Biggest 'feeling' DOWNTOWNS in America (compared, skyscrapers, building, skyline)

[polo89]

Honestly, I'm gonna go with NYC. It FEELS like it's the largest.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by rah

They must have a different definition of "Downtown San Francisco" than your average SF resident then...here's a very close representation of downtown SF using census tracts (outlined in red):



^that's around 2-3 square miles, and includes the Financial District, Union Square, the Tenderloin, Civic Center, Nob Hill, parts of SOMA, and parts of Chinatown.

the included tracts + populations:

105 - 2,217
112 - 3,700
113 - 3,264
114 - 3,175
115 - 759
117 - 1,747
118 - 1,528
119 - 5,243
120 - 3,972
121 - 3,462
122 - 7,035
123 - 6,205
124 - 8,188
125 - 7,727
176.01 - 5,756
176.02 - 534
178 - 5,829
179.01 - 5,408

total: 75,749

As you can see, the population is nearly twice what brookings counted. These stats I posted are from 2000 also, so downtown SF's population is definitely higher now.

I would agree, spending a lot of time in SF, to me it is definately one of the 5 top downtowns, especially on feel

NYC is the obvious #1
Then Chicago

But to me Philly/Bsoton/SF are all pretty close - the top tier from Brookings made perfect sense with the exception of SF being excluded.

[mea-oh]

Originally Posted by ckzona

Cincinnati's downtown felt pretty big. And its only getting bigger.

Hahahahahahahaha!!

I'm laughing because I assume this is a joke.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by mea-oh

Hahahahahahahaha!!

I'm laughing because I assume this is a joke.

I think they were looking at it from covington - or Florence Y-all

[jayp1188]

1. New York
2. Chicago
3. San Francisco
4. Philadelphia
5. Boston
6. Washington
7. Miami
8. Seattle
9. Los Angeles
10. Minneapolis

Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Pittsburgh, and San Diego all deserve recognition as well. The latter 3 already have good downtown areas. The former three have huge buildings and somewhat-active downtowns, but they seem to be improving quickly.

[clean_polo]

^ That would probably be my list as well.

[ckzona]

Originally Posted by mea-oh

Hahahahahahahaha!!

I'm laughing because I assume this is a joke.

Whoa. Did you see that i wrote pretty big and not BIG.

[mea-oh]

Originally Posted by ckzona

Whoa. Did you see that i wrote pretty big and not BIG.

Sorry, I'm mostly just messing with you!

In all honesty, though, I don't consider Cincy to be anything that impressive.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by mea-oh

Sorry, I'm mostly just messing with you!

In all honesty, though, I don't consider Cincy to be anything that impressive.

but in all honesty fun times can had in Cinci or really just about any place really

[ckzona]

Originally Posted by mea-oh

Sorry, I'm mostly just messing with you!

In all honesty, though, I don't consider Cincy to be anything that impressive.

lol. Good one. I hope your joking.