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While Vancouver beats Jacksonville in most every category, Jacksonville's access to great beaches, much better weather and absence of the stupid metric system make it an easy winner.
While Vancouver beats Jacksonville in most every category, Jacksonville's access to great beaches, much better weather and absence of the stupid metric system make it an easy winner.
What is so stupid about the metric system? I use it sometimes. Only the USA and Bahrain don't use it.
I'm still picking Vancouver over Jacksonville. Personally, I might fit in better Vancouver. I can use metric units. I like the Pacific Ocean. I love the snowcapped mountains. I here the East Asian cuisine in Vancouver is very nice. I don't like hot, humid summers, so Jacksonville wouldn't work for me. I am a displaced Seattle Mariners fan living in the Atlanta area(I don't root for the Braves, just don't, no apologies for it), so it's Vancouver over Jacksonville. Vancouver just got a new Major League Soccer team, FC Vancouver, although I'm a fan of FC Seattle. Palm trees are okay, but I can have those in California minus the humidity.
Last edited by green_mariner; 05-09-2011 at 12:46 PM..
Is this a joke? You are comparing a vibrant, cosmopolitan city like Vancouver to Jacksonville? Sorry but Jacksonville is nothing but a sprawling suburban city with a tiny downtown. Outside of the beach it pales in comparison in just about every category mentioned.
Vancouver is awesome, but this comparison is just bizzarre. Add to that the pre-requisite that Vancouver already wins with the fluff marketing pics of Vancouver, but not a single picture of Jacksonville. If this was Vancouver vs. Miami then you would actually have something here (actually they do have a few things in common, like a downtown full of residential glass condo towers).
Anyway, Vancouver kicks the crap out of Jacksonville in just about every single urban category, but for a day at the beach, lets get real here, Jacksonville owns that one. Vancouver is a nice city by the water, and a warm day in August there is ideal, but it certainly doesn't contend in the beach category with Florida by any stretch of the imagination.
While Vancouver beats Jacksonville in most every category, Jacksonville's access to great beaches, much better weather and absence of the stupid metric system make it an easy winner.
I agree. Jacksonville is far from my #1 but I'd easily take it over Vancouver.
Is being ultra Urban a really positive? To me it's just a characteristic, it doesn't mean it's better and get's an instant win with me. City-Data seems to get too caught up in that "Urban = Better in everyone's eyes" thing.
Vancouver looks like a very very nice place, I'd love to visit but Jacksonville is much closer to what I personally like.
While Vancouver beats Jacksonville in most every category, Jacksonville's access to great beaches, much better weather and absence of the stupid metric system make it an easy winner.
Yeah, cuz Jacksonville's system is so much better than the metric system, right?
Vancouver is awesome but I love the weather for Jacksonville and the somewhat beach culture and palm trees are awesome. Hot and humid, palms trees, nice and sunny, and awesome sand beaches. This is why I love all of coastal Florida.
Vancouver is way more urban and has more things to do, and especially for its size. It's a true urban city, with an anti-sprawl outlook for North America. It's an extremely impressive city and I've always loved visiting it but its no Seattle. Jacksonville is a brand new jump start city, it doesn't get talked about enough here but its metro is actually one of the fastest growing in the country and second fastest in Florida after Orlando. 19.8% for the last decade, and its quite a bit healthier economically than most of Florida so it a good benefit. The amenities will come to Jacksonville when it gets larger, size does mean attraction and it'll eventually follow suit there. http://www.newgeography.com/content/...ica-transition
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