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I checked out Columbia on ssc and Columbia's wack. I don't see it to be honest.
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Originally Posted by boreatwork
Richmond looks like some of the colorful rowhouses in SE DC
Yeah, the colorful neighborhoods are what causes me to instantly think DC even though I know the two cities have different mentalities. I'm still trying to see any Savannah traits exists in Richmond.
Lol @ coming to the conclusion that a city is "wack" based on SSC (or any online forum for that matter).
It's wack, lame, deficient, etc. It's all about the urban aspect of the cities being thrown out. One doesn't belong and that makes it wack in accordance with the thread's theme.
It's wack, lame, deficient, etc. It's all about the urban aspect of the cities being thrown out. One doesn't belong and that makes it wack in accordance with the thread's theme.
Those are very subjective and, frankly, immature terms to be throwing out when we're only discussing one aspect of cities. I'd never say that Savannah or DC was "wack" or "lame" if we were discussing skylines, nor would most reasonable people. All you had to say was that Columbia isn't built like the cities we're discussing and that it simply doesn't fit in that regard. I know we have the urban purists here who think that any city not chock full of historic buildings with narrow streets is disposable, but that's a far cry from what living in the real world is all about (although historic buildings and narrow streets have their place).
Those are very subjective and, frankly, immature terms to be throwing out when we're only discussing one aspect of cities. I'd never say that Savannah or DC was "wack" or "lame" if we were discussing skylines, nor would most reasonable people. All you had to say was that Columbia isn't built like the cities we're discussing and that it simply doesn't fit in that regard. I know we have the urban purists here who think that any city not chock full of historic buildings with narrow streets is disposable, but that's a far cry from what living in the real world is all about (although historic buildings and narrow streets have their place).
Well, it really isn't that serious. Let's move on.
I checked out Columbia on ssc and Columbia's wack.
Glad someone else said it!
Richmond is a little bit like Savannah, but has more similarities with a smaller DC. The black community has more similarities than any other race (except clothing...DC AA's have some weird tastes). DC's culture is more progressive though. Richmond is a big city rooted in old southern values. In this respect it's like Savannah though not as southern as it was earlier noted. The architecture similarities tips the scale in DC's favor. The older DC neighborhoods look very similar to Richmond.
I do, however, agree with everyone that Richmond is most like a smaller Baltimore but with a Southern touch. Philly...beyond the rowhouses, there isn't much similarity there.
Above all, these are similarities but DC, Savannah, Baltimore, Richmond, and Philly all have distinct personalities.
Richmond is a little bit like Savannah, but has more similarities with a smaller DC. The black community has more similarities than any other race (except clothing...DC AA's have some weird tastes). DC's culture is more progressive though. Richmond is a big city rooted in old southern values. In this respect it's like Savannah though not as southern as it was earlier noted. The architecture similarities tips the scale in DC's favor. The older DC neighborhoods look very similar to Richmond.
I do, however, agree with everyone that Richmond is most like a smaller Baltimore but with a Southern touch. Philly...beyond the rowhouses, there isn't much similarity there.
Above all, these are similarities but DC, Savannah, Baltimore, Richmond, and Philly all have distinct personalities.
You make many good points. With me, I focused on the build of the city because I already knew that DC's culture is more expansive. I like the way that you described Richmond. I tried a Richmond/Savannah comparison but that's a little vague.
I checked out Columbia on ssc and Columbia's wack. I don't see it to be honest.
That's because you're basing your judgment on a small historic district in Richmond (and these districts are invariably populated by the upper crust of society) that's not a good cross-section of the city's housing stock.
To me, Richmond looks a lot more like Columbia than it does Baltimore or DC.
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