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Interesting site. Given the uniqueness of NYC's urban form, there's a balance between equivalents in terms of urban form with that of demographics, social similarities, etc.
I have to say for my own city Toronto they're a bit off. Leslieville is not the Park Slope of Toronto, I'd say it's more the Annex or Riverdale. Yes there are a few hipsters and artisanal cheese shops there but it's only trendy very recently and isn't really that affluent.
I've never been to NYC but I can't imagine SoHo is anything like the Garden District of New Orleans. The Meatpacking District and CBD (The Warehouse District would probably be better) seem like the perfect match.
Is there a single street in Chealsea that is sort of like Bourbon? With the concentration of pedestrians and establishments, not the stumbling drunk tourists.
Interesting site. Given the uniqueness of NYC's urban form, there's a balance between equivalents in terms of urban form with that of demographics, social similarities, etc.
"Los Angeles = Los Angeles. Where you go for the weather to be better and the people to look more attractive and for you to wonder for approximately 36 hours why you don’t live there instead."
NYC really isn't that unique IMO. It's just that it's massive, but NYC is honestly just a much larger, less gritty version of Philly. There are certain part of Philly that look just like NYC.
Probably the only neighborhood in DC that's most similar to anywhere in the NYC is probably Columbia Heights. CH could come off as a neighborhood in western or central Brooklyn. Then again, most of the neighborhoods in Upper Northwest DC might bare some resemblance to some of the older SFH-dominated nabes in Queens and The Bronx, albeit not as dense.
Other than that, I personally think most of DC's neighborhoods look like they would fit in better in parts of Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Charleston than most neighborhoods in New York City. Downtown DC could come off as both Midtown Manhattan and the Financial District with a buzz-cut LOL
NYC really isn't that unique IMO. It's just that it's massive, but NYC is honestly just a much larger, less gritty version of Philly. There are certain part of Philly that look just like NYC.
NYC really isn't that unique IMO. It's just that it's massive, but NYC is honestly just a much larger, less gritty version of Philly. There are certain part of Philly that look just like NYC.
"Los Angeles = Los Angeles. Where you go for the weather to be better and the people to look more attractive and for you to wonder for approximately 36 hours why you don’t live there instead."
I have and it looks similar to Philadelphia, but it has much more skyscrapers. It's architecture is very comparable to Philly's though.
NYC is not as unique as NOLA or SF or even Seattle.
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