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Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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These four cities might as well be on the same tier (I would understand if that's not the case), since they're all well established and very respectable cities.
My criteria would be;
- Night life
- Strongest economy
- Economic growth
- Economic diversification
- Parks
- Zoo's (Come on, give our furry brotherens some love!)
- Downtown
- Skyline
- Waterfront
- Famous monuments & structures (Bridges, national monuments)
- Theater scene
- Food scene
- Cultural diversity
- Education (Boston obviously, but who would be number two? lol and why?)
- Weather (Minor category)
- Professional sports
- Roads and public transportation
- Airports
- Art galleries/art scene
Those would be the criteria to compare these, you don't have to use them all, but I do encourage you answer at least half of them if you can.
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- Night life: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Strongest economy: DC, Chicago, SF, Boston
- Economic growth: DC, SF, Boston, Chicago
- Economic diversification: Chicago, Boston, SF, DC
- Parks: Chicago/DC (Tie), Boston, SF
- Zoo's (Come on, give our furry brotherens some love!): I have not been to the SF or Boston Zoo. But the National Zoo in DC is better than Brookfield and Lincoln Park strictly on animals, however, LP Zoo wins easy on location!
- Downtown: Chicago, SF, Boston, DC
- Skyline: Chciago, SF, Boston, DC
- Waterfront: Chicago, SF, Boston, DC
- Famous monuments & structures (Bridges, national monuments): DC, SF, Chicago, Boston
- Theater scene: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Food scene: Chicago/SF (tie), Boston/DC (Tie)
- Cultural diversity: DC, SF, Chicago, Boston
- Education (Boston obviously, but who would be number two? lol and why?)Boston, SF, DC, Chicago
- Weather (Minor category): SF, DC, Boston, Chicago
- Professional sports: Chicago, Boston, DC, SF
- Roads and public transportation: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Airports: Chicago, DC, SF, Boston
- Art galleries/art scene: DC, Chicago (cant comment on SF and Boston)
- Night life: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Strongest economy: DC, Chicago, SF, Boston
- Economic growth: DC, SF, Boston, Chicago
- Economic diversification: Chicago, Boston, SF, DC
- Parks: Chicago/DC (Tie), Boston, SF
- Zoo's (Come on, give our furry brotherens some love!): I have not been to the SF or Boston Zoo. But the National Zoo in DC is better than Brookfield and Lincoln Park strictly on animals, however, LP Zoo wins easy on location!
- Downtown: Chicago, SF, Boston, DC
- Skyline: Chciago, SF, Boston, DC
- Waterfront: Chicago, SF, Boston, DC
- Famous monuments & structures (Bridges, national monuments): DC, SF, Chicago, Boston
- Theater scene: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Food scene: Chicago/SF (tie), Boston/DC (Tie)
- Cultural diversity: DC, SF, Chicago, Boston
- Education (Boston obviously, but who would be number two? lol and why?)Boston, SF, DC, Chicago
- Weather (Minor category): SF, DC, Boston, Chicago
- Professional sports: Chicago, Boston, DC, SF
- Roads and public transportation: Chicago, DC, Boston, SF
- Airports: Chicago, DC, SF, Boston
- Art galleries/art scene: DC, Chicago (cant comment on SF and Boston)
I generally agree with this. Looks like DC and Chicago are pretty much tied overall. It would be nice to do breakdowns like this when discussing all cities.
I also think strongest economy goes to Chicago. It's got the highest GDP and Fortune Global 500/Fortune 500 companies out of them all.
Well, now it gets all tricky.
Washington-Baltimore has a slightly bigger GDP than Chicagoland, the SF Bay Area is right behind Chicagoland-Boston is way behind despite being bigger than the Bay Area.
As far as GDP, its basically a three-way tie.
As far as F500 companies, the Bay Area is 2nd to New York.
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But spot on with the economic growth. DC is growing very fast.
I would rather have the sort of growth that the Bay Area has. It is based on innovation and creativity.
The region stagnates due to market fluctuations but also rises much more than the others when things are great.
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I think San Francisco should be able to compete with DC and Chicago on the art section. It's got a nice art scene.
Its not just based on museums-but the whole scene. Art shows, galleries, concentration of artists and a general buzz about arts in a particular place.
I would say that its Chicago and SF generally have a better arts scene.
As far as classical performing arts-all 4 are very, very strong.
I also think strongest economy goes to Chicago. It's got the highest GDP and Fortune Global 500/Fortune 500 companies out of them all.
MSA stats are very misleading for Washington, DC; The DC CSA is larger than the Chicago CSA in terms of overall economy size, plus Washington, DC has a more stable economy due to the presence of the Federal Government
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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Originally Posted by prelude91
MSA stats are very misleading for Washington, DC; The DC CSA is larger than the Chicago CSA in terms of overall economy size, plus Washington, DC has a more stable economy due to the presence of the Federal Government
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Well, now it gets all tricky.
Washington-Baltimore has a slightly bigger GDP than Chicagoland, the SF Bay Area is right behind Chicagoland-Boston is way behind despite being bigger than the Bay Area.
As far as GDP, its basically a three-way tie.
As far as F500 companies, the Bay Area is 2nd to New York.
I would rather have the sort of growth that the Bay Area has. It is based on innovation and creativity.
The region stagnates due to market fluctuations but also rises much more than the others when things are great.
Its not just based on museums-but the whole scene. Art shows, galleries, concentration of artists and a general buzz about arts in a particular place.
I would say that its Chicago and SF generally have a better arts scene.
As far as classical performing arts-all 4 are very, very strong.
Ah you're right, this does get tricky.
First you have the comparison within the City.
Then you have the comparison within the MSA.
Then you have the comparison within the CSA.
F500 companies from City, MSA, CSA goes as following.
CSA wise: Bay Area (San Francisco-Oakland + San Jose MSA)
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