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Old 10-03-2009, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Orange County, CA
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Old 10-17-2009, 12:33 AM
 
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Pittsburgh is the most unique as far as architecture goes. I don't care what anyone says, the architecture of Pitt cannot be compared with ANY other city.

NYC gets the cake for most overall unique (Size, diversity, landmarks, people, etc)

HOW can people say LA is unique? Everything about it just screams "Typical big city"
Same with San Francisco, and most Calli cities. Seattle, I can see. The Space Needle makes it stand out.
And come on, we gotta give Cleveland a little something, it's the only 3-building city in the world. :P
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Old 10-17-2009, 09:43 AM
 
Location: moving again
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Pittsburgh is an incredible city with stunning architecture, but beyond comparison with any city on Earth? i don't know about that one

How is LA just a generic big city? There are too many things unique about it to say such a thing!!

San Francisco is extremely Unique to the US, and many many other Californian cities

Cleveland has 3 buildings in the entire city, well i don't know where to start with that one
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Old 10-17-2009, 08:22 PM
 
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The original Four Unique Cities, according to Samuel Clemens/Mark Twain were:

Boston
New Orleans
San Antonio
San Francisco

IMO, the list still stands.

Exactly!
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Old 10-17-2009, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Um, Boston is just like Philadelphia and NYC. NYC is unique because it's the biggest of its kind in the country.
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Old 10-17-2009, 09:24 PM
 
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Pittsburgh is the most unique as far as architecture goes. I don't care what anyone says, the architecture of Pitt cannot be compared with ANY other city.

NYC gets the cake for most overall unique (Size, diversity, landmarks, people, etc)

HOW can people say LA is unique? Everything about it just screams "Typical big city"
Same with San Francisco, and most Calli cities. Seattle, I can see. The Space Needle makes it stand out.
And come on, we gotta give Cleveland a little something, it's the only 3-building city in the world. :P
Calli huh? Didnt realize California was spelled with two L's. So the Space needle stands out but the Golden Gate Bridge doesn't?
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Old 10-18-2009, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Um, Boston is just like Philadelphia and NYC. NYC is unique because it's the biggest of its kind in the country.
Um, no it isn't.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:17 AM
 
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Unique is a very large "qualifier", as far as adjectives go.

What this means is that by that word alone, Detroit and NYC are both radically and equally unique and belong on the same list.

There are only a handful of "real" cities in the United States: NYC, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco. That order was chosen in my mind simply by going right to left.

I'd say San Francisco is the most "unique" because of those qualities I ascribe to that word. It's so small it can't offer the things other cities can. You realize the true value of space when you can't have parkland or front lawns. The most basic things any "city" offers really come at a premium in SF due to the spacial constraints.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Concrete jungle where dreams are made of.
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Um, no it isn't.

I was in Boston almost every weekend for about 3 years, and I've lived in NYC. They're not much different.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:43 AM
 
Location: Atlanta
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I was in Boston almost every weekend for about 3 years, and I've lived in NYC. They're not much different.
Tell that to a Bostonian.
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