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Take a look at this google streetview of a wall of residential housing that is common in San Francisco. Is there anything comparable in North American outside of NYC? Take a look 180 degrees, and don't answer without looking at the streetview first. If the answer is yes, post a google streetview of it.
Take a look at this google streetview of a wall of residential housing that is common in San Francisco. Is there anything comparable in North American outside of NYC? Take a look 180 degrees, and don't answer without looking at the streetview first. If the answer is yes, post a google streetview of it.
I looked around that neighbourhood on Street View and noticed some of the houses have steel bars on the windows and doors. Is that a high crime neighbourhood?
I looked around that neighbourhood on Street View and noticed some of the houses have steel bars on the windows and doors. Is that a high crime neighbourhood?
If you're referring to the windows which are directly on the street level, within arms reach, it's called common sense. Gated entryways are standard in pretty much every city.
Gated entryways are standard in pretty much every city.
Maybe in your country, not in mine. I can't ever recall seeing steel gates on doors or windows or a house in my city. And I've lived here more than 20 years. The building I live in has ground floor apartments with sliding windows that open directly to the outside, and none of them have steel bars or anything similar.
Here are four of the most high-crime, low income neighbourhoods in Toronto. They have thousands of houses, duplexes, rowhomes, and ground floor apartments that open up directly to the sidewalk. Look around on Google Street View and try to find a single one with steel bars on the window. I've been to all these neighbourhoods many times, and have never seen steel bars or a gated entryway on any of the homes. And if you think I'm cherry-picking, look around any neighbourhood anywhere in Toronto (probably anywhere in Canada, though I'm not familiar with every city in Canada, some might have steel bars on house windows) and try to find windows with steel bars or gated entryways.
Personally, I'd feel like I was in a prison cell if I had steel bars on my windows. I guess some people like the look though.
Edit: I was in Seattle 6 or 7 years ago and don't remember seeing steel bars on house windows. Granted, I didn't spend a lot of time walking down residential streets.
These recent comparisons between San Francisco and New York City are getting ridiculous. I feel like San Francisco is the new "Chicago" in this instance.
Yes, both are dense cities, but so are Baltimore, DC, Boston, Philly, and Chicago.
I can tell you with great confidence that the only real city that can compare to NYC is .... well, NYC. NOT SF. Sorry.
A little boulevard of two story row-homes that you show from Google Maps is not proof that SF feels like Manhattan.... People will easily show up other streets from other cities that look the same way (as people already are.... theory disproven).
I love San Francisco. But please. There is not a single spot in the city where I feel like I'm in New York. Not one.
These recent comparisons between San Francisco and New York City are getting ridiculous. I feel like San Francisco is the new "Chicago" in this instance.
Yes, both are dense cities, but so are Baltimore, DC, Boston, Philly, and Chicago.
I can tell you with great confidence that the only real city that can compare to NYC is .... well, NYC. NOT SF. Sorry.
A little boulevard of two story row-homes that you show from Google Maps is not proof that SF feels like Manhattan.... People will easily show up other streets from other cities that look the same way (as people already are.... theory disproven).
I love San Francisco. But please. There is not a single spot in the city where I feel like I'm in New York. Not one.
And that's not an insult either.
I couldn't have said it better. No part of San Francisco looks like NYC. I'll leave it to others as to whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.
Interestingly, from the streetviews the only one that compares as a "wall" is Baltimore.
I'm not really sure what we're supposed to be comparing. The OP streetview of SF looks nothing like NYC, and these are all just streets full of rowhouses.
Agree all of these have aspects at least debateable
I also think places like DC have some very interesting housing and smaller cities like Charleston SC are pretty fantastic as well.
Most of this will come down preference
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