New York vs. Philadelphia (Chester, Camden: best city, townhouse, living)

[rainrock]

Originally Posted by bmwguydc

You can easily drop someone from Easttown into Greenwich, CT or Bedford, NY or McLean, VA and they would not feel as though they had been catapulted into another dimension, since they would have the same conveniences and neighborhoods, differences would be concentrated on geographic features, development patterns, and housing styles, with some cultural elements as well, but the communities are more similar than they are different and any notions of longing for one over another are due to personal preference.

Exactly.The Philadelphia area has just as much wealth if not more than DC and Boston ley alone Stamford. The Philly areas past heavy manufacturing base results it in having a slightly higher proportion of people now living on the lower end of the economic scale which skews statistics.


The only difference between Montgomery Co. Pa., and Fairfax County or Hunterdon Co is that Montgomery County has 100,000 lower class citizens living in former industrial cities like Norristown,Phoenixville and Conshohocken.So instead of Montgomery County having a per capita household income of $105 k its $75 K.

I'm just not seeing the viewpoint that Stamford CT should be a role model for the Philadlephia area?

If you took the Mainline/King of Prussia/Valley Forge/Plymouth Meeting Corridor it would probably blow the headlights off of Stamford in categories such as manufacturing,retail,venture capital,Bio-pharma,hi-tech,higher education.

[welder]

Rainrock, Cook county is the second largest most 'POPULOUS 'county in America. Not sq milage wise. See, you can look at a stat and not get the whole picture. Land wise and population are two different things. Feel good or not.

[bmwguydc]

Originally Posted by rainrock

If you took the Mainline/King of Prussia/Valley Forge/Plymouth Meeting Corridor it would probably blow the headlights off of Stamford in categories such as manufacturing,retail,venture capital,Bio-pharma,hi-tech,higher education.

Indeed, especially since if memory serves, King of Prussia is the largest mall complex on the east coast in terms of square footage. I think it's even larger than the Mall of America, come to think of it, but they are close. Now, how can one logically expect one of the largest malls in the country to be in a backwater that needs to model itself on another city? KoP is very successful, even in drawing people from surrounding areas of NY-DC for the convenience of its shops in one location, not to mention the mecca of Benz and Volvo-driving soccer moms who converge upon the region for the epicenter of all things Lilly for the sale at the convention center.

[YankeeRule]

I've lived in both, Philadelphia has slightly hotter summers. I think the main difference is that Manhatten has been cleaned up while Philly is still Filthadelphia. Too many panhandlers and losers on the streets. (BRING BACK RIZZO) Philly is much more a small town and has worse public transportation. Sometimes the small town feel is a plus. Philly is far less affluent and New York has much better food, although Philly is a great food city. No city in the World rivals New York.

[solibs]

Originally Posted by YankeeRule

I've lived in both, Philadelphia has slightly hotter summers. I think the main difference is that Manhatten has been cleaned up while Philly is still Filthadelphia. Too many panhandlers and losers on the streets. . . .

I had to meet friends from Europe who were flying into JFK earlier this summer. I got off the Chinatown bus at the first stop downtown. I walked a total of 6 blocks to find an atm and perhaps a bagel and to get to the subway. The streets reeked of urine for my entire walk.

New York is a lot of things but clean isn't one of them. I could run around town here for hours, in the middle of July, and never feel as absolutely filthy as I do after an hour in New York.

[analyticalkeys]

Originally Posted by solibs

I had to meet friends from Europe who were flying into JFK earlier this summer. I got off the Chinatown bus at the first stop downtown. I walked a total of 6 blocks to find an atm and perhaps a bagel and to get to the subway. The streets reeked of urine for my entire walk.

New York is a lot of things but clean isn't one of them. I could run around town here for hours, in the middle of July, and never feel as absolutely filthy as I do after an hour in New York.

Yes, because basing all of New York City, which is composed of hundreds of blocks, on just six blocks that you happened to be on, is always a great idea.

[RUBIES77]

Originally Posted by Police

Which city do you like better: New York or Philadelphia? Why?

THERE IS NO COMPARISON!!!!!!!!!!! How can you compare the CENTER OF THE WORLD to anything else?

[DITC]

Philadelphia residents were voted the ugliest in America.

Looks like Philadelphia beat itself in this comparison.

[welder]

DITC, I seen that. Travel + Leisure Magazine. I was so surprised to see that NYC and Chicago are only seperated by around 3 million visitors annually. I firgured NYC got way more than Chicago. But that does go to show that Chi-town aint the boring 'PRAIRIE' that some on here make it out to be.

[DITC]

Nah Chicago is a beautiful city. Everything is great except the winter and that sales tax. The flatness is kinda strange too, you can see the Sears tower from miles away. The lake beaches right by the downtown are one thing that is really nice about Chicago and they are much cleaner than Coney island and the Rockaways. Chicago is a city that feels as if it is on the come up where as the NY glory days are most definitely over. But NY is still home.

Originally Posted by welder

DITC, I seen that. Travel + Leisure Magazine. I was so surprised to see that NYC and Chicago are only seperated by around 3 million visitors annually. I firgured NYC got way more than Chicago. But that does go to show that Chi-town aint the boring 'PRAIRIE' that some on here make it out to be.