What are the best nightlife districts in major cities in the U.S (no college towns)?

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by BlackOut

LOL! All of downtown Orlando. Are you serious? Downtown St. Paul sees more activity than downtown Orlando.

I'm not going to get into a debate about DT St. Pete vs. DT Orlando for nightlife. The thread was asking for the most lively district in each major city. So for Orlando, I said downtown. For St. Pete I'd assume you would also say downtown. Where was the invite to turn this into a versus??

[BlackOut]

Originally Posted by OrlFlaUsa

I'm not going to get into a debate about DT St. Pete vs. DT Orlando for nightlife. The thread was asking for the most lively district in each major city. So for Orlando, I said downtown. For St. Pete I'd assume you would also say downtown. Where was the invite to turn this into a versus??

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by jjohns252525

What are the best nightlife districts in major cities in the U.S (no college towns)? Here is my top 20. Where am I wrong, what have I missed? I’ve done extensive business travel that has taken me to most major U.S. cities. Notable towns that have a reputation for good nightlife that I have not been to and therefore can not judge: Nashville, Memphis, Mobile, Milwaukee, and Savannah. I apologize if someone has asked this question before, I’m relatively new to this forum.

1)The Strip (Las Vegas, NV)
2)South Beach (Miami, FL)
3)Rush Street (Chicago, IL)
4)Greenwich Village (New York, NY)
5)Bourbon Street (New Orleans, LA)
6)Times Square (New York, NY)
7)Hollywod (Los Angeles, CA)
8)North Beach (San Francisco, CA)
9)Buckhead (Atlanta, GA)
10)Gaslamp District (San Diego, CA)
11)Back Bay (Boston, MA)
12)Georgetown (Washington, DC)
13)Lodo (Denver, CO)
14)South Street (Philadelphia, PA)
15)Wriglyville (Chicago, IL)
16)6th Street (Austin, TX))
17)The Flats (Cleveland, OH)
18)Belltown (Seattle, WA)
19)Federal Hill (Baltimore, MD)
20)French Quarter (Charleston, SC)



Honorable Mention: Church Street Station (Orlando, FL); River Walk (San Antonio TX); Adams Morgan (Washington, DC)

Pedestrian traffic wise San Antonio's Riverwalk is one of the busiest public places and nightlife districts on this list. Only Times Square and the Las Vegas Strip are probably busier. The Riverwalk is for locals and tourists and is now 15 miles long reaching urban neighborhoods, historic districts, plazas, universities, parks, the Zoo and other cultural attractions.

All these districts are great but I think the Riverwalk should be towards the top of the list. The Riverwalk is in a class by itself and it's only going to get better. Everytime I go to the Riverwalk it seems brand new and never boring.

SHSA was born at a hospital on the banks of the Riverwalk.

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

The places I have been to on this list are, Time Square, West Hollywood, LV strip, Bourbon N.O., Gaslamp San Diego, ATX 6th Street, Georgetown D.C., Greenwich Village.

Other districts not listed; Beale St-Memphis; Nashville downtown; Federal Hill-Inner harbor Baltimore; Chelsea NYC;(West End, Deep Ellum; Oak lawn-Cedar Springs Dallas, SOCO-Guadalupe St Austin, and Montrose-Westheimer Houston.

17th street in Mc Allen, Tx was a shocker, somewhat impressive.

There was a small strip of clubs in E. St louis that I explored by myself really quick not sure how the heck I ended up there, kinda scarry. St. louis was intense without a Map, I don't know what i was thinking, trying to get around without a map.