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View Poll Results: Which one do you prefer
Providence 44 58.67%
Louisvllle 31 41.33%
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-25-2017, 09:54 PM
 
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Both cities are really charming. Louisville has the largest collections of shotguns in the US, even more than New Orleans, and has one of the largest and most beautiful Victorian mansion districts in the US. Both cities have a variety of architecture from skyscraper to everything in between.

I also agree Providence doesn't feel anything like a metro of 1.6 million. It actually feels about the size of Louisville, 1.3 million, and downtown Louisville and its urban surroundings feel like a bigger city than Providence, which feels more like a true college town almost.

One thing I like about Providence is they kept most of their midrises and 3-8 story buildings. Louisville tore them down in "urban renewal" and that is why a lot of casual observers of Louisville aren't as impressed as they should be. Luckily, I can thing of at least 10 of these surface lots which were once historic rowhouses and midrises which are now getting nice new developments.
I agree that Providence doesn't feel like a city of 1.6 million because the Southern 1/2 of Bristol County is really Greater New Bedford more than Greater Providence.
However, outside of College Hill, Providence does not feel like a college town, Federal Hill really feels like an old school ethnic exclave. South Providence is quite Dominican. Downcity is really a mix of everyone.

I do hope something happens with the relocation of 95 and the Jewelry district gets re wedded to Downcity.
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Old 07-25-2017, 10:00 PM
 
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I agree that Providence doesn't feel like a city of 1.6 million because the Southern 1/2 of Bristol County is really Greater New Bedford more than Greater Providence.
However, outside of College Hill, Providence does not feel like a college town, Federal Hill really feels like an old school ethnic exclave. South Providence is quite Dominican. Downcity is really a mix of everyone.

I do hope something happens with the relocation of 95 and the Jewelry district gets re wedded to Downcity.
It's not a "college town" in the true sense of the word. But it's a college town just like Louisville, Austin, Columbus, etc.

Anywho, if Louisville had a twin in the Northeast, it would most definitely be Providence. Like Providence, Louisville also boomed in its heyday and kind of held the status quo for 100 years.

The biggest difference is Louisville is on a building and economic development roll and has much steadier population growth than Providence ever will in the future.

Just look at this staggering multifamily growth alone:
https://insiderlouisville.com/busine...amily-housing/
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Old 07-25-2017, 10:19 PM
 
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It's not a "college town" in the true sense of the word. But it's a college town just like Louisville, Austin, Columbus, etc.

Anywho, if Louisville had a twin in the Northeast, it would most definitely be Providence. Like Providence, Louisville also boomed in its heyday and kind of held the status quo for 100 years.

The biggest difference is Louisville is on a building and economic development roll and has much steadier population growth than Providence ever will in the future.

Just look at this staggering multifamily growth alone:
https://insiderlouisville.com/busine...amily-housing/
Depending on you definition of the Northeast I would say Buffalo is the closest analog to Louisville they boomed within 20 years of each other and were both portage towns used to avoid navigational barriers (Niagara and Ohio Falls) Providence is much older with a very different history and as a result Urban form.
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Old 07-25-2017, 11:43 PM
 
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Louisville is consistently ranked one of the top food cities in the USA. This empiric data lists it as 4th most restaurants per capita in the USA (Louisville and 9 other cities claim to have the most per capita, but this article says it is Dallas):

http://ezinearticles.com/?Which-City...pita&id=367316

Louisville is not a "fast food city." It is a very high cultured, high bar foodie city with one of the top culinary schools in the uSa
That article doesn't claim anything about L'ville being high-cultured or a high bar foodie city (whatever that is). It is specific only to the number of all restaurants including fast food. According to the article L'ville is just ahead of Wichita KS for the number of restaurants per capita.

Interestingly, Rhode Island is mentioned as a top 5 state in this regard. But it's clear that Rhode Island is not a "fast food" culture and state. It's history and small size would give the impression that diners and real restaurants - the kind that don't serve food in cardboard boxes like L'ville's large fast food corporations are known for - are more prevalent. If anything the high number of restaurants per capita and Providence's seafood industry informs me that Providence is the better city for upscale dining.

Providence has a very regal look and the historical architecture and urban fabric are intact.
Providence is simply more beautiful in every way.
L'ville has a certain small city, blue collar charm - but it is levels below Providence's beauty.
And it's proximity to Boston is a huge plus.

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Old 07-26-2017, 12:40 PM
 
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That article doesn't claim anything about L'ville being high-cultured or a high bar foodie city (whatever that is). It is specific only to the number of all restaurants including fast food. According to the article L'ville is just ahead of Wichita KS for the number of restaurants per capita.

Interestingly, Rhode Island is mentioned as a top 5 state in this regard. But it's clear that Rhode Island is not a "fast food" culture and state. It's history and small size would give the impression that diners and real restaurants - the kind that don't serve food in cardboard boxes like L'ville's large fast food corporations are known for - are more prevalent. If anything the high number of restaurants per capita and Providence's seafood industry informs me that Providence is the better city for upscale dining.

Providence has a very regal look and the historical architecture and urban fabric are intact.
Providence is simply more beautiful in every way.
L'ville has a certain small city, blue collar charm - but it is levels below Providence's beauty.
And it's proximity to Boston is a huge plus.
Your post clearly displays youve never been to Louisville. Louisville has one of the top ranked food scenes of any city under 2 million. Just because there is fast food doesn't mean the foodie scene isn't outstanding. Google louisville and foodie or food scene to verify my claim.
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Old 07-26-2017, 06:01 PM
 
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Your post clearly displays youve never been to Louisville. Louisville has one of the top ranked food scenes of any city under 2 million. Just because there is fast food doesn't mean the foodie scene isn't outstanding. Google louisville and foodie or food scene to verify my claim.
According to you. Not according to the article you posted.
You make terrific claims but produce nada.

Really, congrats on beating Wichita KS for number of fast food restaurants per capita.
#thathometowncookin'

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Old 07-27-2017, 10:05 PM
 
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According to you. Not according to the article you posted.
You make terrific claims but produce nada.

Really, congrats on beating Wichita KS for number of fast food restaurants per capita.
#thathometowncookin'

Why cant a city have more than one type of restaurant? Also the article I posted shows Louisville has one of the most restaurants per capita.

Louisville and Providence both have great food scenes and are often ranked together:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/1...n_6054716.html

https://insiderlouisville.com/lifest...to-louisville/

Louisville is constantly winning awards for this kind of stuff. It seems to have more buzz than Providence and thus substantially higher growth, better housing market, hotter rental and retail market, etc
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Old 07-27-2017, 10:55 PM
 
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According to you. Not according to the article you posted.
You make terrific claims but produce nada.

Really, congrats on beating Wichita KS for number of fast food restaurants per capita.
#thathometowncookin'

Louisville has more investment going on. Your counter argument is to ridicule Louisville's economy? Weak...
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Old 07-29-2017, 10:39 AM
 
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That article doesn't claim anything about L'ville being high-cultured or a high bar foodie city (whatever that is). It is specific only to the number of all restaurants including fast food. According to the article L'ville is just ahead of Wichita KS for the number of restaurants per capita.

Interestingly, Rhode Island is mentioned as a top 5 state in this regard. But it's clear that Rhode Island is not a "fast food" culture and state. It's history and small size would give the impression that diners and real restaurants - the kind that don't serve food in cardboard boxes like L'ville's large fast food corporations are known for - are more prevalent. If anything the high number of restaurants per capita and Providence's seafood industry informs me that Providence is the better city for upscale dining.

Providence has a very regal look and the historical architecture and urban fabric are intact.
Providence is simply more beautiful in every way.
L'ville has a certain small city, blue collar charm - but it is levels below Providence's beauty.
And it's proximity to Boston is a huge plus.
You've obviously never stepped foot in Louisville, so how can you even begin to have an opinion? Using google images isn't an explanation.

You're basing your "opinion" of the blue collar charm, based on the perception of Kentucky as a whole. Louisville is NOTHING like the state of Kentucky, totally opposite.

Every city will have fast food, some more than others, what your point? There are soooo many restaraunts that are amazing, and it is indeed an up &a coming food destination, many articles are out there to prove that. You have no clue of any of the "history" of Louisville as well, if you did, you'd know Louisville has one of the biggest Victorian neighborhoods in the US, and it's absolutely beautiful, how'd that for "regal" or for "history"?

Stop basing your facts on nonsense.
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Old 07-29-2017, 11:14 AM
 
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You've obviously never stepped foot in Louisville, so how can you even begin to have an opinion? Using google images isn't an explanation.

You're basing your "opinion" of the blue collar charm, based on the perception of Kentucky as a whole. Louisville is NOTHING like the state of Kentucky, totally opposite.

Every city will have fast food, some more than others, what your point? There are soooo many restaraunts that are amazing, and it is indeed an up &a coming food destination, many articles are out there to prove that. You have no clue of any of the "history" of Louisville as well, if you did, you'd know Louisville has one of the biggest Victorian neighborhoods in the US, and it's absolutely beautiful, how'd that for "regal" or for "history"?

Stop basing your facts on nonsense.
You're honestly going to contest that Providence is older with more history? Louisville isn't Charlotte but it isn't Providence either when it comes to history.

Providence's urban core also is much more intact than Louisville's, Louisville as 2 census tracts denser than Providence as a city, with a grand total of 6,500 people. Providence has a much denser and more urban core. These are not bias's they are facts.

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