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Sao Paulo seemed quite (surprisingly) suburban once you venture out of the business/downtown centres. Lot's of family homes, corner shops (like butchers, bakeries or cafes) and quiet streets. Even in such a high-rise/apartment dominated city, you still have a lot of low-rise, single-storey family dwellings. But I suppose that depends where you go.
NYC has this strong "suburban" feel in Queens, Astoria, Forest Hills - but to a lesser extent. You have lot's of big detached family homes in Forest Hills that reminded me of typical suburbia.
It's hard to quantify. I think most major cities are still quite suburban, save for European cities, but even cities like Paris have their pockets of urban sprawl with low-density suburban housing. Granted, it's on a much smaller scale.
I’ve never been to Sao Paulo and would love to know more from people who have been to both
i am from Sao Paulo and have been in NYC.
I think how Manhattan is a penninsula with no much space it was built more compact. SP in another hand started as much smaller city speacilly in the ‘’new down town’’ the financial center of the city, it used to be where the richest lived 100 years ago, is possible still see some old big houses among the high building although nowadays these houses are used for many kind of business.
In NYC out of Manhattan is pretty simillar to SP with pockets of many residencial areas inside the metropolis. When i have been in NYC, together an American friend he told me i started instantly act with someone from there, like only someone from another huge city would fit instantly.
How can a city be more urban than another city? It can be bigger, more densely populated, have a more densely commuted core (?), etc., but being urban is a category rather than a quantifiable grade. It’s like saying that a cow is more mammalian than a bat.
i am from Sao Paulo and have been in NYC.
I think how Manhattan is a penninsula with no much space it was built more compact. SP in another hand started as much smaller city speacilly in the ‘’new down town’’ the financial center of the city, it used to be where the richest lived 100 years ago, is possible still see some old big houses among the high building although nowadays these houses are used for many kind of business.
In NYC out of Manhattan is pretty simillar to SP with pockets of many residencial areas inside the metropolis. When i have been in NYC, together an American friend he told me i started instantly act with someone from there, like only someone from another huge city would fit instantly.
Manhattan is an island, not a peninsula.
While the most visited part and the image of NYC, Manhattan is actually the smallest borough in NYC. The vast majority of the city is made up of relatively low lying areas (minus very few exceptions) of The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. I say those areas make up at least 75% of NYC, maybe more. Those also happen to be the least visited boroughs by tourists in general and international tourists in particular, despite that JFK International and La Guardia National airports are both in Queens.
People often forget that most of NYC is not the skyscraper concentrated middle and lower Manhattan. While beautiful and impressive, that's not the real NYC (though it's in the image most visitors have of NYC).
While the most visited part and the image of NYC, Manhattan is actually the smallest borough in NYC. The vast majority of the city is made up of relatively low lying areas (minus very few exceptions) of The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. I say those areas make up at least 75% of NYC, maybe more. Those also happen to be the least visited boroughs by tourists in general and international tourists in particular, despite that JFK International and La Guardia National airports are both in Queens.
People often forget that most of NYC is not the skyscraper concentrated middle and lower Manhattan. While beautiful and impressive, that's not the real NYC (though it's in the image most visitors have of NYC).
Manhattans is only 6% of NYC's total land area lol
Yes, once you get out of Manhattan, and into areas like Queens, Staten Island, Forest Hills...it feels less frenetic, and more suburban.
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