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Old 03-27-2020, 12:05 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach
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What city centers/central neighborhoods/downtowns in North America do you think are most urban?
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Old 03-27-2020, 12:14 AM
 
Location: New York City & Los Angeles
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1. Manhattan
2. Downtown Chicago
3. Downtown San Francisco(FIDI/Union Square/Chinatown)
4. Downtown Philly
5. Downtown Boston
6. Downtown LA
7. Downtown Seattle
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Old 03-27-2020, 12:18 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach
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1. Manhattan
2. Downtown Chicago
3. Downtown San Francisco(FIDI/Union Square/Chinatown)
4. Downtown Philly
5. Downtown Boston
6. Downtown LA
7. Downtown Seattle

What about Toronto or Vancouver or Mexico City?
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Old 03-27-2020, 12:41 AM
 
Location: Odenton, MD
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NYC
Mexico City
Chicago
Toronto

~gap

SF
Philly
Boston

*LA/Seattle/Baltimore/Vancouver/DC are honorable mentions*

/end of thread
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Old 03-27-2020, 01:05 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach
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NYC
Mexico City
Chicago
Toronto

~gap

SF
Philly
Boston

*LA/Seattle/Baltimore/Vancouver/DC are honorable mentions*

/end of thread
Does Mexico city have an admirable urban core or is it just a humongous footprint of medium density urban area? I also strongly disagree with their being a gap between Toronto and the other cities listed
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Old 03-27-2020, 04:53 AM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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1. Manhattan
2. Downtown Chicago
3. Downtown San Francisco(FIDI/Union Square/Chinatown)
4. Downtown Philly
5. Downtown Boston
6. Downtown LA
7. Downtown Seattle
If we're including all of North America.. then we can count out Seattle. It wouldn't even crack the top 10.

1-Manhattan
2-Mexico City
3-Chicago
4-Toronto
5-San Francisco
6-Boston
7-Montreal

Last edited by Champ le monstre du lac; 03-27-2020 at 05:29 AM..
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Old 03-27-2020, 05:29 AM
 
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NYC
Mexico City
LA
Chicago
SF
DC
Philly

Toronto and Boston would probably be #8 and #9
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Old 03-27-2020, 05:54 AM
 
Location: Medfid
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1-Manhattan
2-Mexico City
3-Chicago
4-Toronto
5-San Francisco
6-Boston
7-Montreal
This.
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Old 03-27-2020, 08:44 AM
 
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1. Manhattan
2. Downtown Chicago
3. Downtown San Francisco(FIDI/Union Square/Chinatown)
4. Downtown Philly
5. Downtown Boston
6. Downtown LA
7. Downtown Seattle
Toronto, Montreal, and Mexico City should be included.

LA and Seattle would be removed from the list. I'd think either Boston or Philly next.

To me, the Big Four would be Manhattan, Mexico City, Chicago, Toronto. Then SF, Montreal, Boston, Philly, DC would be a good debate.
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Old 03-27-2020, 09:11 AM
 
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Toronto, Montreal, and Mexico City should be included.

LA and Seattle would be removed from the list. I'd think either Boston or Philly next.

To me, the Big Four would be Manhattan, Mexico City, Chicago, Toronto. Then SF, Montreal, Boston, Philly, DC would be a good debate.
I would add Vancouver into that second batch. Maybe Seattle? Most urban doesn't necessarily correlate to size right, unless most urban also means largest urban swaths..
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