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Grew up in San Diego, lived in Los Angeles for awhile before I moved to the DC Area last year:
- Location: Tie
- Climate: California
- Topography: California
- Economy: Mid-Atlantic
- Costs and expenses: Mid-Atlantic
- Public education (K-12): Mid-Atlantic
- Higher education (colleges and universities): Tie (University of California schools and University of Virginia college systems are top notch, and the Mid-Atlantic has great private colleges
- Infrastructure (roads, sidewalks, drainage systems, levee systems, whatever): California
- Airport (international and domestic): Mid Atlantic
- Urban offerings: Mid Atlantic
- Architectural style: California, but while I miss the quasi-mission style and Mid-Century Modern architecture, I've grown to love the colonial style of the Mid-Atlantic
- Public Transport (buses, inner city rail, commuter rail, tramways): Mid-Atlantic
- Amenities: Tie
- Diversity: Tie
- Culinary scene: California
- Music scene: California
- Political scene (type of politics and mindset): I'm somewhat left of center, but I prefer the pragmatic liberal approach of the Mid-Atlantic rather than the outright kookiness/semi anarchist mindsets of some Califorinans
- Neighborhoods (historic, ethnic, affluent, middle-class, so on): Mid-Atlantic
- Suburbs: California
- Entertainment (sports themes, major conventions, themeparks, waterparks, so on): California
- Nightlife scene: Mid Atlantic
- Image as a place: California
- Safety: Tie - Both have very dangerous areas, but very safe areas as well
- History: Mid Atlantic
- Level of Customer Service: California
- User friendliness (the city is easy to get around, easy to understand, things come easy here): California. Southern California is fairly easy to get around when there is no traffic
- Cultural institutions and performing arts: Mid Atlantic
- City parks, public spaces, and greenbelts: California
Disagree with education. Mid-Atlantic is the home of 4 Ivies and 3 of the "Seven Sisters." That's just for starters.
I note you've been in DC for 1+ years. Many consider DC an anomaly among the Big 5 cities of the northeast. How much time have you spent in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York?
And population wise, it's about even. Even with CSAs, you're looking at 40 million vs 40 million.
Maybe, though California includes a lot of small interior cities, rural areas and natural parks whereas the string of CSAs don't. I think Pennsylvania/New Jersey/New York also reaches about the same population as California and includes a large diversity of different kinds of places and keeps most of the NYC and Philadelphia metros intact.
Disagree with education. Mid-Atlantic is the home of 4 Ivies and 3 of the "Seven Sisters." That's just for starters.
I note you've been in DC for 1+ years. Many consider DC an anomaly among the Big 5 cities of the northeast. How much time have you spent in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York?
Hence why I mentioned "private colleges," of which Ivies like Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, and Princeton and the sisters Bryn Mawr, Barnard, and Vassar I was thinking of. Also, the Mid-Atlantic has strong public school systems such as SUNY and Rutgers...In my opinion, California has strong Public University institutions and private colleges such as Stanford make it a strong contender as well. I personally feel that both California and the Mid Atlantic are strong in this category in different ways, but I certainly understand why someone would disagree.
Since I live in Maryland and have family throughout the state, I've spent plenty of time throughout the state, been to Philadelphia several times, and I've been to NYC a few times. What is your point asking that?
Last edited by biscuit_head; 11-30-2016 at 12:49 PM..
Disagree with education. Mid-Atlantic is the home of 4 Ivies and 3 of the "Seven Sisters." That's just for starters.
I note you've been in DC for 1+ years. Many consider DC an anomaly among the Big 5 cities of the northeast. How much time have you spent in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York?
You could possibly include the SUNY system and state schools in other states(UMass, UConn, Temple, Rutgers, etc) in the Mid Atlantic region.
What year is that from? Is that current? Are Delaware, Maryland, and DC really still considered "South"?
The Census currently does and has always classified DC, MD, and Delaware as part of the South. Many thought that they would update and reclassify some of these states in the 2000 Census, but it never happened.
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