Biggest 'feeling' DOWNTOWNS in America (better, comparison, places, bigger)
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Expanding on the Seattle vs Houston thread, and which feels 'bigger', I thought I'd try to rank American cities by how big their downtown areas feel (which isn't necessarily the CBD). Feel free to comment/agree/disagree and list your own ranking. As a comparison I'll list the top ten MSA's by population alongside.
First, by population:
1. New York
2. Los Angeles
3. Chicago
4. Dallas
5. Philadelphia
6. Houston
7. Miami
8. Washington
9. Atlanta
10. Boston
Now, which cities downtown feels subjectively the biggest:
1. New York (obviously)
2. Chicago
3. Philadelphia
4. San Francisco
5. Seattle
6. Boston
7. Washington
8. Miami
9. Atlanta
10. Houston
By 'biggest' I don't mean, how sprawling the metro seems, but, if you're in downtown, how bustling it seems, how Manhattanesque for want of a better word!
I think this makes sense though to me Boston, SF, and Philly are maybe too close to differentiate, I would also have probably put Seattle behind DC and the three mentioned earlier. Also to me LA would be above Atlanta, Houston, Miami and Dallas. But to your point overall this a pretty decent list
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Originally Posted by kidphilly
I think this makes sense though to me Boston, SF, and Philly are maybe too close to differentiate, I would also have probably put Seattle behind DC and the three mentioned earlier. Also to me LA would be above Atlanta, Houston, Miami and Dallas. But to your point overall this a pretty decent list
While LA's downtown has improved, I think the other cities still have strong cores, especially Miami (I'm counting Miami Beach as a secondary downtown, though).
Expanding on the Seattle vs Houston thread, and which feels 'bigger', I thought I'd try to rank American cities by how big their downtown areas feel (which isn't necessarily the CBD). Feel free to comment/agree/disagree and list your own ranking. As a comparison I'll list the top ten MSA's by population alongside.
First, by population:
1. New York 2. Los Angeles 3. Chicago 4. Dallas 5. Philadelphia
6. Houston
7. Miami
8. Washington
9. Atlanta
10. Boston
Correction
NYC
Chicago
Philly
By perception
NYC
Chicago
Philly
SanFran
DC
Boston
Miami
Seattle
*
*
Everyone else
While LA's downtown has improved, I think the other cities still have strong cores, especially Miami (I'm counting Miami Beach as a secondary downtown, though).
Dont disagree but downtown LA is pretty impressive actually, to me still ahead of those I noted earlier
Honorable mentions should be to places like Detroit, Minneapolis, KC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Denver
Cincinnati's downtown felt pretty big. And its only getting bigger.
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