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Philly and Baltimore do look very similar, especially in many of the residential neighborhoods, their downtwons are different and by fee they are pretty close. I guess they should be at their closest borders on a straight line they are about 75 miles apart, probably closer to 85 or so driving miles.
Cool part is truly with no traffic you can realistically get between them in about 90 minutes
i made the trip in an hour, but i did between 80-100mph most of the way.
ok technically speaking baltimore is part of the south but in no way, shape, or form is baltimore southern. maybe its considered southern by new yorkers but its nothing like atlanta or richmond. D.C is the south but i kinda consider D.C to be its own little section because it has such a mixture of southern and north eastern culture.
ok technically speaking baltimore is part of the south but in no way, shape, or form is baltimore southern. maybe its considered southern by new yorkers but its nothing like atlanta or richmond. D.C is the south but i kinda consider D.C to be its own little section because it has such a mixture of southern and north eastern culture.
I never really understand why so many people think Baltimore is in no way southern, but DC is? There only 40 miles apart.
I never really understand why so many people think Baltimore is in no way southern, but DC is? There only 40 miles apart.
That same way people think northern new jersey is so different from nyc when there right across the river from each other. Alot changes in the 40 miles that seperate Baltimore and DC; moreso than the differences Baltimore and Philly.
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Baltimore is very similar to Philly in its makeup and design but that doesnt necessarily make it a northeast city imo.
The "northeast" for me ends in Wilmington/Newark De.Then there is a 75 mile stretch of rural/suburban landscape. That gap through northern Md is what seperates the northeast from the mid atlantic.
Areawise- Baltimore is more closely associated with Washington/Richmond than Philly and points N
That is the big misconception that people bring to this discussion, that because it is a short rural stretch between Baltimore and Philly that your automatically switching regions...All along Route 40 in South New Jersey in route to Atlantic City there is a long rural stretch, does that put it in the South? When I drive up I-95 to Philly or NJ and hit Wilmington or Chester i never take a deep breath and say "Now im in the North" That would make me feel kinda funny actually. Now I will say when riding south in VA towards Richmond I do start to get that type of feeling around Fredericksburg.
It's all the same region, just different levels of it, from DC-Bmore, to Delaware-Philly, then NJ and up. It kicks me how people will be so emphatic and say how strongly they believe Baltimore is Northeastern, but DC is 35 miles south and Southern. What makes it so different? the city is "Grittier??" There are more boarded up row homes in Baltimore therefore it is more Northern?? Is it because DC's downtown is cleaner, or has no skyscrapers?? There is no real White blue collar population in DC therefore it is geographically placed as south?? Baltimore is not faster pace than DC which is what these forums always have categorized as NE characteristics. Nobody in DC has a southern accent, these factors that people are categorizing are contradicting one another and don't add up to making sense to the argument IMO.
That is the big misconception that people bring to this discussion, that because it is a short rural stretch between Baltimore and Philly that your automatically switching regions...All along Route 40 in South New Jersey in route to Atlantic City there is a long rural stretch, does that put it in the South? When I drive up I-95 to Philly or NJ and hit Wilmington or Chester i never take a deep breath and say "Now im in the North" That would make me feel kinda funny actually. Now I will say when riding south in VA towards Richmond I do start to get that type of feeling around Fredericksburg.
It's all the same region, just different levels of it, from DC-Bmore, to Delaware-Philly, then NJ and up. It kicks me how people will be so emphatic and say how strongly they believe Baltimore is Northeastern, but DC is 35 miles south and Southern. What makes it so different? the city is "Grittier??" There are more boarded up row homes in Baltimore therefore it is more Northern?? Is it because DC's downtown is cleaner, or has no skyscrapers?? There is no real White blue collar population in DC therefore it is geographically placed as south?? Baltimore is not faster pace than DC which is what these forums always have categorized as NE characteristics. Nobody in DC has a southern accent, these factors that people are categorizing are contradicting one another and don't add up to making sense to the argument IMO.
"Now I will say when riding south in VA towards Richmond I do start to get that type of feeling around Fredericksburg."
i agree 100%
What makes it so different?
accents
The layout of the cities
The pace of the two cities are different, dc is faster.
both are rowhouse cities, but DC's rowhomes look alot like richmond IMO
BALTMORE and DC are different just like PHILLY AND NYC. they are just closer.
That is the big misconception that people bring to this discussion, that because it is a short rural stretch between Baltimore and Philly that your automatically switching regions...All along Route 40 in South New Jersey in route to Atlantic City there is a long rural stretch, does that put it in the South? When I drive up I-95 to Philly or NJ and hit Wilmington or Chester i never take a deep breath and say "Now im in the North" That would make me feel kinda funny actually. Now I will say when riding south in VA towards Richmond I do start to get that type of feeling around Fredericksburg.
It's all the same region, just different levels of it, from DC-Bmore, to Delaware-Philly, then NJ and up. It kicks me how people will be so emphatic and say how strongly they believe Baltimore is Northeastern, but DC is 35 miles south and Southern. What makes it so different? the city is "Grittier??" There are more boarded up row homes in Baltimore therefore it is more Northern?? Is it because DC's downtown is cleaner, or has no skyscrapers?? There is no real White blue collar population in DC therefore it is geographically placed as south?? Baltimore is not faster pace than DC which is what these forums always have categorized as NE characteristics. Nobody in DC has a southern accent, these factors that people are categorizing are contradicting one another and don't add up to making sense to the argument IMO.
Just to clarify the rural stretch between Philly and AC is mostly because it is the Pine Barrens a 25 mile stretch where is it Illegal to build - at either end of the preserved Illegally built on land the development goes directly to the border.
Is Baltimore more like the northern cities (Philly, Newark, etc)
or more like southern cities (Atlanta, Charlotte, Richmond)?
Baltimore resembles Northern Cities but Baltimore is a Southern City.........
There are parts of Alexandria, VA that resembles Northern New Jersey, parts of Richmond, Newport News, and Norfolk that resembles Philly and Newark.........
It could be mistaken for a chunk of ol' NYC, methinks.
That can easily look like parts of Downtown Atlanta "methinks"........
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