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None of the skyline pictures of Philadelphia have done it any justice yet.
Here is a good one that gets the FULL SKYLINE:
Great shot. Developers have been talking about building up along the Schuylkill River to form a "skyscraper canyon" (similar to Chicago's) once the economy picks back up. That would fill in the left part of the pic between Center City and Cira Center (the bright building all the way on the left).
Are these 2 cities even comparable really? Boston should be compared to a city like Baltimore, right? Bos 400,000 and Balt 550,000 residents.
Philadelphia has 1.6 million residents. And this is just in the city limits. Shouldn't it be compared more to Houston or Dallas or Phoenix. Clearly with 1.6 million people you are going to have MORE problems, MORE restaurants, Higher GDP, MORE jobs.
But now that I'm done with my opinion on that, I think Boston is a very nice looking city but is missing some diversity. Every time I go there, it is white, red brick, and you never really see the cultural diversity.
Boston has Harvard. Philly has U Penn. Both Ivy League. Boston retains its college graduates better than Philly.
Philly is located better to get around the region. NYC is 80 miles. Baltimore 80 miles. DC 110 miles. Jersey Shore 40 miles. Poconos and snow skiing 50 miles. When you are in Boston, thats it. You get Boston and the Cape.
Boston is very gentrified and public transportation is great.
Philadelphia is funky and raw in its image, hipsters and doctors, students and thugs, Blue collar and Corporate, all share the same streets. Public transportation is great.
The city of Philadelphia is plagued with Police Department problems and Corruption as if it is still stuck in a 1988 period of distrust.
If you want White, gentrified, starbucks, then get to Boston.
If you want funky, odd, inexpensive, and edgy with no attempt at trying, then you need Philly. Center City has over 100,000 residents and really carries its own. The only thing you ever hear about Philadelphia PA is BAD news. People move to Philly uncertain of how it will be, and they leave Philly for other places only to hear them say, "well this place isn't as cool as Philly".
There is nothing pretentious about Philly at all. Boston holds onto an elevated idea of intelligence because it is grounded by Harvard. But you are going to see people keep it VERY real in Philly.
Are these 2 cities even comparable really? Boston should be compared to a city like Baltimore, right? Bos 400,000 and Balt 550,000 residents.
Philadelphia has 1.6 million residents. And this is just in the city limits. Shouldn't it be compared more to Houston or Dallas or Phoenix. Clearly with 1.6 million people you are going to have MORE problems, MORE restaurants, Higher GDP, MORE jobs.
But now that I'm done with my opinion on that, I think Boston is a very nice looking city but is missing some diversity. Every time I go there, it is white, red brick, and you never really see the cultural diversity.
Boston has Harvard. Philly has U Penn. Both Ivy League. Boston retains its college graduates better than Philly.
Philly is located better to get around the region. NYC is 80 miles. Baltimore 80 miles. DC 110 miles. Jersey Shore 40 miles. Poconos and snow skiing 50 miles. When you are in Boston, thats it. You get Boston and the Cape.
Boston is very gentrified and public transportation is great.
Philadelphia is funky and raw in its image, hipsters and doctors, students and thugs, Blue collar and Corporate, all share the same streets. Public transportation is great.
The city of Philadelphia is plagued with Police Department problems and Corruption as if it is still stuck in a 1988 period of distrust.
If you want White, gentrified, starbucks, then get to Boston.
If you want funky, odd, inexpensive, and edgy with no attempt at trying, then you need Philly. Center City has over 100,000 residents and really carries its own. The only thing you ever hear about Philadelphia PA is BAD news. People move to Philly uncertain of how it will be, and they leave Philly for other places only to hear them say, "well this place isn't as cool as Philly".
There is nothing pretentious about Philly at all. Boston holds onto an elevated idea of intelligence because it is grounded by Harvard. But you are going to see people keep it VERY real in Philly.
Boston as a city is more on the scale of Philly, the developed urban space is very similar with Baltimore a little smaller, all three have similarities though, probably based on the timing of development etc.
Are these 2 cities even comparable really? Boston should be compared to a city like Baltimore, right? Bos 400,000 and Balt 550,000 residents.
Philadelphia has 1.6 million residents. And this is just in the city limits. Shouldn't it be compared more to Houston or Dallas or Phoenix. Clearly with 1.6 million people you are going to have MORE problems, MORE restaurants, Higher GDP, MORE jobs.
But now that I'm done with my opinion on that, I think Boston is a very nice looking city but is missing some diversity. Every time I go there, it is white, red brick, and you never really see the cultural diversity.
Boston has Harvard. Philly has U Penn. Both Ivy League. Boston retains its college graduates better than Philly.
Philly is located better to get around the region. NYC is 80 miles. Baltimore 80 miles. DC 110 miles. Jersey Shore 40 miles. Poconos and snow skiing 50 miles. When you are in Boston, thats it. You get Boston and the Cape.
Boston is very gentrified and public transportation is great.
Philadelphia is funky and raw in its image, hipsters and doctors, students and thugs, Blue collar and Corporate, all share the same streets. Public transportation is great.
The city of Philadelphia is plagued with Police Department problems and Corruption as if it is still stuck in a 1988 period of distrust.
If you want White, gentrified, starbucks, then get to Boston.
If you want funky, odd, inexpensive, and edgy with no attempt at trying, then you need Philly. Center City has over 100,000 residents and really carries its own. The only thing you ever hear about Philadelphia PA is BAD news. People move to Philly uncertain of how it will be, and they leave Philly for other places only to hear them say, "well this place isn't as cool as Philly".
There is nothing pretentious about Philly at all. Boston holds onto an elevated idea of intelligence because it is grounded by Harvard. But you are going to see people keep it VERY real in Philly.
Nope. US Gensus estimates (http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/SUB-EST2009.html - broken link) have it at 645,169. Baltimore at 637,418.
If you check the data, I recommend looking at the Excel file...the CSV is a bit messy.
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