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The second view is just suburban single family homes. You can find parts of New York City that look exactly like that too.
Mostly agree. To me the influence is more in the styling.
For example this to me feels more southern influenced (again not bad or good) though DC does have a fair amoung of SFHs moreso than what you would find in some older more dense cities.
And Old Town and even Georgetown have some Southern influence (yes I know Alexandria is not in the district but it was, really the original part so to speak)
Baltimore has an interesting look. Some areas are like DC, but others have a grittier and edgier look, maybe because of the lack of trees. DC is definitely a greener city. But overall to me, DC and Baltimore are sort of similar even though DC has more of a professional vibe and Baltimore has more of a blue collar vibe.
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DC doesn't even look like a city, it looks like a suburb for the most part. It's those idiotic height restrictions. Baltimore has an actual skyline. Silver Spring, Bethesda and Arlington look more urban than actual DC.
This is a tough one as to which city feels more urban. Like the other poster said, Washington DC is a much greener city while Baltimore gives off a more grittier feel. That being said both are very similar in size and density. I might have to give slight edge to Baltimore though you could really go with either city.
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Originally Posted by PhenomenalAJ
DC doesn't even look like a city, it looks like a suburb for the most part.It's those idiotic height restrictions. Baltimore has an actual skyline. Silver Spring, Bethesda and Arlington look more urban than actual DC.
If DC doesn't look like a city than you might as well just say that every other city in the country besides New York, Boston, Philly, Chicago and San Francisco look like suburbs and not real cites. If your judging how urban a city looks by the height restrictions of buildings than Philly must have looked like a suburb up until 1987 when the "Gentleman's Agreement" was broken on height restrictions in the city. lol.
DC doesn't even look like a city, it looks like a suburb for the most part. It's those idiotic height restrictions. Baltimore has an actual skyline. Silver Spring, Bethesda and Arlington look more urban than actual DC.
So your definition of urban is if it has a skyline or not. Well I guess Houston is more urban than DC than. Neither Arlington, Bethesda, and SS holds a candle to DC when it comes to an urban environment.
All I know is Baltimore is about 90 minutes away and DC about 2 hours and change. Both seem pretty close and both are pretty urban
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