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Without Manhattan the 4 boroughs, and the metropolitan area in general would change dramatically as Manhattan IS the engine, however it is the boroughs that provide the GAS to run that engine..you cannot have one without the other. However I can tell you what is GREAT about the Bronx that does not exist in Manhattan: The Bronx Zoo (the best zoo in the country), the Botanical Gardens (best gardens in the country, world renowned as well), Pelham Bay Park (the largest park in all the boroughs), Yankee Stadium, The Bronx River (only freshwater river in the boroughs), Riverdale (largest cluster of residential estates and mansions by size of all the boroughs AND best elementary and secondary schools of all the boroughs outside Manhattan and the country for that matter), Fordham Shopping District (largest shopping district outside of Manhattan, and growing), Best Transportation network of all the boroughs outside of Manhattan (highways, bridges, public, etc), ....I am tired of typing..but you get the idea. It is the boroughs in fact that make Manhattan excel, and bring LIFE to it.
Um.... no.
Perhaps you have never been to brooklyn-- The center of brooklyn is home to the United States largest Jewish community, and some of the home values in the Jewish parts of Brooklyn are 1m+, and dont tell me that the Jews are a tiny portion of the overall population, the area they live in is nearly 1/4-1/3 of the borough, with several hundred thousand members of the commmunity, all of whom believe very strongly in comunity.
Brooklyn would be the 4th largest city if it were independent. Add Wall St. and a major sports team and you still have the best city in the U.S. Sorry Chicago.
^^ or Brooklyn and Queens would be the 3rd and 4th largest respectively if the boroughs never consolidated but remained separate cities--even if Manhattan still existed.
Lets not forget that the economic motivator for the population of this city is Manhattan. Take away Manhattan and the outer boroughs would probably be nowhere near as populated.
Lets not forget that the economic motivator for the population of this city is Manhattan. Take away Manhattan and the outer boroughs would probably be nowhere near as populated.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But look at it this way: where would Manhattan be without the other four boroughs?
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