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View Poll Results: Which Cities are Better?
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Urban
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75.63% |
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Suburban
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24.37% |
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04-07-2009, 01:45 PM
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Location: Pittsburgh
2,242 posts, read 3,933,385 times
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Are Urban Cities Superior to Suburban Cities?
Vote according to the list:
Urban Cities:
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington DC
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Suburban Cities:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Orlando
Miami
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
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04-07-2009, 02:55 PM
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Location: San Antonio
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After deleting 2 dozen posts that were questioning the poster rather than the post, I've decided to implement a special rule for this thread.
Just vote. Don't reply. If you don't agree with the premise, don't understand the premise or have already voted, move on to another thread.
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04-07-2009, 07:01 PM
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Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ainulinale
Vote according to the list:
Urban Cities:
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington DC
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Suburban Cities:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Orlando
Miami
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
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No and LA is considered suburban and Seattle is too. The only true urban cities that are superior to the sunbelt cities are NYC and maybe Chicago. |
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04-08-2009, 10:56 AM
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My dad lives in seattle there is nothing suburban about it not from what I have seen
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07-05-2009, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ainulinale
Vote according to the list:
Urban Cities:
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington DC
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Suburban Cities:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Orlando
Miami
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
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The center city of Miami is most certainly not a suburban city...
and much less is the metropolitan area!! |
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07-05-2009, 11:01 AM
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That depends on what people consider suburban. If LA is suburban though, Seattle is definitely much more suburban.
Quote:
Originally Posted by atlantaATL
My dad lives in seattle there is nothing suburban about it not from what I have seen
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07-05-2009, 11:03 AM
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I don't even agree with your classification. This is a list based on typical stereotype. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Seattle are not more urban than Atlanta, Houston or Dallas, at least for urban living options. Baltimore used to be very urban, but now so many buildings near downtown are empty so I don't think it is that urban any more. Urbanity in cities like Baltimore (St. Louis also) failed and people have fled into the suburbs.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ainulinale
Vote according to the list:
Urban Cities:
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington DC
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Suburban Cities:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Orlando
Miami
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
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Last edited by fashionguy; 07-05-2009 at 11:31 AM..
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07-05-2009, 11:17 AM
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Location: Oakland, CA
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All depends on ones lifestyle.
Some don't like crowded environments where they have to walk everywhere.
Others feel trapped in their cars and hate seeing one strip mall after another.
I like somewhere in between.
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07-05-2009, 02:23 PM
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Baltimore not urban? Baltimore is urban as any city in the US. Rowhomes upon rowhomes and great DT walkable neighborhoods.
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07-05-2009, 11:23 PM
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Location: Lower East Side, Milwaukee, WI
2,953 posts, read 1,609,389 times
Reputation: 1113
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ainulinale
Vote according to the list:
Urban Cities:
New York City
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Washington DC
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Suburban Cities:
Atlanta
Charlotte
Orlando
Miami
Houston
Dallas
Phoenix
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Miami should definitely be in the Urban Cities category and Cincinnati could easily be placed in the Suburban Cities category.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fashionguy
I don't even agree with your classification. This is a list based on typical stereotype. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Seattle are not more urban than Atlanta, Houston or Dallas, at least for urban living options. Baltimore used to be very urban, but now so many buildings near downtown are empty so I don't think it is that urban any more. Urbanity in cities like Baltimore (St. Louis also) failed and people have fled into the suburbs.
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Seattle
7,179.4 people per square mile
St. Louis
5,724.7 people per square mile
Pittsburgh
5,636.0 people per square mile
Cincinnati
4,262.3 people per square mile
Atlanta
4,018.0 people per square mile
Houston
3,828.0 people per square mile
Dallas
3,605.1 people per square mile
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