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Interesting. Ive never heard Pittsburgh referred to as unique. Could you expound?
It is a mix of northeastern, midwestern, and southern. And its picturesque setting is unmatched with the beautiful valley. And the 3 rivers coming together isnt really seen anywhere else
New Ahlins is it´s own thang. It´s definitely not like SF except for the anything goes mentality. I love The Big Easy, but I wouldn´t want to live there again.
It is a mix of northeastern, midwestern, and southern. And its picturesque setting is unmatched with the beautiful valley. And the 3 rivers coming together isnt really seen anywhere else
The only thing I know of Pittsburgh is it being the hometown of one my business mentors, Mark Cuban. Are there any similarities between there and N.O. ?
I'll put it to you this way. If you are a small asian person then it would be considered "stupid" to walk around New Orleans alone at night. That is unacceptable. (been a victim myself, was punched and called racial slurs then basically ignored by the NOPD and told it was my fault for walking alone.)
It is reasonable to not have any problems in most parts of San Francisco although obviously not guaranteed.
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Downtown is far from dead. I'm down there at least once a week, and just judging by how much of a hassle it is to get around, it's a far cry from dead. I live ~2.5 miles from where the skyscrapers are and the density of my census tract is still above 10k ppsm.
I live about 2 miles from the skyscrapers in San Francisco and my census tract comes in at over 45,000 people per square mile.
I agree with you that Downtown New Orleans is not dead. To me, however, the city is not comparable to the East Coast or SF. I think it compares favorably in the difficult-to-define metric of "urbanity" to peer cities like Memphis and St. Louis and in its core, even to larger cities like Houston and Atlanta.
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New York-Newark, NY/NJ/CT -- 5,318.9 ppsm
Philadelphia, PA/NJ/DE/MD -- 2,746.4
Washington, DC/VA/MD -- 3,470.3
Boston, MA/NH/RI -- 2,231.7
San Francisco-Oakland, CA -- 6,266.4
Baltimore, MD -- 3,073.3
New Orleans, LA -- 3,578.9
I think what throws people off is the fact that New Orleans is dominated by single family houses rather than multi unit buildings, but if you look at the core of the city that lines the river (which is roughly from the Garden District to the Bywater), then you are absolutely looking at an urban fabric that is favorably comparable to the East Coast. There's no doubt about it.
I love Memphis, but it shouldn't even be part of this discussion.
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