Philly vs San Jose, SF and NY metro exclude but its own metro included, which is better

[Ghengis]

Originally Posted by the topper

It will be interesting to see which of these two cities wins. San Jose is on the west and Philadelphia is on the east coast and are both facing shadow of a major city.

LOL...funny

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by the topper

Which is better, Philly or San Jose?, it's own metro areas included
SF and NY metros not included

Criteria:

weather - SJ likely though if you like 4 seasons Philly
diversity - SJ is very diverse as is Philly maybe edge SJ
economy - SJ is the center of Tech
scenery - both their pluses and minuses, maybe SJ though much prefer other areas of CA even close to SJ
modern airport, not how big it is or how many flights - PHL is a better airport if u exclude SFO
shopping - Probably Philly
downtown core - Philly by a large margin
recreations - depends on what type
transportation - Philly
downtown - Philly


these are tough to compare and SJ as itself lack some without SF so not sure the point of this comparison in the first place