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That doesn't really matter, especially in this case.
While I agree that this poll is only which do you prefer which is totally subjective, what do you mean when you say what a city offers doesn't really matter?
Because the actual city doesn't offer more and the rest is just typical suburban stuff just more of it which doesn't matter because any city I ever live in is in the Downtown/inner city neighborhoods.
The only thing STL has that I'd envy is LRT.
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IndieIndy, St. Louis's urban core extends FAR beyond that of Milwaukee, even though it spills over into the inner-ring suburbs. St. Louis is far and away more urban, more expansive with more amenities than Milwaukee. These cities are not on even playing ground. It's one thing to prefer one over the other, but it is not accurate to say that St. Louis's advantage is only because of suburbs. The inner-ring suburbs of St. Louis are more urban than most central cities in this country.
IndieIndy, St. Louis's urban core extends FAR beyond that of Milwaukee, even though it spills over into the inner-ring suburbs. St. Louis is far and away more urban, more expansive with more amenities than Milwaukee. These cities are not on even playing ground. It's one thing to prefer one over the other, but it is not accurate to say that St. Louis's advantage is only because of suburbs. The inner-ring suburbs of St. Louis are more urban than most central cities in this country.
I personally never thought of milwaukee being a city on par with St.Louis. Not that milwaukee is a bad place.
St. Louis is far and away more urban, more expansive with more amenities than Milwaukee. These cities are not on even playing ground.
I'd have to disagree with that. In my unbiased experience, St. Louis is not at all "far and way more urban" than Milwaukee. St. Louis definitely has a denser built environment, but Milwaukee is also a more densely populated city with almost twice the population.
In terms of amenities, they're both pretty similar. I'd agree that there are more amenities in the suburbs in St. Louis since it has a bigger suburban population, but does it really matter that the St. Louis area has a few more Cheesecake Factories, Abercrombies, Walmarts, and other typical suburban amenities than Milwaukee? St. Louis surely wins in quantity, but when it comes to the variety and quality of the amenities, they're both pretty even.
These cities are easily on even playing ground, and it's pretty ridiculous to think otherwise.
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