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View Poll Results: Which has a better Downtown
Philadelphia 192 62.34%
Seattle 116 37.66%
Voters: 308. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-17-2015, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Twin Cities (StP)
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They are both ghost towns after 4 PM
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Old 06-17-2015, 07:22 PM
 
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Lol Philadelphia and Seattle are in top 5 in USA for downtown population so where do those people go after 4 not to mention all the department stores in downtown Seattle close at 9 ?
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Old 06-17-2015, 07:25 PM
 
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Seattle also has 15,000 hotel rooms downtown so even at night Seattle still has 100,000 people.
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Old 06-17-2015, 07:31 PM
 
Location: Villanova Pa.
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You're aware that Center City to Trenton is 33 miles.
NE Philly city limits to Trenton is 12 miles my man.




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You're aware that suggesting your city's importance is based on proximity to Trenton is a problem in its own right.
Not what was occurring at all. Merely pointing out the absurdity of you trying to continually demean the Philadelphia area with misleading and irrelevant population data.
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Old 06-17-2015, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Villanova Pa.
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DC's GDP is more than 20% higher. But please don't let facts get in the way of your blind homerism

One thing you have to admire about Philadelphia, its economy is organic and hard earned.
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Old 06-17-2015, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Seattle, WA
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They are both ghost towns after 4 PM
Spoken like someone who has not been to either downtown in the past two years.
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Old 06-17-2015, 08:27 PM
 
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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2015 TV Market Rank

4.Philadelphia 3 M households
8.washington 2.4 M households
9.Atlanta 2.3 M households
14.Seattle 1.8 M households
Urbanized Area 2015
5.Philadelphia 5.6 M people
8.Washington 4.5 M people
14. Seattle 3 M people

The "Old Has Been City Philadelphia " is hanging in there.
No offense but Philly is 65% Row homes.... many others are Double-Homes Older duplexes, half-double homes in much or the rest of PA including Pittsburgh. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Doesn't mean all are on the best conditioned and as gentrified neighborhoods of Center City downtown Philly....
Nice pictures... certainly Philly is no HAS-BEEN.

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Old 06-17-2015, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Villanova Pa.
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No offense but Philly is 65% Row homes.... many others are Double-Homes Older duplexes, half-double homes in much or the rest of PA including Pittsburgh. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? Doesn't mean all are on the best conditioned and as gentrified neighborhoods of Center City downtown Philly....
The Market Size is not a reflection on smaller row homes or duplexes but rather tells you of the grip that Philadlephia has on its region. Eventhough the OMB tells us Philly and Trenton/Princeton ,Philly and Allentown,Philly and Lancaster,Philly and Atlantic City are not connected the TV Market tells you it does.

The Philadelphia TV market spans from the Poconos to the southern tip of NJ and Delaware. From Atlantic City to Lancaster. Eventhough NYC CMSA gets Trenton and Allentowns GDP you wont hear a word about either on NYC's news stations.

Trenton and Allentown have always been covered locally by Philadelphia news stations.
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Old 06-17-2015, 08:50 PM
 
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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The Market Size is not a reflection on smaller row homes or duplexes but rather tells you of the grip that Philadlephia has on its region. Eventhough the OMB tells us Philly and Trenton/Princeton ,Philly and Allentown,Philly and Lancaster,Philly and Atlantic City are not connected the TV Market tells you it does.

The Philadelphia TV market spans from the Poconos to the southern tip of NJ and Delaware. From Atlantic City to Lancaster. Eventhough NYC CMSA gets Trenton and Allentowns GDP you wont hear a word about either on NYC's news stations.

Trenton and Allentown have always been covered locally by Philadelphia news stations.
Even by me in the Susquehanna Valley. I get a couple Philly stations on the non- HD channels. One is WVIA channel 6. I can get Philly news on that one.

But it switches to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for HD cable line-up. I also get a couple NYC stations. Its pretty common for major cities to have a wide stretch into states for local stations. Especially in more Rural Midwestern States. Going further into Central PA it switches toward Pittsburgh stations.

Same with Sports teams Splits between most still Philly then Pittsburgh then NYC ones. Further into central PA it becomes all Pittsburgh. After you cross the Susquehanna River... it quickly switches to More and more are for Pittsburgh. The Pocono's is defiantly between NYC and Wilkes-Barrel/Scranton stations. I can't imagine Allentown/Bethlehem gets no NYC stations.... when I can further away.

Probably ALL Washington state gets Seattle stations. Southern Washington might get some from Portland Oregon?

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Old 06-17-2015, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Tualatin Oregon
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Stop arguing this point with Seattle people. Seattle is the best city on planet earth to them.
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