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I've been hearing a lot of praise for San Jose's Downtown as of late and I've also heard some trashing of Cincinnati's... to point where to some it would seem like a foregone conclusion that San Jose has the better downtown.
But as someone who has been to both I find that kind of shocking. But to be fair I don't have that much experience with either city. The last time i was in Cincinnati was the late nineties and while I was San Jose just recently I was very busy and didn't have much time to explore.
So I figured this would be a good one and would like to hear especially what people familiar with both cities think.
Judge the downtowns on the standard criteria:
Size
Population
Density
Skyline
Architecture
Nightlife
Restaurants
Shopping
Higher Education
Public Transportation
Walkability
Cleanliness
Safety
History
Museums
Parks
Concert Venues
Theater
Other Entertainment
Also feel free to consider anything else that you think is relevant.
Please though keep this restricted to just talking about each cities downtowns. So the fact that San Jose is close to San Fran or that you can go skiing close to Cincinnati or anything like that does not apply. This is simply a comparison of the downtowns.
I've been hearing a lot of praise for San Jose's Downtown as of late and I've also heard some trashing of Cincinnati's... to point where to some it would seem like a foregone conclusion that San Jose has the better downtown.
But as someone who has been to both I find that kind of shocking. But to be fair I don't have that much experience with either city. The last time i was in Cincinnati was the late nineties and while I was San Jose just recently I was very busy and didn't have much time to explore.
So I figured this would be a good one and would like to hear especially what people familiar with both cities think.
Judge the downtowns on the standard criteria:
Size
Population
Density
Skyline
Architecture
Nightlife
Restaurants
Shopping
Higher Education
Public Transportation
Walkability
Cleanliness
Safety
History
Museums
Parks
Concert Venues
Theater
Other Entertainment
Also feel free to consider anything else that you think is relevant.
Please though keep this restricted to just talking about each cities downtowns. So the fact that San Jose is close to San Fran or that you can go skiing close to Cincinnati or anything like that does not apply. This is simply a comparison of the downtowns.
Let's be clear, for a city of its size, Downtown San Jose is not as big as it should. However, it is a much more walkable, vibrant, and interesting downtown than people give it credit for. There are a lot of bars and restaurants, the streets are narrow and pedestrian friendly, and transit is easily accessible. It's a nice streetscape.
Cincinatti is also underrated in that the downtown is actually very walkable, and has a lot of history and character.
I don't know - this is a close one. Overall, I may go with San Jose, but pound for pound, considering SJ is a much bigger city, it would probably be Cincinatti.
Oh man, Queen City Square looks AWESOME in Cincy's skyline!!!! Very fitting for a new tallest.
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