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It has some groovy tunes and a [creepy?] eye in the upper-right corner to boot!
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Originally Posted by MDAllstar
The video on D.C. isn't a time-lapse. Did you watch it? It's professionally done talking about economic and cultural development.
I did watch it, and I still think it's a time-lapse (albeit a time-lapse with words and an overarching message).
But the more important question here is: what does it have to do with Downtown DC? Do venture capital and an educated population make DT DC more vibrant?
It has some groovy tunes and a [creepy?] eye in the upper-right corner to boot!
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I did watch it, and I still think it's a time-lapse (albeit a time-lapse with words and an overarching message).
But the more important question here is: what does it have to do with Downtown DC? Do venture capital and an educated population make DT DC more vibrant?
It's a promotional video to developers. It's shown to a national audience of developers trying to get them to invest in D.C. The more residential building and restaurants built in downtown D.C., the more vibrant it will be. What else makes something more vibrant?
The video on D.C. isn't just a time-lapse. Did you watch it? It's professionally done talking about economic and cultural development. The other video's seem to have been created by amateurs instead of the city governments of Philadelphia and Boston.
Lol because the governments of Philly and Boston have other things to do rather than spend taxpayers dollars on a video that does nothing more than stroke the shaft that is the DC ego.
Also the Philly one was probably done by a college student, but was still a pretty damn good timelapse.
It has some groovy tunes and a [creepy?] eye in the upper-right corner to boot!
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Haha. That one is much better
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I did watch it, and I still think it's a time-lapse (albeit a time-lapse with words and an overarching message).
But the more important question here is: what does it have to do with Downtown DC? Do venture capital and an educated population make DT DC more vibrant?
lol, downtown Sebastopol pop 7k has a whole foods along with plenty of other organic grocery stores. Whole Foods is like an average grocery store in the Bay Area but people go bonkers over it in other parts of the country. There are many places that are better than Whole Foods in Bay Area. I know people who won't shop there b/c it's too corporate and has generic foods you can get anywhere. Bay Area is the only place where people will *complain* if a Whole Foods opens up. Bay Area people are really serious about food quality, and is the center of the whole green/local food movement. I would say Bay Area has the best grocery stores in terms of gourmet/quality foods in the United States at the metro level, though Manhattan has a few more strictly gourmet and specialty shops.
You're pretty much spot on. I have to be honest, I don't think I've been to a safeway or Lucky's in years, unless its to pick up just a few items. And I am not what you'd call a food snob either- I can simply get better products at local grocery stores. Out of the chains, I pretty much stick to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Mi Pueblo(I love their pupusas as well as a few other items).
Although big name stores like Safeway dominate areas like Pinole, nicer, better grocery stores are all over the Bay Area.
Lol because the governments of Philly and Boston have other things to do rather than spend taxpayers dollars on a video that does nothing more than stroke the shaft that is the DC ego.
Also the Philly one was probably done by a college student, but was still a pretty damn good timelapse.
I don't understand you. How would the Philadelphia city government making a video to promote Philadelphia to developers be stroking the shaft that is the DC ego? What would that have to do with DC?
And if you're right that Philadelphia doesn't do anything to promote companies to invest in Philadelphia, that makes even more since looking at the state of Philadelphia compared to the rest of the country since most cities do try to attract investment.
I don't understand you. How would the Philadelphia city government making a video to promote Philadelphia to developers be stroking the shaft that is the DC ego? What would that have to do with DC?
And if you're right that Philadelphia doesn't do anything to promote companies to invest in Philadelphia, that makes even more since looking at the state of Philadelphia compared to the rest of the country since most cities do try to attract investment.
Philly is growing albeit slow... but I think it has more to do with the state government than the city itself. If you would know as much as you claim to then you would know how terrible the PA government has been. Even to the point of chasing films out of the state for neglecting to give them tax breaks (World War Z).
Eh, in hindsight it probably isn't the best Boston time-lapse video: the views from the Pru are nice, but (imo) are a little repetitive and maybe even a little overused.
I still do like the music, though; it sounds like "Seinfeld meets Romantic Alien Invasion meets 80s/90s Montage Music". And the view of Logan at night is also very interesting.
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Originally Posted by MDAllstar
The more residential building and restaurants built in downtown D.C., the more vibrant it will be. What else makes something more vibrant?
Fair enough, but I still think that using that video to make that point was sort of beating around the bush.
Is DC building more restaurants and residential buildings than other cities?
And what would your top ten list be for downtowns? I'm sure you wouldn't put DC over NYC, but probably over Philly and maybe Boston, I'm guessing?
Fair enough, but I still think that using that video to make that point was sort of beating around the bush.
Is DC building more restaurants and residential buildings than other cities?
And what would your top ten list be for downtowns? I'm sure you wouldn't put DC over NYC, but probably over Philly and maybe Boston, I'm guessing?
I don't know how many buildings other cities are building in their downtown core + one mile, but I'm sure they are building quite a bit. Here is what D.C. is building in it's downtown + one mile core:
Downtown D.C. had a population of 173,672 people in it's downtown + one mile according to the downtown report above. This is what D.C. is currently building in that footprint in the report. It would be fun to see what other cities are building in their downtown footprint defined in the report so we can see how the population will change as the units fill up across all cities :
It has some groovy tunes and a [creepy?] eye in the upper-right corner to boot!
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