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View Poll Results: Which has the greater concentration of bars?
6th Street in Austin 21 56.76%
5th Ave. in San Diego 16 43.24%
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Old 02-06-2013, 11:59 AM
 
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These are two of the denser bar districts in the country. However, based on the impression of those who have visited both, which has the greater concentration of bars? (immediately adjacent side streets count as well)
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Old 02-06-2013, 12:01 PM
 
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Ugh - of course, that should read "of" bars, not "on".

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Old 02-06-2013, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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When you get this specific, I suppose you could count them.
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Old 02-06-2013, 12:28 PM
 
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When you get this specific, I suppose you could count them.
You're probably right, but I guess I'm talking more about subjective feel of the area, in terms of concentration of bars and busy-ness of the nightlife overall.
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Old 02-06-2013, 03:00 PM
 
Location: The City
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Is 5th Ave the gas lamp district?
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Old 02-06-2013, 04:46 PM
 
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Is 5th Ave the gas lamp district?
Yeah, it's the main drag of the Gaslamp District.
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Old 02-06-2013, 05:00 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I've never been to Austin but some weekend nights you can barely walk on the sidewalk down 5th Ave in SD because it's so crowded.
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Old 02-06-2013, 05:33 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Using Yelp it shows the following # of establishments for the category of "Nightlife"

Gaslamp District: 116
Sixth Street District: 40

Nightlife San Diego, CA

Nightlife Austin, TX
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Old 02-06-2013, 05:35 PM
 
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Using Yelp it shows the following # of establishments for the category of "Nightlife"
Might as well just compare both their total districts to one another. I mean realistically, one street corridors with nightlife flow from one to the next, one street comparisons are miniature. Gaslamp to Downtown.

I hate 6th, overrun by tourists and idiot frat kids. I liked Red River, 5th, and Congress much more.
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Old 02-06-2013, 05:38 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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Might as well just compare both their total districts to one another. I mean realistically, one street corridors with nightlife flow from one to the next, one street comparisons are miniature. Gaslamp to Downtown.

I hate 6th, overrun by tourists and idiot frat kids. I liked Red River, 5th, and Congress much more.
Well I was trying to but I don't know if the "Sixth Street District" on Yelp includes side streets, if not then it's not really a fair comparison as the Gaslamp is about 19 or so square blocks total that includes other side streets.

When I zoomed out the numbers seemed more comparable for Austin.
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