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Let's rank (1-5) San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle when it comes to actually living in the downtown core, since most if not all major cities are attempting to bring traditionally suburban amenities back to the core where they started.
Base on:
Walkability
Available activities (concert halls, music venues, sports arenas, etc.)
transportation (can a person get around via bus, streetcar, rail)
things to do / see
restaurants
living options (condos, apartments, etc)
accessibility to grocery stores, drug stores, markets, shopping
cleanliness
downtown populations
jobs close to downtown (ease of living carless)
I'm not going to dive too deep into what the definition of 'downtown' is for these cities, but I've you've been to any of them you probably have a good idea; CBD and immediate environs. We aren't ranking whole cities/metros here, just downtown
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Originally Posted by erin3465
I dont see how San Diego is ahead of Seattle in the categories mentioned by the OP.
I don't see why my opinionated list should bother you, I mean last I checked it is my list and my opinion...
If you don't think San Diego should be ahead of Seattle, then perhaps you can put it below Seattle in your own list, instead of trying to correct mine.
Lol, I stand by what I said. I'm not making any changes.
All are pretty nice imo. Dt Portland and dt LA were the biggest surprises. Dt Portland is sooo nice. Dense, walkable, clean with great shopping, eating, public transportation and all. Dt LA has skyrocketed to the most improved. It is so unbelieveable what is taking place there. Some of LA's most beautiful old architecture is coming back to life along with new developments and cutting edge architecture like the Broad Museum Of Contemporary Art which opens in a few months.
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