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Capitol Hill
Belltown
Ballard
U District
Fremont
Lower Queen Anne
Alki/ Admiral/ Junction
These districts I think are the most prominent. What cities have comparable districts, or those that are the same tier?
Seattle is in a unique spot where it's larger and more vibrant than Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego. But it's smaller than SF, NYC, LA, Chicago etc. It might be somewhat comparable to Boston? Any city qualifies as long as it has a comparable neighborhood.
Much more similar to Minneapolis than Boston. In about 100 sq miles Minneapolis/St Paul has 718,000 people. Seattle has a similar population in about 90 sq miles. Boston, in 100 sq miles has about 1.2 million. I know density may not be directly proportional to urbanity, but when the gap is that large, and they are built in similar ways, then it makes a huge difference.
Outside of Downtown, Seattle doesn't have places like Somerville that have about 20k ppsm over multiple square miles.
One factor is that Seattle's density is heavily weighted to certain neighborhoods (apartments vs. the house vernacular) vs. being dispersed (common in townhouse cities). The peak-density neighborhoods can be pretty dense, even if still well below the peaks of Philly, Boston, etc. It's not about the average within city limits.
That's much like Minneapolis, Denver, and Portland, but the dense spots are quite a bit denser than theirs.
The peak census tracts are also well above Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and some other legacy cities.
Capitol Hill
Belltown
Ballard
U District
Fremont
Lower Queen Anne
Alki/ Admiral/ Junction
These districts I think are the most prominent. What cities have comparable districts, or those that are the same tier?
Seattle is in a unique spot where it's larger and more vibrant than Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego. But it's smaller than SF, NYC, LA, Chicago etc. It might be somewhat comparable to Boston? Any city qualifies as long as it has a comparable neighborhood.
dont know much about seattle but:
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^ the city of seattle is almost 2wice the size of the city of boston.
metro boston has about a million more people than metro seattle.
Lived in Boston and now in Seattle, there's no comparison, what Seattlites consider urban would be inner city suburbs at best in Boston, Seattle is more comparable to San Diego or Denver than with any real city.
Lived in Boston and now in Seattle, there's no comparison, what Seattlites consider urban would be inner city suburbs at best in Boston, Seattle is more comparable to San Diego or Denver than with any real city.
You should have stayed in Boston so that you could be a in a "real city"
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Capitol Hill
Belltown
Ballard
U District
Fremont
Lower Queen Anne
Alki/ Admiral/ Junction
These districts I think are the most prominent. What cities have comparable districts, or those that are the same tier?
Seattle is in a unique spot where it's larger and more vibrant than Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego. But it's smaller than SF, NYC, LA, Chicago etc. It might be somewhat comparable to Boston? Any city qualifies as long as it has a comparable neighborhood.
In Atlanta, I would compare the following neighborhoods:
Capitol Hill - Inman Park/Candler Park/Little Five Points
Belltown - Midtown
Ballard - Virginia-Highland
U District - Decatur/Emory
Fremont - Lower Midtown/O4W
Lower Queen Anne - Ansley Park/Brookwood
Alki/ Admiral/ Junction - Decatur/O4W
Capitol Hill
Belltown
Ballard
U District
Fremont
Lower Queen Anne
Alki/ Admiral/ Junction
These districts I think are the most prominent. What cities have comparable districts, or those that are the same tier?
Seattle is in a unique spot where it's larger and more vibrant than Denver, Minneapolis, San Diego. But it's smaller than SF, NYC, LA, Chicago etc. It might be somewhat comparable to Boston? Any city qualifies as long as it has a comparable neighborhood.
You Seattle-ites sure have an inflated opinion about your city. We'd first have to even know what those neighborhoods are.
You Seattle-ites sure have an inflated opinion about your city. We'd first have to even know what those neighborhoods are.
Maybe this thread isn't for you. It's for people who have been to these neighborhoods and are able to compare.
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