Would you consider Orlando to be a major city? (Miami: buy, dangerous)

[brinkofsunshine]

Originally Posted by ServoMiff

You're absolutely right about Lake Eola area. However, most people wouldn't consider that area fully "downtown". It really is the jewel of the city.

Maybe this is just me, but I consider anything north of Michigan and south of Princeton to be downtown, from I-4 to the Executive Airport. I can't imagine someone thinking Lake Eola isn't downtown. It's basically the center of the city.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by brinkofsunshine

Maybe this is just me, but I consider anything north of Michigan and south of Princeton to be downtown, from I-4 to the Executive Airport. I can't imagine someone thinking Lake Eola isn't downtown. It's basically the center of the city.

I completely agree.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by annerk

Until you have been to at least a handful of the major cities in the world, you have no basis to compare, so with all due respect, your opinion is invalid.

I would also say that Orlando is not "one of the more important cities in the United States." Go visit the truly large and world-class cities in this country, then come back and give an informed opinion.

For a city of its size though, Orlando has plenty of global importance

[ServoMiff]

Originally Posted by brinkofsunshine

Maybe this is just me, but I consider anything north of Michigan and south of Princeton to be downtown, from I-4 to the Executive Airport. I can't imagine someone thinking Lake Eola isn't downtown. It's basically the center of the city.

Mills/50 is absolutely not "downtown". If we're getting into semantics, "downtown" is traditionally considered the CBD. To me, that would loosely be Anderson to 50/Colonial and Parramore to Rosalind, which puts Eola on the border, but again it's semantics. I have no argument that Eola is a fantastic resource for the city and is used well.

I had a friend that lived at Central and Rosearden for a while, and never once did she say she lived downtown. It was borderline Lawsona/Thornton Park to her.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

For a city of its size though, Orlando has plenty of global importance

You could make a stronger argument for the much smaller and less populated Vatican City.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by ServoMiff

Mills/50 is absolutely not "downtown". If we're getting into semantics, "downtown" is traditionally considered the CBD. To me, that would loosely be Anderson to 50/Colonial and Parramore to Rosalind, which puts Eola on the border, but again it's semantics. I have no argument that Eola is a fantastic resource for the city and is used well.

I had a friend that lived at Central and Rosearden for a while, and never once did she say she lived downtown. It was borderline Lawsona/Thornton Park to her.

For some reason people who live in Thornton Park try to disassociate with downtown. Considering the two blocks that separate them...

[UKWildcat1981]

I don't think Orlando is a major city like NYC, Chicago, LA or Houston but I would never want to live in a massive city anyhow, I like medium to large cities like Orlando, Nashville and cities like that.

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by annerk

You could make a stronger argument for the much smaller and less populated Vatican City.

Sure. Anything else?

[brinkofsunshine]

Originally Posted by annerk

For some reason people who live in Thornton Park try to disassociate with downtown. Considering the two blocks that separate them...

That's odd. The city's official downtown website lists Thornton Park as one of its neighborhoods: Downtown Living - DowntownOrlando.com


Here's what the City of Orlando considers downtown: http://www2.cityoforlando.net/PDF_Do...erest11x17.pdf

[Republic of Michigan]

Originally Posted by annerk

I agree. Detroit is ugly. Baltimore is ugly. Knoxville is ugly. Portland is pretty ugly, too.

But I think Orlando has a pretty attractive skyline for a fairly young city.

Detroit's downtown is far from ugly.The architecture of metropolitan Detroit, Michigan continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike.With one of the world's recognizable skylines, Detroit's waterfront panorama shows a variety of architectural styles. The city's historic Art Deco skyscrapers blend with the post-modern neogothic spires of One Detroit Center.Together with the Renaissance Center, they form the city's distinctive skyline.

Detroit's architecture is recognized as being among the finest in the U.S. with the National Trust for Historic Preservation listing many of Detroit's skyscrapers and buildings as some of America's most endangered landmarks. Detroit has one of the largest surviving collections of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century buildings in the U.S

Baltimore has amazing rowhouses. And Portland is in a gorgeous area. I don't know enough about Knoxville to comment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archit...olitan_Detroit


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