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Harvard University is world known by Academics in the World. That is right next to Boston. Boston would have more of a connection for intellectual world travelers. Though Philly might be a bit closer to NYC then Boston. DC would have more pull for them also. Just for that too Philly is overlooked.
The Pope's visit might showcase Philly in the World a bit more? I hear the Democratic Convention will be in Philly too.
DC was actually modeled after the City of Versailles, which is within close driving distance from Paris. This was well before Paris' streets and architecture were reinvented by Haussmann in order to have it become the city that the world is familiar with.
DC was modeled after Versailles, & then 80 years later. it is very possible that Paris' street grid was modeled after DC's
There has already been multiple debates on which city has a more loyal and passionate fan base, lets just say they both do and move on.
Boston has Fenway Park, perhaps the most well known and historic stadium, alongside Wrigley. In my travels abroad, I have always been amazed at how many people know about Fenway and have visited.
Eh, not that surprising IMO. Everyone knows about Wembley Stadium. These historic stadiums will always be well known.
Harvard University is world known by Academics in the World. That is right next to Boston. Boston would have more of a connection for intellectual world travelers. Though Philly might be a bit closer to NYC then Boston. DC would have more pull for them also. Just for that too Philly is overlooked.
The Pope's visit might showcase Philly in the World a bit more? I hear the Democratic Convention will be in Philly too.
...but Philly is a hole. Historic sites, you bet, but get out of town by dark.
1)NYC
2)Miami
3)Los Angeles
4)Orlando
5)San Francisco
6)Las Vegas
7)Honolulu
8)Washington DC
9)Chicago
10)Boston
11)San Diego
12)Houston
13)Philadelphia
14)Atlanta
15)Flagstaff (Grand Canyon)
16)Anaheim - Santa Ana
17)Seattle
18)Tampa
19)Dallas
20)San Jose
For category 2), they will never get anything better so why not?
I don't see how the tourism destroys anything except maybe destroys the family friendly environment. But lucky for you, the tourism is heavily concentrated in Miami Beach, and will only seep a little bit outside to the downtown area, maybe the dolphin mall. And that's it.
Compared to heavily toured cities such as New York or Los Angeles, it seems like tourism is a central fixture to Miami's economy.
In my first week, I felt like I met more people that have third degree black belts in martial arts than a college degree.
I think the service sector economy playing such a huge role in Miami's economy has diminished from a capital class the city could have developed. Downtown Miami lags behind several office parks in suburbs of major cities in office space, and this is well reflective in the city's lack of business class.
I'm not saying that tourism is bad, it's okay to have as long as it's not your main economic driver (in Miami; it's either housing or service sector (retail, leisure, restaurant). Clearly it's worked out spectacularly for New York and Los Angeles but it's been the easy answer in Miami for job creation for way too long and that needs to change. Miami could stand to focus more on righting the ship, become a much more influential financial center, medical center, logistics center (by airport it is already though) than attracting even more tourism (this amount is good enough).
proof that zoos are not losing popularity amongst International Travelers
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