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Thats why I got more specific for you(people like you need specifics) and said the Silver Spring area of Montgomery. Silver Spring is only a small part of montgomery county.
Look up the definition of Metro. Then get back to me.
I don't see how anyone who knows what they are talking about could say NYC hands down. It depends what you're looking for, but aren't like 6 of the 10 richest counties in the country in the DC area? Or like 9 of the 15 richest or something? It also has some of the best public schools and colleges in the country as well. To some people that's a big deal. Not everyone wants to live in NYC, or even DC. They want an affluent neighborhood with good schools for their children that is still close to a large city.
i think NYC wins there: morris, somerset, hunterdon counties. DC = montgomery and fairfax.
plus, NYC metro has some of the best public schools and colleges (Princeton anyone?) and an abundance of affluent neighborhoods. honestly, if these are your criteria, DC and NYC metros are about dead even.
For GDP and median income per capita, DC metro area > NYC metro area. That's something significant to consider especially given that COL is less in the DC area.
All I'm doing is making the little one the same physical size as the big one.
Or if youd rather, we can reduce the big one down to the same size as the little one and compare DC(61 sq. miles) to Manhatten+Bronx(65 sq. miles).
No matter how we do it, the goal is ultimately to eliminate the variable of land area when comparing these two big cities.
You know the more you argue with him, the stupider you sound. Why do you keep bringing up the size of DC and NYC? THEY DO NOT MATTER. The topic is about the metro, not the city. He's already told you that in his last 5 posts. A few others did, but you can't figure out how to comprehend what you're reading. So no, the land area doesn't matter because DC is a small part of the metro.
You know the more you argue with him, the stupider you sound. Why do you keep bringing up the size of DC and NYC? THEY DO NOT MATTER. The topic is about the metro, not the city. He's already told you that in his last 5 posts. A few others did, but you can't figure out how to comprehend what you're reading. So no, the land area doesn't matter because DC is a small part of the metro.
I was tryna help y'all out, but wateva, I'ma let the the 8oolb gorilla bend y'all over.
Metro to metro, DC can't even come anywhere close, in order to make it a halfway fair comparison its gotta be DC (inner)metro vs NYC(which was originally formed as the New York metropolitan authority at the turn of the century)
i think NYC wins there: morris, somerset, hunterdon counties. DC = montgomery and fairfax.
plus, NYC metro has some of the best public schools and colleges (Princeton anyone?) and an abundance of affluent neighborhoods. honestly, if these are your criteria, DC and NYC metros are about dead even.
I think that was about 11 of the top 25 in the DC metro area. 6 of the top 10 richest were DC area too. So no, you're wrong.
As far as schools, this is by state, but it's pretty close with DC just ahead. Maryland is top in the nation with Virginia at #4. New York is #3 and New Jersey #5.
I'm not an idiot, I have heard of Princeton, but that's not the only good school in the country.
This isn't my only criteria, but in reality, it's some of the more important things to look for when you actually want to settle down and have a family. NYC is a great city, but it's not the best at everything. Especially when you compare metros.(yes killakoolaide, I said metros, not cities) Some people in this thread still don't understand the topic clearly.
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