Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > General U.S. > City vs. City
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
View Poll Results: Which is better - Chicago or The Bay Area
Chicago 69 61.61%
Bay Area 43 38.39%
Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll

Closed Thread Start New Thread
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:08 PM
 
2,957 posts, read 6,443,229 times
Reputation: 1419

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by clean_polo View Post
Oh really? Thats a weird tradition lol, I have never heard anyone clap, yell, and whistle while the National Anthem is playing, IMO it's pretty disrespectful but hey, traditions are traditions.
I agree. It sounds a bit odd and disrespectful to me as well. But I imagine there's some reasonable purpose to it and the people who do it don't feel that way.

 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:09 PM
 
2,957 posts, read 6,443,229 times
Reputation: 1419
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-o View Post
Well, buddy, seeing that Chicago has always been bigger than San Fran, and always will be, I think your answer is foolish. Ill take it one step further and add that several cities in Chicagoland area were amongst the nation's fastest growing at last showing.
Well, buddy, feel free to hold onto whatever incorrect opinion you want. I mean the world still needs clowns too, so don't hold back on my account.

If you think the fact that Chicaaaaag has more residents is enough criteria in itself to determine which place is the most popular, then you lack the critical thinking ability to even hold a discussion on what would and what wouldn't actually determine a city's popularity. SF is maxed out and Chicago is 5 times larger yet only has about 3 1/2 times the population of SF, so I could just as easily argue that if SF were Chicago's size your one lone criteria would make Chicago the loser anyway lol. That's an idiotic argument, and a very simplistic way of viewing things. But go ahead and stick to whatever is within your capacity.v
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
10,138 posts, read 15,928,719 times
Reputation: 4047
Quote:
Originally Posted by 18Montclair View Post
*yawns*

Like drowing a pig in water-it keeps trying to gasp for air, hoofs flailing about aimlessly, grunting helplessly.

oink.
He's not a Chicagoan. It's our little SF hating friend, he's just become a little bit smarter about keeping his cover more undetected now.
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:12 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
36,623 posts, read 67,123,456 times
Reputation: 21154
Quote:
Originally Posted by jjacobeclark View Post
I hate to agree with such a buffoon like chic.../HumboldtParkRican32, but your numbers you keep posting are pretty meaningless. ThePR just posted that housing calculator that showed an $800,000 home in SF would only fetch $300,000 in Chicago. So, I guess all those $1 million houses in SF would be equivalent to $500,000 houses in Chicago. Conversely, $1 million home in Chicago would probably go for over $2 million in SF.
In other words, places like Manhattan and San Francisco are far more expensive than Chicago.

Yes, that's true.

I'm sorry, what are we arguing about?
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:12 PM
 
Location: The Bay
6,914 posts, read 14,671,844 times
Reputation: 3119
Quote:
Originally Posted by jman650 View Post
I have no idea. People are ridiculous. More people get murdered in CA than any other state in the union, yet the thought of CA being dangerous is beyond some peoples' comprehension b/c of nice weather lol. There's no logic or knowledge applied for the people that have this mentality.

I'm glad CA and SF aren't worse than they are, but there are crime issues here and I think its really dumb of some people to overlook that fact and brush it off as though its nothing.

CA's has almost double the population of the next largest state... if it didn't then CA would be the safest state in the union.


But yea, its real funny when people talk about SF like its disneyland or something when its the only city in the bay other than Pittsburg and Richmond that still has housing projects... rofl
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:15 PM
 
2,957 posts, read 6,443,229 times
Reputation: 1419
Quote:
Originally Posted by NowInWI View Post
Sixty-six million call the Midwest home - it's a great place to live!
I don't doubt that at all, and I don't like the direction this thread is being taken in. I don't see why its so hard for either region to show the next some respect.
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
36,623 posts, read 67,123,456 times
Reputation: 21154
Quote:
Originally Posted by OmShahi View Post
He's not a Chicagoan. It's our little SF hating friend, he's just become a little bit smarter about keeping his cover more undetected now.
Yes, I thought I recognized the stench.

LOL

Anyway,
to all the real Chicago people here, there are plenty of things that Chicago wins vs San Francisco.

I think Chicago has the most forward-thinking architecture in its skyline and the most elegant Downtown area in the whole country. Just so well done. The skyline, the public spaces, the green areas, that amazing waterfront-sooo gorgeous.

I mean, yall could have just posted a bunch of amazing skyline pics and Id have no retort....
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:18 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
10,138 posts, read 15,928,719 times
Reputation: 4047
Quote:
Originally Posted by jman650 View Post
I don't doubt that at all, and I don't like the direction this thread is being taken in. I don't see why its so hard for either region to show the next some respect.
Yeah I know. I mean we're comparing cities and places here not sports teams.

There really is no right or wrong when it comes to a place to live, obviously there's a reason why the two still exist in a large number. Detroit has been on the decline for the past like 40 years. These two haven't.

I mean if you want to compare the two places, take it up with their sports teams or something. But seriously have some respect to the honorable people that established these cities instead of bad mouthing other peoples homes/lifestyles.

That goes for everyone here. Especially the trolls.
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:18 PM
 
2,957 posts, read 6,443,229 times
Reputation: 1419
Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve-o View Post
Dear typical big-headed Californian,
I live in a metro that is more populated, more diverse, stronger financially, and more influential than the Bay Area. Enjoy playing second fiddle to Chicagoland. Ouch.


Sincerely,

Someone who sees CA for what it is: OVERRATED
^^Idiotic and disrespectful....

Quote:
Originally Posted by clean_polo View Post
I think the Bay Area is more diverse than Chicagoland, just saying. I may be wrong though.
Quote:
Originally Posted by OyCrumbler View Post
You're drawing a stereotype of the biggest state in the Union via an internet troll. Congratulations.

Also, Chicago's more populated, but the rest of your list is debatable (save for diversity where the Bay Area comes out ahead by almost any reasonable metric).
....vs. open-minded and logical. I'll take the latter, thank you very much.

Oh and Oy and clean_polo, both of you are absolutely correct.
 
Old 06-06-2010, 11:21 PM
 
2,957 posts, read 6,443,229 times
Reputation: 1419
Quote:
Originally Posted by 18Montclair View Post
You guys are always bringing up topics you can't possibly win. First diversity-that's a Bay Area SLAM DUNK. And now desirability and whose the most expensive?

REALLY? Do you want to talk about that?

Okee-Dokee...

Metropolitan Area Median Home Price, Q1 2010
Honolulu, HI $621,200
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $560,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $518,200
Orange County, CA $486,700
New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA $380,400
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH $332,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA $331,400
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $302,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-MD-VA-WV $292,600
Miami-Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL $193,600

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI $176,400

http://www.realtor.org/wps/wcm/connect/6d134680426de770b959ff03cc9fa30a/REL10Q1T_rev.htm?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=6d134680426de 770b959ff03cc9fa30a (broken link)

Mind you this is in the worst economy since the Depression. Home Prices still are over half a million dollars for the entire region.

But because the area is so DESIRABLE, the Bay Area's real estate market commands prices that would be considered too high in any other Metro Area in the United States.

Furthermore, we can also look at the number of million-dollar homes to see what people are willing to pay.

Housing Units Valued at $1,000,000+, 2008
New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA 334,861...7.6% of all homes
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA 291,155...18.8% of all homes
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 288,803...9.3% of all homes
Washington-Baltimore-Northern VA, DC-MD-VA-WV 93,332...4.4% of all homes
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI 63,048...2.6% of all homes
Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-RI-NH 60,725...3.2% of all homes
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 52,672...8.8%
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL 51,925...3.8% of all homes
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA 48,254...4.5% of all homes
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 28,120...2.8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville, GA-AL 26,024...1.8% of all homes
Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD 24,253...1.4% of all homes
Denver-Aurora-Boulder, CO 19,559...2.4% of all homes
Dallas-Ft Worth, TX 19,171...1.2% of all homes
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud, MN-WI 16,161...1.5% of all homes
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX 14,271...1.1% of all homes
Detroit-Warren0-Flint, MI 13,160...0.8% of all homes

How incredible is that. The San Francisco Bay Area actually has more Million-Dollar homes than the entire LA Area, which is more than twice as big. Not a small fete, and yet totally indicative of the Bay Area's unique and wealthy housing market.



okay, ciao.

Housing Units Valued at $1,000,000+, 2008
San Francisco CITY, CA 38,252...29.9% of all homes
Chicago CITY, IL 16,972...3.4% of all homes
LMFAO pwned!
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Closed Thread


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > General U.S. > City vs. City

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top