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DT DC has a larger DT population than Philly. DT DC is larger than DT Philly. It's right on Chicago's heels.
You're forgetting one more thing DC's Finest, the mindset in these downtowns. In all my years I havent seen any downtown outside of NY that has a faster push comes to shove glance at wrist watch every 5 seconds mindset as I have in DC. Our speed also helps give an area a busier feel and its only surpassed by NY IMO.
DC has more employees; the concentration is a little lower as the density of employees is less but more over a larger footprint
Some comes down to what is and is not considered DT
This is kind of what the problem is with the other thread about urban cities. If people think arbitrary and try to cut pieces of the city up analyzing them one by one instead of looking at them as a whole which many people did with Chicago, it's very hard to measure accurately. Anybody visiting a city like Washington DC for instance would have absolutely no clue that DuPont Circle, Logan Circle, West End, and NOMA were not apart of downtown DC. There is absolutely no visual marker or change in the built environment. They resemble the area that is considered "downtown DC" more than any other cities adjacent property. You literally cross a street next to buildings that look exactly the same. This is why I have said in the past, as DC continues to buildout, half the city will be built like downtown. How will someone know they have left downtown or entered downtown? The core is becoming quite impressive.
DT DC has a larger DT population than Philly. DT DC is larger than DT Philly.
Whoa whhaaaaaat????
The pace in Philadelphia surpasses DC from my experiences. Have spent alot of time in both downtowns and I believe I have a firm grasp of the situation.
Center City core(just downtown) population is 58,000. Extended Center City Giard to Tasker the population is 180,000(7.8 sq mi) .Univ City adjacent to Center City has a population of 50,000 with another 50,000 students.
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Originally Posted by Slyman11
You're forgetting one more thing DC's Finest, the mindset in these downtowns. In all my years I havent seen any downtown outside of NY that has a faster push comes to shove glance at wrist watch every 5 seconds mindset as I have in DC. Our speed also helps give an area a busier feel and its only surpassed by NY IMO.
Center City Philadelphia is probably the closest comparison to NYC in the USA. On a much much smaller scale of course.
Dude today it took me 1 hour to go 15 blocks because there are 2 movies being filmed in Center City. The Films actual setting are in NYC but Philadelphia is a stand in for NYC. This happens several times a year.
After those two, I'd say SF, Philly, and Boston all have similarly large downtowns. I'm not sure which is actually the biggest of the three, but they all pretty much seem to be about the same size to me.
Wikipedia says Center City Philly is the 3rd largest downtown by population after NYC and Chicago with a population of 57,000 in 2 square miles.
Downtown Los Angeles has a population of 45,000 in an area of 5.3 square miles. Expect this number to rise - DTLA grew despite the recession (In 2006 the population of DTLA was 29,000. It has grown by 65% in 6 years), and now that we are finally pulling ourselves out, the number of new developments is simply staggering.
Another interesting note about DTLA is that it is currently at a perfectly even racial demographic split - 25% Caucasian, 25% Black, 25% Asian, 25% Latino. Probably won't last long as the Caucasian and Asian populations are rising.
Interesting. It is true that DTLA is larger than most people understand. So many people have begun living there, I do have high hopes for Downtown because I love it.
I think dt LA is pretty big and actually bigger than dt Boston and Philly. Philly's dt though large in residents and office workers seems very compact. Dt LA has tons of warehouses and manufacturing to the east and southeast plus its many districts like the Arts District, the Toy, Flower and Fashion districts. Then there is Japan Town, Olvera St, the Civic Center, Bunker Hill, the Financial District, the Old Banking District, Southpark and so on.
Downtown Toronto has a resident population of 175,000 in 4.5 square miles.
go T.O!
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