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Yes, but also the neighborhoods feel "quaint" compared to other cities such as DC or SF, its hard to describe, but nonetheless it is the charming appeal of Boston.
Yeah most central neighborhoods do have a sort of "quaintness" to them... Though Back Bay near Prudential and downtown feel like you are in a really big city.
Seattle real estate development company Urban Visions on Thursday announced plans for a 77-story skyscraper at Second Avenue and Marion Street.
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Its close but I voted for Boston, (Mostly in large part to it's Proximity to Canada),
I also like the Large Brazilian Community they have down there.
If Boston wasn't on the list then I'd pick Los Angeles.
After doing extensive research, I have decided that I want to move to another city. I want to move to a city that has open-minded, friendly, and intelligent people and where there is a lot of interaction amongst people of different races. My four choices so far are Seattle, Boston, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area. Which city do you think has people of these characteristics?
Just as starters, please don't be so enamored with "intelligence" "open-minded". Both are very, VERY subjective. "Open-minded" usually equals "agrees with MY narrative of life". "Intelligence" equals "has a college degree AND agrees with MY narrative of life". I have a college degree, so I'm not just bashing education, lol. I just know college is less about actual education these days and more about political indoctrination and shunning diversity of thought. Having said that, the best area I would say would be LA, followed by Boston. There's a wider variety of thought and belief in the Los Angeles area compared to the other 3. I live near the Boston area, and while its Liberal, they're usually friendly to others who don't agree with their beliefs. That's at least been my experience. The Bay Area, by far, is the most intolerant area in the nation. Openly hostile towards other beliefs and labels most anything they don't agree as "hate speech". I've never seen it as bad in any other place in the nation. All 4 are very expensive places to live and none really have very much diversity of thought. Nevertheless, 1. Los Angeles, 2. Boston, 3. Seattle, 4. San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland.
The Bay Area, by far, is the most intolerant area in the nation. Openly hostile towards other beliefs and labels most anything they don't agree as "hate speech". I've never seen it as bad in any other place in the nation.
You watch too much cable news.
Our activists are one thing, but the vast majority of people(like over 95%) here arent really like that. The fact that I have to explain this to you means youre not really knowledgable on the area.
If it's racial diversity you want, I think you'd find that LA and the Bay area have more of it than Boston, and certainly have more than Seattle (which, I think, is at least 75% white).
It's unfortunate that I've already stepped foot in Atlanta, prior to that, Boston was the least dense major metropolitan area in the world over 3 million that I had stepped foot in. The city itself and Cambridge and the like are fairly dense, the rest of it is lots of acreage, plots, forests, and trees. Oh and traffic heading into Rhode Island and Connecticut. Los Angeles' often associated for being spread out, maybe 1940-1960, today it's the densest urban area in the country and it accomplishes over three times the population of Boston's urban area in equal to or less land area.
I'd write a research paper on the unique type of small town sprawl in the outer bands of the Greater Boston area.
Anyhow, of your four choices, they're all fine for what you want. Seattle, Boston, or the Bay Area would probably be tops in the country (along with New York and Washington) for the intelligence vibe that you are seeking. I wouldn't really hold my breathe on Seattle being such a cosmopolitan place, sometimes I feel like the only time those people even see a Mexican is on George Lopez, the Television Show. It's grandly whites and Asians, the latter basically being an extension of the former culturally. Boston is a great city, it can be a little cold, especially on nights like tonight but it has a great flair about it and is designed differently than most of what you'd see in America. It has a good mix of diversity and integration but is resoundingly second tier to Greater Los Angeles and the Bay Area on that front (as well as many other places, in my opinion). Personally, I wouldn't hesitate, I'd go with Los Angeles. The end more than justifies the means, the most opportunities to be had there.
Cant talk about Seattle any further, I don't respect the place to offer an input. However, I'd probably look into the local forum to get a helping hand on your criteria by the locals themselves.
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