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Baltimore has a nice downtown and harbor but it barely just makes the top 10 in the US when it comes to downtown vibrancy and overall downtown. Any photos or videos that can support your claim that it "can hold its own against" center city in the vibrancy department ( which I highly doubt it can)?
Downtown Baltimore is so underrated its almost funny. What is it that downtown philly have that Baltimore doesn't?
BTW, I'll post pics when I get to my computer, I'm replying from my cellphone at the moment.
Baltimore is on the Chesapeake Bay. Philly and Wilmington are on the Delaware RIVER.
Okay. So Baltimore is a city founded upon the water and the industry it thrived off of. Just be aware that the Chesapeake bay is not a salt water body.
Off the top, walnut street probably has better upscale shopping than all of downtown Baltimore.
Off top Baltimore has more upscale housing and condos than downtown philly. So many condos popped up in downtown Baltimore over the last five years, u wouldnt believe it. Lol @ Baltimore being stagnant..
Severe postwar decline, followed by recent steps at revitalization
Higher education (UPenn, Hopkins, etc.)
Good public transit
Good rail and road accessibility to NYC and DC
Similar climate
Popular public markets
Racial segregation by neighborhood
nearly everyone one of these traits philly could be compared to boston as well, therefore i stand by what i said that philly resembles boston more than baltimore, city and metro.
If you have lived in DC like you claim, then you know first hand that DC people will never have an inferiority complex about NYC. The make up of the city is too white collar and educated for that. In addition, you cannot disconnect the political power of DC from the people who live in the city and work in this arena everyday. I am by no means saying DC is on NYC's level at all but you cannot deny the city's place in the big picture. Too to many important decisions come from this 61 square mile area. Ask yourself why is Philly so cheap compared to DC if Philly is such a utopia. More people would be hard pressed to live there, thus driving up the cost. But we all know that isn't the case. So keep dreaming.
You know i always like to bring metros into this, because often times philly is looked at as cheap and dirty and uneducated to outsiders (which i disagree with), however the same cannot be said for th suburbs which consistently rank near the top in the nation ahead of DC for wealth education, safety, and QOL.
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