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Just curious as to what peoples opinions are based on these 5 neighborhoods. They all seem to have a lot of things in common; I admit I am not as familiar with Beacon Hill as the rest. I lived 6 yrs in West Village, and I am currently moving to Lincoln Park, visited Philly and DC dozens of times per year.
My criteria is:
Architecutre
Transportation
Parks
Shopping
Nightlife
Food
History
Density
Poshness
Cost of Living
Last edited by FAReastcoast; 11-30-2011 at 01:23 PM..
You probably should have included Logan or Dupont instead of Georgetown. Those neighborhoods have better public transit and the architecture is more impressive, imo.
I'm not that familiar with Chicago.
Back Bay for architecture.
The Village for transportation.
Back Bay for Parks since it borders the Common.
The Village for shopping.
I don't go around any of these areas to party, so I have no idea.
To me the biggest difference would be cohesion to core; WV, BB, and RS are basically on top it. LP and GT are little further removed
Will get back on the specific criteria but to me the bigger decisopn is probably which city one prefers as opposed to any better or worse as a specific place as all are pretty awesome urban enclaves
RS, WV , and the North End (not BB) are my three favorite nabes in the US so for methere is no loser among them, nor any of the 5 you have listed
Just curious as to what peoples opinions are based on these 5 neighborhoods. They all seem to have a lot of things in common; I admit I am not as familiar with Beacon Hill as the rest. I lived 6 yrs in West Village, and I am currently moving to Lincoln Park, visited Philly and DC dozens of times per year.
My criteria is:
Architecutre:
Back Bay
Transportation:
West Village
Parks:
Tough call, but I'll take Lincoln Park because of the actual Lincoln Park and Lake Front access. All have great parks, except for Georgetown, IMO, but they do have the water front.
Shopping:
Georgetown
Nightlife:
West Village
Food:
West Village
History:
Back Bay
Density:
West Village
Poshness:
Back Bay or Georgetown
Cost of Living:
I would guess Lincoln Park, but I have not checked Rittenhouse prices lately.
I love all of these neighborhoods for different reasons. I picked Georgetown in DC simply because it is my favorite neighborhood in the city. My answers above:
You probably should have included Logan or Dupont instead of Georgetown. Those neighborhoods have better public transit and the architecture is more impressive, imo.
Agree on the DC nabes (though the OP appears to have a specific reason to include GT and great area none-the-less)
Also Nob Hill or the like may have a been a good SF entry here
On Chicago either a Streeterville or River North would have more the core proximity but LP is probably a more appropriate comparator among these listed IMHO
Agree on the DC nabes (though the OP appears to have a specific reason to include GT and great area none-the-less)
Also Nob Hill or the like may have a been a good SF entry here
On Chicago either a Streeterville or River North would have more the core proximity but LP is probably a more appropriate comparator among these listed IMHO
Streeterville and Rivernorth do not really fit the feel of the other neighborhods I was going for, as they are mostly newer highrise hoods with little to know low rise residential.
Shopping - tough one all are very good here would say BB, WV/RS, LP, GT (too many chains these days but all are very good)
Nightlife - WV, RS, LP, BB, GT
Food - WV, RS, BB, LP, GT
History - WV/RS/BB, GT, LP
Density - WV, RS, BB, LP, GT
Poshness - BB, RS/WV, LP/GT though all have some very posh aspects
Cost of Living WV/BB, RS/GT, LP
Interesting you ranked Georgetown last in shoppiong, while there are a lot of Chains, there shear volume of options would rank it first for me (or tied with Back Bay).
This is a great thread with some great comparisons.
Architecture - I'd say Back Bay and West Village. Just seems a little more historic with all the brownstones and what not.
Transportation - West Village, mainly because it's Manhattan. And maybe Lincoln Park.
Parks - Probably Rittenhouse Square...
Shopping - West Village, Georgetown tie? Maybe Back Bay as well?
Nightlife - West Village definitely - Meatpacking is in the West Village.
Food - West Village
History - I'd say 5 way tie. They're all very historical.
Density - West Village (I'd assume) would be most dense, along with Back Bay and Rittenhouse (since there are lots of high rises).
Poshness - All posh. West Village tops out I'd think, with all the celebrities living there and what not.
Cost of Living - Lincoln Park is probably the most reasonable. West Village, probably the most expensive.
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