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View Poll Results: Miami, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, or Philadelphia?
New York City 97 36.33%
Los Angeles 67 25.09%
Chicago 84 31.46%
Miami 55 20.60%
Philadelphia 51 19.10%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 267. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-26-2011, 12:48 AM
 
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In Chicago it's all about Chicago, NY, LA, and to an extent Boston or Miami. No one knows or cares about Dallas, Houston, or Philly.

In LA, people are more cognizant of other places, but you still don't hear much of Houston, Dallas, or even Philly.
I'm not surprised.
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Old 08-26-2011, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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If you follow sports, you hear about Philly all the time. More than L.A., more than Chicago, about as much as Boston and almost as much as NYC. Just pointing out, sports are popular and sports fans think about the cities with good sports teams all the time. Miami would not have been in the news nearly as much over the last year were it not for Lebron, and Cleveland is no longer in the news for the same reason.

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In Chicago it's all about Chicago, NY, LA, and to an extent Boston or Miami. No one knows or cares about Dallas, Houston, or Philly.

In LA, people are more cognizant of other places, but you still don't hear much of Houston, Dallas, or even Philly.
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Old 08-26-2011, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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I shouldn't have included Philadelphia, it's really not that large and is only a Gamma. Personally I would say that Chicago is the greenest city and arguably the most educated. New York the economic center. Miami does have the largest concentration of international banks in the country. I would also say people in Los Angeles have the better lifestyle.

IMO New York is the greenest city in America. It has the lowest automobile to public transportation ratio in the country (something like 70% of the city's population do not drive cars and rely on public transit, LA was about 30%) Many other factors play into it of course, but as far as dependence on fuel, NY is as green as they come.

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Old 08-26-2011, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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I shouldn't have included Philadelphia, it's really not that large and is only a Gamma. Personally I would say that Chicago is the greenest city and arguably the most educated. New York the economic center. Miami does have the largest concentration of international banks in the country. I would also say people in Los Angeles have the better lifestyle.

IMO New York is the greenest city in America. It has the lowest automobile to public transportation ratio in the country (something like 70% of the city's population do not drive cars and rely on public transit, LA was about 30%) Many other factors play into it of course, but as far as dependence on fuel, NY is as green as they come.

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Old 08-26-2011, 09:21 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Sorry, posted twice on accident. I'm new!
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Old 08-26-2011, 07:40 PM
 
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IMO New York is the greenest city in America. It has the lowest automobile to public transportation ratio in the country (something like 70% of the city's population do not drive cars and rely on public transit, LA was about 30%) Many other factors play into it of course, but as far as dependence on fuel, NY is as green as they come.

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Not on Sat-Monday this week NYC will have 0 public Transit, more if something happens to it.
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Old 08-26-2011, 09:24 PM
 
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IMO New York is the greenest city in America. It has the lowest automobile to public transportation ratio in the country (something like 70% of the city's population do not drive cars and rely on public transit, LA was about 30%) Many other factors play into it of course, but as far as dependence on fuel, NY is as green as they come.

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I think public transit is awesome, but I wouldn't want to RELY on it...I'd like to have a 50/50 choice in the matter.
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Old 09-11-2011, 11:15 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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I think public transit is awesome, but I wouldn't want to RELY on it...I'd like to have a 50/50 choice in the matter.
When is Miami going to get its act together on public transit? It's far behind the others, with the exception of maybe L.A. and Philadelphia.
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Old 09-12-2011, 08:52 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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I don't understand you, that is a random and false claim.

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When is Miami going to get its act together on public transit? It's far behind the others, with the exception of maybe L.A. and Philadelphia.
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Old 09-12-2011, 09:06 AM
 
Location: Center City
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I don't understand you, that is a random and false claim.
Par for the course. Check the posting history - full of inaccuracies, doesn't read threads, has had threads shut down, etc. Not worth responding to.
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