with a metro of 300000 is not viable competition against cities like Detroit, Vancouver and Seattle all plus 2 million cities - nothing wrong with it but yeah...
Anyway - according to google maps it is a 2 and 1/2 drive from Seattle to Vancouver and a 3 hr and 44 minute drive from Detroit to Toronto...so maybe a Detroit/Toronto combination isn't that off after all... that would make this comparison a lot different
Seattle-Vancouver no contest. Detroit is a dump, but I am sure Windsor is nice.
Windsor is actually more depressed-looking than Detroit. It doesn't have all the vacant lots and abandoned buildings, but the downtown is extremely distressed looking, and the whole area looks poor.
In contrast, Detroit has horrible bombed-out ghettos, but downtown/midtown look semi-healthy, and the suburbs are very prosperous.
I assume Windsor is the poorest and most economically depressed city in Canada?
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