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Theatre? A lot of theatre that NYC gets starts out in Chicago. Same for comedy.
Sports? If youre not from NY, how can you say its the best? Theres no rooting interest there.
Food? Food here is great, some you cant find any better anywhere else. By the same token, ive had food a million other places that are better than what youd find here as well. There are plenty of other quality world class restaurants in other cities.
Transit? Well, Chicago's El transit I find much easier to navigate, and cleaner. The subway is full of zombies most of the time. It does cover more than any other city, runs 24/7 and is heated and cooled, which is great.
What are some of the shows NYC gets that started in Chicago? Not disputing just curious.
I'm born and raised in Washington heights section of Manhattan and been living in Chicago for 9 months. Chicago is a fine city, but I think I have become spoiled by the amount different types of food I had within a few blocks of my old apartment, in Chicago while the food can be just as good, everything is so spread out in comparison, that is my biggest complaint.
There are plenty of stretches even on the Jersey Turnpike of nothing.
Not sure what kind of urban we're referring to. Its not like one giant city from NYC to Philly. Its definitely somewhat urban but its spread out. Vast suburbs.
Philly to DC there are large stretches of just nothing. Nothing urban about that.
If youre driving from NYC to DC, you definitely know when youre entering one city and leaving and entering another.
Yeah from about Elkton MD to the Ikea north of Baltimore it is not all the well developed; maybe 15 miles or so
I'll give them that the southern burbs of Wilmington DE, up to Connecticut are developed (not urban) - which is impressive, but still not a wall of continuous urbanity that many posters (not you) make it out to be.
There are plenty of stretches even on the Jersey Turnpike of nothing.
Not sure what kind of urban we're referring to. Its not like one giant city from NYC to Philly. Its definitely somewhat urban but its spread out. Vast suburbs.
Philly to DC there are large stretches of just nothing. Nothing urban about that.
If youre driving from NYC to DC, you definitely know when youre entering one city and leaving and entering another.
There is a reason for that but been beat to death. The Jersey turnpike in many ways bypasses the more developed corrider because they build on open land left by Ft Dix and the upper portion of the Pine Barrens
I'll give them that the southern burbs of Wilmington DE, up to Connecticut are developed (not urban) - which is impressive, but still not a wall of continuous urbanity that many posters (not you) make it out to be.
I would agree. Its certainly developed, but not all one giant urban landscape.
However, you do know when youre entering and leaving a certain cities metro for the most part.
There is a reason for that but been beat to death. The Jersey turnpike in many ways bypasses the more developed corrider because they build on open land left by Ft Dix and the upper portion of the Pine Barrens
I agree and the point you make about the Turnpike bypassing the development makes sense. But bragging about how the cities on the Atlantic seaboard have basically sprawled into each other and passing that off as being urban the entire way is kind of silly - especially coming from some who bash other areas endlessly about sprawl.
I agree and the point you make about the Turnpike bypassing the development makes sense. But bragging about how the cities on the Atlantic seaboard have basically sprawled into each other and passing that off as being urban the entire way is kind of silly - especially coming from some who bash other areas endlessly about sprawl.
Nobody bashes areas about sprawl. People do, however, bash cities for sprawl. Suburbs are supposed to be low-density.
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