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Yeah, because the pedestrian activity in/around Pershing Square and Rittenhouse Square are exactly the same. And the shopping on Walnut St resembles Santee Alley (aka Tijuana Swap Meet) in the Fashion District. Not to be outdone, let's not forget all of the history in DTLA that makes it so much more interesting than Center City.
Are you serious! Philly is a chihuahua comparing to LA. That's for sure. Downtown LA annihilates Philly's Center City. I just got back from Dt. LA. It's much more dense and bigger than downtown Philly.
Are you serious! Philly is a chihuahua comparing to LA. That's for sure. Downtown LA annihilates Philly's Center City. I just got back from Dt. LA. It's much more dense and bigger than downtown Philly.
What?! Are you even from Philly or are you South of Philly. Philly has a better downtown than ALL of the western cities. Only Chicago and New York top it.
What?! Are you even from Philly or are you South of Philly. Philly has a better downtown than ALL of the western cities. Only Chicago and New York top it.
SF tops it as well, and LA competes with it, though CC Philly does definitely beat DT LA overall.
the differences aren't that dramatic anymore. I also don't think cc has twice the amount of infrastructure anymore. The last two decades have dramatically changed downtown los angeles.
When was the last time you were there? And if it's recent, did you just hang out in skid row?
I talked to one of the Fox sports announcers a couple weeks ago at a posh restaurant in Center City Philly and (no lip service). He said Center City is his 2nd favorite downtown behind Chicago, it wasnt always that way he said CC has improved unbelievably in the last 10-15 years.
That concurs closely with what other experts believe. 3 downtowns seem to stand above the rest. manhattan,Chi and Philly. I hear this quite often.
The extended Center City neighborhood has 275,000 people (Washington to Girard)roughly 6-7 sq mi and those people are among the wealthiest in Philadelphia.Granted the city of Philadlephia is not noted for their wealth but the population that lives in Center City tends to be young, well educated, and upwardly mobile.
Universities such as Penn,Drexel,Temple add another 100,000 students to the mix.
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