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Atlanta feels much larger, especially driving around, but when you finally get out of your car...(deep breath...about to speak...says nothing). Philly looks compact driving around, but when you finally get out of your car...you know you are in a big city.
Atlanta feels much larger, especially driving around, but when you finally get out of your car...(deep breath...about to speak...says nothing). Philly looks compact driving around, but when you finally get out of your car...you know you are in a big city.
Atlanta: Small town with a big city appearance.
Philadelphia: Big city with small town feel.
Atlanta seems more vibrant than Philly. It feels like there's always something going on somewhere around here. I don't get that from Philly.
Atlanta does seem more glamorous. Philly IMO feels gloomy and run down.
It really goes to show how miniscule city population numbers are in the grand scheme. Philly has well over a million people more within its city limits, although geographically exactly the same size as Atlanta, yet Atlanta feels like a larger city. Philly is the larger metro, however, but still feels smaller than Atlanta. Also, Atlanta is more glamorous than Philly, Atlanta feels like it would be a smaller LA.
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It really goes to show how miniscule city population numbers are in the grand scheme. Philly has well over a million people more within its city limits, although geographically exactly the same size as Atlanta, yet Atlanta feels like a larger city. Philly is the larger metro, however, but still feels smaller than Atlanta. Also, Atlanta is more glamorous than Philly, Atlanta feels like it would be a smaller LA.
I disagree on all counts. Philadelphia feels larger. Atlanta is the more car transit oriented city, but Philly has more dense, walkable cities that, when you drive through them (Conshohocken, Wilmington, Chester, Camden, West Chester, etc). feel larger than anything in Georgia. As far as glamour, subjective, but no. Philly feels like a smaller version of NYC--you know you're in something special the second you see that skyline from 95. I'd rather be a smaller NYC than a smaller L.A....
Name 5 towns in the philly metro. Other than the obvious north philly, chester, Camden areas, what areas are "rundown" Get out of here..
Most visitors coming thru Philly visit via I-95. I-95 was designed to parallel route 13 a heavily industrialized roadway connecting Wilmington-Chester-Philly-Trenton. I can see where the impressions wouldnt be great especially from Chester to the refineries in SW Philly.
Originally the plan was for 95 to be a toll road which may have helped pay for a nicer a better kept stretch of highway but those plans were scrapped.Instead you got a lowly maintained bottom basement highway.
Back to your point, yeah the slice of driving up I-95 thru Del-Phil- Trenton shows you about 1 % of the overall region. That 1 % just happens to be mostly industrial. Driving up I-476,252, 202,Rt 30 even 76 visitors would get a much different cleaner impression of the Philly area.
Most visitors coming thru Philly visit via I-95. I-95 was designed to parallel route 13 a heavily industrialized roadway connecting Wilmington-Chester-Philly-Trenton. I can see where the impressions wouldnt be great especially from Chester to the refineries in SW Philly.
Originally the plan was for 95 to be a toll road which may have helped pay for a nicer a better kept stretch of highway but those plans were scrapped.Instead you got a lowly maintained bottom basement highway.
Back to your point, yeah the slice of driving up I-95 thru Del-Phil- Trenton shows you about 1 % of the overall region. That 1 % just happens to be mostly industrial. Driving up I-476,252, 202,Rt 30 even 76 visitors would get a much different cleaner impression of the Philly area.
Sounds like the Turnpike in North Jersey that gives everyone the impression of smelly refineries, industrialization, and no trees (not kidding with that one - I've met 2 people who were shocked that NJ has trees). *sigh* It seems highway planners hate us.
Outside the core area, I'd give the nod to Atlanta. Just my opinion, one you get outside the city, Atlanta feels larger
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