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Originally Posted by Buckeye614
Cost of Living-Philly-South Jersey-Delaware
Tourism-Would require more research but inclined to say NY-CT-NNJ because of Manhattan.
Cities and suburbs- Personal preference whether you want to be close to New York, Philly or D.C. Each city has great suburbs
Beaches/Nature-Toss up since all of them have nice beaches but maybe Delmarva.
Infrastructure-CT-NYC-NNJ is more built up and has the best the transit out of any metro area in the country.
Sports-CT-NYC-NNJ
Well, I think the beaches question (not nature, just beaches) is easily in favor of Philly/South Jersey/Delaware. Between the Jersey Shore (Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May, Atlantic City) and Delaware Beaches (which are technically just outside of the Philly CSA, but are closer to Philly than the DMV, and get more visitors from Northern Delaware/Philly than the DMV), Philly/South Jersey/Delaware has quite the lineup.
Cost of living- DelVal wins in this category, although compared to the rest nation it is still a relatively expensive. All three have cheap living options if you don't mind dangerous ghettos. Obviously Manhatten is in a different league, but I'm not sure how CC and core DC compare.
Tourism- I've been to all three, and dc hands down offers pound for pound the best tourist experience of the three, it's as if it was designed with tourism in mind. NYC major drawback is simply how crowded it is. Old City, although it is a gem, and world heritage site, it gets old really fast.
Cities and suburbs- This will be the most debatable, as there are wild variations in form and function. It's largely a matter of personal preference. I don't think NYC wins automatically, because not everybody likes being in crowds. The delaware valley has extensive poverty and blight for it's size; Chester(city), Camden, Wilmington, Trenton, and a slew of minor dumps, this is what holds DelVal back and seems to put it a notch below other two. The DMV also has issues, pg county, and Baltimore, but it seems they do a better job of offsetting it economically.
Beaches/nature- I give this to the nyc tri-state because it has a beach within the city. Then it comes down to the Jersey Shore vs Chesepeak, personally I would take the Jersey shore any day. The chesepeak bay is nice though, I used to go crabbing there as a kid, but they have too much jelly fish.
Infrastructure- On a pound for pound basis they are all inadequate when compared to their European counter parts. DelVal has horrible roads and higways in PA and massive public transit voids in Jersey and Delaware. The DMV's system is showing signs of stress with no decent alternative options ie. regional or light rail to ease the burden of mixing commuters from both ghettos and suburbs as well as tourists. NY tri-state also has bad roads, but the city transit is impressive, so it get's the win here.
Sports- NY has so many teams and champions, it's no contest. I give DelVal a few points for having a unique and extensive boxing culture. The DMV does include baltimore, so I would put it second, simply for having more teams than DelVal.
Well, I think the beaches question (not nature, just beaches) is easily in favor of Philly/South Jersey/Delaware. Between the Jersey Shore (Ocean City, Wildwood, Cape May, Atlantic City) and Delaware Beaches (which are technically just outside of the Philly CSA, but are closer to Philly than the DMV, and get more visitors from Northern Delaware/Philly than the DMV), Philly/South Jersey/Delaware has quite the lineup.
Long Island beaches (Jones Beach, Long Beach, Hamptons) and Ocean County Beaches in New Jersey (Seaside Park, Long Beach Island, Island Beach State Park) are pretty impressive as well.
It's not a tri-state in the same way. But it's definitley in the mix.
We could also include Ark-LA-Tex, Shreveport is a relatively prominent city that is pretty much a Texas-Louisiana combo, also there are the cities of Texarkana.
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