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Alright!!! Another sunbelt city to pick on outside Atlanta!
Phoenix is infamous around these parts for having one of the worst skylines for a city its size.
(I go with Peoria, Illinois)
Lancer, Peoria's central city is NOTHING compared to Phoenix. I can't imagine why anyone would even try to compare the two. The Peoria area is quite industrial and a little dirty and trashy. Phoenix is beautiful and has a much larger central city. No comparison between the two. I have visited Phoenix and lived in the Peoria area. I choose Phoenix, hands down!!
US-Traveller. you are so right. I lived in the Peoria area for about four years. Forget it.... Peoria doesn't hold a candle to Phoenix. Phoenix is beautiful and the downtown is MUCH larger than that of Peoria.
I have never been to Phoenix, and I think it's pretty ridiculous to compare two cities that are so different in size ... but WOW, you guys are way off on Peoria. It's a great small city. The area has almost 400,000 people, so it's not too big and it's not too small. (I personally prefer a big city and hated moving to the suburbs with the family, but Peoria is a nice "in between.") Peoria has some sketchy areas, but all cities do ... if you surpass 100,000 in population, you're just going to have some bad areas. The actual downtown of Peoria is really pretty. With the bluff, the river and a nice downtown, I love Peoria. I would never compare it to a Chicago or a Phoenix, but so what?
Peoria is a great city. Pretty stunned at those who have lived there that don't like it, because it's a great place to live. Some of the best food I've ever had too!
THIS is an ' apples to oranges ' comparison. Why compare geographic regions and metros with little or no similarities? Btw, for all who didn't already know it, (suburban Phoenix) Peoria AZ was founded by settlers from the original Illinois namesake. Rather than engage in a ridiculous verbal exchange or civic sparring, I would rather let a factual profile (see Wikipedia link below) speak for itself.
This is an absurd city comparison, but since my folks were born/raised in Peoria, Caterpillar City all the way, baby! Spent a lot of time there, growing up, and was there for a family funeral a decade or so ago ... As small towns go, Peoria isn't the total, boring Podunk City most folks tend to think... It's a small city rather than a town; it has a major university in Bradley and a rather substantial downtown -- largely expanded/funded by hometown pride Caterpillar Corp-- and cultural city for its size... They even have a substantial zoo. And, of course, politics-wise, you know what they say... "If it doesn't play in Peoria ..."
Also, while I really have only traveled the Illinois corridor from Chicago to Peoria, and Champaign-Urbana (to the U of I main campus), I would have to surmise that Peoria, by far, is the hilliest city in otherwise pancake-flat Illinois. The entrance into the city over the Peoria Lake/Illinois River from the eastern bluffs (East Peoria), is quite dramatic; almost mountainous... The drive down Knoxville Ave, Peoria's main drive, from 'the Heights' into downtown is quite steep, as well.
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