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Philadelphia would fit right in as an outer borough of NYC if it were picked up and dropped next to New York. It has the same basic attitude, age, architecture, narrow streets, rowhouses, etc., whereas Chicago looks exactly like what it is by comparison: a city that came to prominence over a century later.
Philadelphia is like a smaller version of Brooklyn. It has the same basic attitude, age, architecture, narrow streets, rowhouses, etc., whereas Chicago looks exactly like what it is by comparison: a city that came to prominence over a century later.
This may be a pretty good description, the only thing i would offer is a little bit of Manhattan, or mostly Brooklyn with a minor Manhattan at it's core based on the cities offered
The people also share some similarities, maybe moreso with brooklyn overall and smattering of mahattan as well
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Philly's infrastructure is more like a mix of Baltimore/NYC
Chicago's infrastructure is very different IMO.
When I am in Manhattan and when I am in Chicago. They feel worlds apart. Like the difference between a sea of history and traditional buildings and very very compact with millions right there. New York City has pockets of poster modern glass gleamers but is mostly the art deco and tall but established style.
In Chicago it's like, the streets are wider, the buildings are glass gleamers, it's always shining because of the glass reflecting the sunlight, like that video I took of that one building in Chicago if you saw it and there's tons of people out but you don't feel like it's as much as say Boston because Chicago is just wider. Chicago has pockets of traditional buildings. This is more of a "city of tomorrow style feel".
The infrastructure all in all is just so much more different.
I don't know if people have experienced the same way I have, but all three seem similar yet so different when your actually in them.
The other thing to remember is Philly is like a scaled down version of NYC, but if given the same size MSA as Chicago it would equal to if not larger in population. As it goes to the North, a comparable distance would be naperville to the north (that distance is already considered the NY MSA) and north to an area like Waukegan you are nearly into the whole Newark complex etc. But to be fair that area is strongly NY and not Philly but the region is developed differently than Chicago - Chicago has much more expansive suburbs
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When I am in Manhattan and when I am in Chicago. They feel worlds apart. Like the difference between a sea of history and traditional buildings and very very compact with millions right there. New York City has pockets of poster modern glass gleamers but is mostly the art deco and tall but established style.
In Chicago it's like, the streets are wider, the buildings are glass gleamers, it's always shining because of the glass reflecting the sunlight, like that video I took of that one building in Chicago if you saw it and there's tons of people out but you don't feel like it's as much as say Boston because Chicago is just wider. Chicago has pockets of traditional buildings. This is more of a "city of tomorrow style feel".
The infrastructure all in all is just so much more different.
I don't know if people have experienced the same way I have, but all three seem similar yet so different when your actually in them.
True, and it all comes down to location. Cities in the North East all have similar architecture to a degree- So of course NYC will eat up the poll.
Baltimore and Philly have a very similar residential build up. The rowhome galore in Philly and Bmore is almost unheard of in Chi, there's almost always a bit of space between homes in Chicago.
As far as street grid goes, Philly and Baltimore are similar. NYC and Chicago are both in their own league.
If you stroll up 44th street on that last link, you can see that some parts of Chicago look like a city in the south. Philly has abandoned lots too, but I don't think you can find this much open room in the city so close to downtown.
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