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NYC, LA and Chicago are still 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
After that it gets murky. You have your standard 3 (Boston, DC, Philadelphia), and I think Dallas and Houston would join that group due to their size and economic performance. Each of those has its pluses and minuses, but I think that is a fair grouping.
After that, I think Seattle has risen, Austin has risen, Charlotte has risen, Minneapolis has risen.
Detroit has fallen, Baltimore has fallen.
Many other mid size cities I do not see a huge change. Pittsburgh for example has been losing population but reinventing itself, so it evens out.
Hartford still has a bigger economy today it’s absurd to put Richmond a tier above Hartford.
It’s not like either has significant cultural weight like New Orleans does to put one over the other.
Hartford may have a solid white collar economy, but how many of those office tower workers live there? Pretty much none of them. They drive in from the 'burbs at 9, and head straight back out at 5. I think Richmond has a more solid base of middle/professional class residents then Hartford, which remains largely poor.
Hartford may have a solid white collar economy, but how many of those office tower workers live there? Pretty much none of them. They drive in from the 'burbs at 9, and head straight back out at 5. I think Richmond has a more solid base of middle/professional class residents then Hartford, which remains largely poor.
That’s due to the relatively large Richmond City Limits. Richmond is the size of Hartford+West Hartford+East Hartford.
That’s due to the relatively large Richmond City Limits. Richmond is the size of Hartford+West Hartford+East Hartford.
Your statement about size is true but that's not the reason for the difference. Richmond's bad hoods are on the outskirts of town and the hot neighborhoods are all downtown walkable urban areas.
Hartford's bad neighborhoods are near the center of the metro and the nice neighborhoods are literally the suburbs. The two places are totally opposite in that regard
Your statement about size is true but that's not the reason for the difference. Richmond's bad hoods are on the outskirts of town and the hot neighborhoods are all downtown walkable urban areas.
Hartford's bad neighborhoods are near the center of the metro and the nice neighborhoods are literally the suburbs. The two places are totally opposite in that regard
Cool Richmond a a couple more chic urban neighborhoods using that logic Providence is a tier above Charlotte.
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