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Which US cities have the most vibrant urban core outside the traditional 6 (NYC,CHI,SF,BOS,PHILLY,DC).
Let's say top 4 just to round out the 10. Please exclude places that are primary vacation destinations (AC, Vegas Strip). I'm defining urban core as the downtown and adjoining urban neighborhoods.
LA by most measures. It compares pretty well at this point. Anyone who hasn't been to downtown LA in the last few years or more is in for a pretty pleasant surprise (well, unless you get into something terrible). It's not great for a metropolitan of such a huge size, but as a standalone sort of unit it's good compared to the urban core of most other American cities. It's also improving at a really fast clip.
Rounding out the top 10 in addition to LA and the six mentioned are probably Baltimore and Seattle with arguable nominations for Portland, Honolulu, Miami, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver and New Orleans.
Last edited by OyCrumbler; 04-01-2014 at 11:56 PM..
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