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Chicago for the skyline and downtown. Philly for everything outside of downtown, although downtown Philly (CC) is like Manhattan too, just less tall buildings than Chicago. Philly has suspension bridges. Chicago does not. Philly is filled with rowhomes. Chicago is not.
Chicago over Philly for actually being a world known destination, something Philly really isn't yet to that extent.
Boston and San Francisco are more like eachother imo than either is like New York. Both are a bit like New York. There are similarities. I'd have to go with Boston. It's becoming the World known destination San Francisco is and it's in the same region as New York.
None. No city is even close to what NYC can offer on an urban scale.
NYC is by far the greatest urban city in the country, perhaps in the world.
Okay Snobbish dude
In my opinion it's San Francisco because everyone is trapped on an island.
Sure it's a peninsula, but there's mountains to the south with a small strip of habited area that connects the rest.
You have 3 ways in. Golden gate, Bay bridge, or Daly city to the south. Which leaves a trapped sensation and everyone gets stuck in there. Couple it with the urban fabric... it's pretty active. Throughout the whole city you see people walking around on the street. There's very little quiet areas.
But Chicago is not in any degree a row-home city. i don't know of any blocks where you can find solid attached housing. You see a section in places. But not a block.
Chicago's choice was unattached by far. Even if mere inches apart. Even new infill multi-residential housing is separated.
There are examples of rows for sure. But in where city's fall in % of attached housing as rows ..... Chicago is very low in %.
These are even examples of newer infill. Same footprint as former-housing once there. But multi-residential infill now.
I'm not sure if Chicago has anything like this? These are all over Northeast/far North Philly and outer parts of West Philly. I know New York has tons of rowhomes like these in Queens and I think some are in the Bronx. I'm not sure what the exact style is called. They seem to have been built mostly in the 50s and 60s.
I'm not sure if this style of duplex is abundant in New York but these can be found all over Northeast Philly and almost any more suburban area outside the greater Center City area.
These rowhomes and duplexes both tend to have alleys behind them which is otherwise uncommon in Philadelphia.
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In my opinion it's San Francisco because everyone is trapped on an island.
Sure it's a peninsula, but there's mountains to the south with a small strip of habited area that connects the rest.
You have 3 ways in. Golden gate, Bay bridge, or Daly city to the south. Which leaves a trapped sensation and everyone gets stuck in there. Couple it with the urban fabric... it's pretty active. Throughout the whole city you see people walking around on the street. There's very little quiet areas.
I have been to SF many times when I lived in LA
I don’t think SF looks like NYC/Manhattan at all other than being the city with the highest density on the west coast. I think the overall feel/layout of SF is a lot of closer to Boston than it is to NYC/Manhattan.
After all, outside of the Union Square/Financial District where do you see an urban presence in SF? Presidio/North Beach/Mission/Marin County, etc these are all incredibly suburban places.
Being urban doesn’t mean it is good and being suburban doesn’t mean it is bad. Different people have different preferences. But if you are talking about the greatest urban city in the country, I would say NYC by far.
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After all, outside of the Union Square/Financial District where do you see an urban presence in SF? Nob Hill/Presidio/North Beach/Mission/Soma/Marin County, etc these are all incredibly suburban places.
I agree San Fran matches nyc in urban feel in certain parts..especially union square and Chinatown..obviously it doesn’t come close in urban scale and experience as none of the cities here come close in urban scale and experience
I agree San Fran matches nyc in urban feel in certain parts..especially union square and Chinatown..actually union squares in each city sort of remind me of each other...except it’s the primary shopping area in sf and just one of many in nyc...obviously it doesn’t come close in urban scale as none of the cities here come close in urban scale
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