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Boston, New York, Philadelphia, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco.
How come nobody considers Baltimore urban? Does decay or under investment in the form of retail etc. take away from urbanity? I would think it takes away from amenities but Baltimore is still one of the densest built cities in the nation at least when it comes to the built environment. It's an interesting subject because I never see anybody list it on these kind of lists. I have often wondered why.
How come nobody considers Baltimore urban? Does decay or under investment in the form of retail etc. take away from urbanity? I would think it takes away from amenities but Baltimore is still one of the densest built cities in the nation at least when it comes to the built environment. It's an interesting subject because I never see anybody list it on these kind of lists. I have often wondered why.
Because its small. Cant speak for anyone else but its more impressive when 'urban' cities hold their form for a vast area, having a huge population is just that much better.
Because its small. Cant speak for anyone else but its more impressive when 'urban' cities hold their form for a vast area, having a huge population is just that much better.
Well isnt Baltimore about the same size as DC(in terms of population). But I dont know how large of an area the urbaness extends for compared to DC, so that might make a difference. I will say that cities like DC are much better well known than a city like Baltimore, and that just leads to Baltimore beeing overlooked or maybe misunderstood.
How come nobody considers Baltimore urban? Does decay or under investment in the form of retail etc. take away from urbanity? I would think it takes away from amenities but Baltimore is still one of the densest built cities in the nation at least when it comes to the built environment. It's an interesting subject because I never see anybody list it on these kind of lists. I have often wondered why.
Would agree Baltimore is definately urban, some others are Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland etc.
Well isnt Baltimore about the same size as DC(in terms of population). But I dont know how large of an area the urbaness extends for compared to DC, so that might make a difference. I will say that cities like DC are much better well known than a city like Baltimore, and that just leads to Baltimore beeing overlooked.
Yes the population of the cities are similar but their construct is different. Baltimore has about 25 more miles of land area than the district does. Plus when you factor in the former areas of DC proper like Arlington and Alexandria it would put DC at 100 miles and a population of 1 million. These areas formerly were apart of the district but were taken back by Virginia at a time when DC was seeing its worst days. Their areas are different sizes Baltimore is about 3 million to DC's 6 million in similar land area although these days its hard to define which areas each city has an influence on.
Do you mean most populated, most culturally diverse, most afflicted by crime, or something else?
Most jobs? Best restaurants? Best public transit?
Urban means different things to different people. Some of them are good, some, not so much.
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