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How is baltimore losing this? I understand baltimore isnt the most popular city but has its own unique culture and deserves to be in the ranks of philly and D.C.
I voted Baltimore but I could have gone either way. Providence is a nice city but it's significantly a bedroom community for Boston & to be honest it's one of those places that I have on my short list of places I could live in. The cost of living is a bargain in Providence compared to Boston in all honesty & that looks appealing especially because you could take transit from Providence to Boston at a whim.
Baltimore is more of a standalone city, it's the anchor of it's own domain and it's not a bedroom community anywhere, although it is a cost alternative to Washington. I'm not the biggest fan of Baltimore at all to be honest, I'm really not into that vibe & pessimism that prevails there nor was I particularly impressed with how dead downtown is, seriously I saw a few nurses walking around getting food from their shift from the hospital and that was it. It feels like a sleepy city but has great urban bones- kind of sad.
The area is lovely though, nice topography with the hills, greenery, & the Chesapeake Bay. I like the location on the waterfront and in which case it's the deal breaker for why I'd always pick Baltimore over Philadelphia, that and the fact that both cities feel pretty much the same on vibe but Baltimore is only 35 miles from Washington. Huge benefit in "going" & "getting back" for me. I'm not a fan of adding unnecessary mileage to my car, so 35 miles- a bargain. Then there's MARC, nice transit options as well.
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How is baltimore losing this? I understand baltimore isnt the most popular city but has its own unique culture and deserves to be in the ranks of philly and D.C.
I voted Baltimore but I could have gone either way. Providence is a nice city but it's significantly a bedroom community for Boston & to be honest it's one of those places that I have on my short list of places I could live in. The cost of living is a bargain in Providence compared to Boston in all honesty & that looks appealing especially because you could take transit from Providence to Boston at a whim.
Baltimore is more of a standalone city, it's the anchor of it's own domain and it's not a bedroom community anywhere, although it is a cost alternative to Washington. I'm not the biggest fan of Baltimore at all to be honest, I'm really not into that vibe & pessimism that prevails there nor was I particularly impressed with how dead downtown is, seriously I saw a few nurses walking around getting food from their shift from the hospital and that was it. It feels like a sleepy city but has great urban bones- kind of sad.
The area is lovely though, nice topography with the hills, greenery, & the Chesapeake Bay. I like the location on the waterfront and in which case it's the deal breaker for why I'd always pick Baltimore over Philadelphia, that and the fact that both cities feel pretty much the same on vibe but Baltimore is only 35 miles from Washington. Huge benefit in "going" & "getting back" for me. I'm not a fan of adding unnecessary mileage to my car, so 35 miles- a bargain. Then there's MARC, nice transit options as well.
Hell no.
Providence is as much a bedroom community to Boston as Baltimore is to D.C. Both have their own MSA but are second cities in their CSA's
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How is baltimore losing this? I understand baltimore isnt the most popular city but has its own unique culture and deserves to be in the ranks of philly and D.C.
Not really. All three cities have their share of urban blight, but it seems easier to overlook in Philadelphia and Center City Philly has a lot more vibrancy and action than Inner Harbor Baltimore. Philadelphia is a lot more inviting, Baltimore's grit seems omnipresent even in the nicer areas around downtown/Charles St. DC is way out of Baltimores league.
Providence is as much a bedroom community to Boston as Baltimore is to D.C. Both have their own MSA but are second cities in their CSA's
Come on btown, you live in a pretty damn gorgeous metropolis of 7.6 million. Does your heart melt to defend Providence as a major city? With what major professional sports teams, economy, airport, & anything else that defines a large city in modern days?
Providence is a a satellite town of Boston, it's standalone in the essence that it's a state capital & it's a bedroom community in the essence that people drop what they're doing to go to work, shop, dine, use he facilities, schools, sports events, & everything else of Boston. Now granted that doesn't mean Providence lacks any of those amenities but size & scale. Providence is a safer version of Wilmington, Delaware on steroids.
Baltimore, it has it's own economy, it's own nucleus, it's own leisure, it's own professional sports, it's own cuisine, it's own airport, it's own everything. It's more like a San Jose or Fort Worth or something than a Fort Lauderdale or Wilmington.
Come on btown, you live in a pretty damn gorgeous metropolis of 7.6 million. Does your heart melt to defend Providence as a major city? With what major professional sports teams, economy, airport, & anything else that defines a large city in modern days?
Providence is a a satellite town of Boston, it's standalone in the essence that it's a state capital & it's a bedroom community in the essence that people drop what they're doing to go to work, shop, dine, use he facilities, schools, sports events, & everything else of Boston. Now granted that doesn't mean Providence lacks any of those amenities but size & scale. Providence is a safer version of Wilmington, Delaware on steroids.
Baltimore, it has it's own economy, it's own nucleus, it's own leisure, it's own professional sports, it's own cuisine, it's own airport, it's own everything. It's more like a San Jose or Fort Worth or something than a Fort Lauderdale or Wilmington.
Providence has its own economy, it is larger than New Orleans in that department, T.F. Green Airport.
Providence has its own schools too, Brown University is ranked higher than any school in Baltimore.
And unlike Baltimore people move TO not FROM Providence
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