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People saying DC do not realize what is considered downtown. If anything, Washington DC has so much throughout the city outside of downtown.
Downtown DC is only from 22nd street to 9th street and then from H street up to P street. Do people even realize how much is outside this area? Hmmm let's start:
1. Georgetown
2. The White House
3. The Mall
4. Adam's Morgan
5. Embassy row
6. Foggy Bottom
7. 14th Street
8. U street
9. Woodley Park
10. Cleveland Park
11. Tenleytown
12. Capitol Hill
13. NOMA
14. Navy Yard
The core of a city usually includes areas adjacent to what's considered downtown proper; the White House, Capitol Hill, and the National Mall are by all accounts located in the core of DC. However there are definitely sites of interest scattered all across the city and region. Your list doesn't even include stuff located in neighboring jurisdictions (Arlington National Cemetery, Old Town Alexandria, Mount Vernon, George Washington Memorial, Tysons Corner Center/Galleria, Potomac Mills, National Harbor, MGM, Six Flags, etc.)
New Orleans may or may not count. The actual "downtown" is the Central Business District, which is the term people tend to use instead of downtown, but the French Quarter and Garden District are indeed centrally located in the middle of the city too and both border the CBD. The vast majority of New Orleans attractions are in fact located within the city limits.
While the tourist core of DC is the National Mall area, there are attractions that are within the District but clearly not downtown like the National Zoo, and also attractions outside the District like Arlington National Cemetary, Old Town Alexandria, the Pentagon, CIA Headquarters, and Mt Vernon.
Chicago; virtually every single thing tourists would go to is essentially in downtown, with the exception of Wrigley Field and MSI. I could also see DC.
Chicago; virtually every single thing tourists would go to is essentially in downtown, with the exception of Wrigley Field and MSI. I could also see DC.
NYC is too big to fit in here.
NYC is big, but I do believe that there's nothing really worth seeing outside the southern half of Manhattan. ALL of the major NYC attractions are Central Park and points south. I personally have no interest in seeing anything in the outer boroughs and aren't interested in Harlem or Spanish Harlem either. I don't really consider Yankee Stadium a major tourist attraction and Yankee Stadium is the only famous thing in NY outside of Manhattan. No, Coney Island does not count, EVEN New Jersey has better beaches than that.
Baltimore definitely deserves a mention here. Mainly because the touristy area is so compact.
The Harbor is very compact and still draws substantial crowds, but its economic impact and toursim numbers have taken a massive hit post Freddie Gray. The complete lampooning of the pavilions and safety perception has been squeezing the life out of it, so it doesn't hold the same weight as before.
The cities tourism is further going to decentralize with PC now U/C and the explosion of development in Harbor East/Point.
NYC is big, but I do believe that there's nothing really worth seeing outside the southern half of Manhattan. ALL of the major NYC attractions are Central Park and points south. I personally have no interest in seeing anything in the outer boroughs and aren't interested in Harlem or Spanish Harlem either. I don't really consider Yankee Stadium a major tourist attraction and Yankee Stadium is the only famous thing in NY outside of Manhattan. No, Coney Island does not count, EVEN New Jersey has better beaches than that.
The Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and the Bronx Zoo say hello.
NYC is big, but I do believe that there's nothing really worth seeing outside the southern half of Manhattan. ALL of the major NYC attractions are Central Park and points south. I personally have no interest in seeing anything in the outer boroughs and aren't interested in Harlem or Spanish Harlem either. I don't really consider Yankee Stadium a major tourist attraction and Yankee Stadium is the only famous thing in NY outside of Manhattan. No, Coney Island does not count, EVEN New Jersey has better beaches than that.
Brooklyn gets a ton of tourism. I meet tourists from the US, UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, etc. at my Brooklyn hangouts all the time. There are many museums, restaurants, bars, clubs, etc. which attracts a lot of tourists.
Coney Island is mostly famous for the boardwalk, not the beach itself.
NYC is big, but I do believe that there's nothing really worth seeing outside the southern half of Manhattan. ALL of the major NYC attractions are Central Park and points south. I personally have no interest in seeing anything in the outer boroughs and aren't interested in Harlem or Spanish Harlem either. I don't really consider Yankee Stadium a major tourist attraction and Yankee Stadium is the only famous thing in NY outside of Manhattan. No, Coney Island does not count, EVEN New Jersey has better beaches than that.
In the year 2019, almost any visitor under 30, and most under 40 are going to visit Brooklyn.
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