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Travel and Leisure rankings are pretty much garbage. There is no scientific method to any of their studies. They just do a survey of a sample of their subscribers.
The odd part about this poll was it was the Philly residents as the only ones to rate their city lower than visitors. Think the city needs a better PR campaign for its own residents
The odd part about this poll was it was the Philly residents as the only ones to rate their city lower than visitors. Think the city needs a better PR campaign for its own residents
The city keeps Center City and the touristy areas of South Philly pretty clean. A lot of residential neighborhoods (even some good ones) are dirty looking which may explain the difference between tourists/business visitors versus residents.
The city keeps Center City and the touristy areas of South Philly pretty clean. A lot of residential neighborhoods (even some good ones) are dirty looking which may explain the difference between tourists/business visitors versus residents.
I think fair points but also personally dont find Philly any more dirty than NYC/Baltimore/Chicago/SF - Boston somehow seems cleaner to me visually. And I do live in CC but grew up partially in the NE and still have family in many areas of South and NE Philly. And I agree there are areas that are dreadful but to me the same can be said for all the others I mentioned. Now honestly because of age and density these cities will likely appear more dirty than others, no issue there. But that being said internal PR to me is something Philly would benefit from in many ways but a topic for another thread.
The odd part about this poll was it was the Philly residents as the only ones to rate their city lower than visitors. Think the city needs a better PR campaign for its own residents
No. 9 Atlanta
Many cities that made the dirtiest Top 10 scored well for having a vivid nightlife, cool neighborhoods, or great live music. Alas, Atlanta couldn’t claim any of those in the survey. At least the city has its quality—and sloppy—barbecue going for it.
also if you look at the "what residents think" vs "what the visitors think", Atlanta residents think Atlanta is much better then what visitors think when compared the stats for other cities like DC, NYC, SF.
Winner vs Loser (just a few I played with)
SF vs NYC
NYC vs LA
NYC vs DC
Boston vs Philly
SF vs DC
SF vs Atl
SF vs Miami
SF vs Chicago
DC vs Atl
Miami vs Atl
LA vs Atl
Seattle vs Atl
Chicago vs Seattle
Houston vs Atl
Atl vs Memphis
Atl vs Dallas
fun....
Last edited by Ebck120; 06-21-2011 at 04:49 PM..
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