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The west coast is considered by many to be way more laid back than the east coast, the Northeast in particular. What do you consider to be the most laid back big city in the Northeast?
Would love to see what you consider to be a small city
LOL I live in Williamsburg VA, population 15,031. Small size but compact and with all the amenities of bigger cities, so I'd call us a small city (as opposed to a small town, where you wouldn't find as many amenities.) Portland is more than 4x bigger than my small city, so yeah, I'd consider it a big city. But we can call it merely a big-GER city, if you prefer.
LOL I live in Williamsburg VA, population 15,031. Small size but compact and with all the amenities of bigger cities, so I'd call us a small city (as opposed to a small town, where you wouldn't find as many amenities.) Portland is 4 times bigger than that, so it may not be ginormous like the DC metro area, but to me a place that's 4x bigger than my small city must be a big city. But we can call it merely a big-GER city, if you prefer.
Yeah, I guess it's all relative, eh? Portland's certainly big for Maine. I went to Williamsburg with my family when I was a kid (probably a pretty popular destination for exactly those sorts of trips, I'd imagine); I remember it being a nice place. 15k is definitely under what I would've guessed--tourist presence (or college presence in the case of a college town) can make it difficult to get a handle on local year-round population. Just googled Dover and the population there is only 37,538 (nothing like exact population totals), so I'd have a tough time granting 'big city' status to Dover even relative to Delaware standards, haha.
I'd say Pittsburgh is the most laid back big city in the northeast.
Probably true, but I'd say Buffalo would be if it meets the cutoff for 'big city'. Baltimore might also be in the running for this since many people here consider it the northeast, although its not officially.
Depends on the definition of laid back I suppose.. Philly seems pretty chill compared to NYC.. But most cities do.
Philly's nightlife , IDK I've met a lot of aggressive people. If including nightlife I think Boston would be more laid back than Philly easily.
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