Most urban city besides NYC (Boston, Chicago, cons, size)

[ronaldojernkins]

I make the case for San Francisco, at least pound for pound. Its amazing how much is packed into that city and how urban it feels for a city of only 800,000+.

san francisco - Google Maps


Typical SF residential:

harriet street san francisco, ca - Google Maps

Some neighborhood shots:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...=0,0.0421&z=15

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=san+francisco &sll=39.964327,-75.177725&sspn=0.054996,0.1684&gl=us&ie=UTF8&hq=&h near=San+Francisco,+California&t=h&layer=c&cbll=37 .799499,-122.407358&panoid=g1obMl4n5NCwD2Xehj0mmA&cbp=12,19 0.33,,0,7.39&ll=37.799586,-122.407377&spn=0,0.0421&z=15



These are random street shots too, nowhere near being the most urban sections of the city, just a sampling.

[Golden-mind-State]

SF,Chi,Philly,Boston...
you could make a case for a lot of cities.

[BacktoBlue]

Chicago, Boston, Philidelphia, and Washington DC are my first choices.

[Golden-mind-State]

For it's size though it may just be SF
I mean 129,273/sq mi density in Chinatown..wow

[mrcityobservor]

San Francisco's urbanity is very impressive for a city of under 1 million. Very consistant, packed infrastructure, vibrant. I would choose it over Philly and Boston, no doubt.

But I don't see how anyone would not vote for Chicago here. It is way more vast, its density continues for huge stretches, the scale is on a completely different level than the other choices. Easy. Chicago.

[BPerone201]

SF
Chicago
Philly
Boston

In that order.

[mrcityobservor]

Originally Posted by BPerone201

SF
Chicago
Philly
Boston

In that order.

Again, not sure how you can put SF over Chicago. Scale matters.

[mrcityobservor]

By the way, that SF residential looks like hellish slums.

[Golden-mind-State]

Yea SoMa was the industrial part of the city for the longest,nice stuff going up there recently but some blocks haven't changed.

[5ive8ight5ive]

Boston epitomizes my definition of 'urban'; it's the only city on the list that I have been to, so I can't speak on the others; but from pictures I've seen, every city on this list is top tier in terms of 'urbanity'/