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You get to live in the most overrated city in North America?
Honestly........ why say such a thing? I do not think that poster saying Boston's core was lessor them NYC's Chicago's to demean it. Nor lessen your perfect city if relevant here.
But you did find you needed to lower Boston much more. as maybe is a intent for all US cities not NYC you like to do. But then I've read your NYC comments too that aim to demean it. But still your city Luvs to have it seen as more New York like..... I do note Manhattan aspects that annoy me in vs. Chicago here. But my defending Chicago here, is not to diminish Manhattans scope and sheer volume of what it offers.
No one can lessen Boston's value on the world stage either. That does not have it as overrated.
It seems some only see value in areas of people packed liked sardines. Even mere row-homes. If you don't have front streets with shops ands eateries in every block? Its a couple tiers lower. The heck with green-space too. That has little factor to them. Not every city is laid out or zoned for that density or businesses.
I personally want a quieter neighborhood to go home too. Add green and quality housing that need not be connected. That's great. Knowing a intersection nearby still has the shops, businesses and eateries is just fine for me. If I was in a apartment with no washer/dryer in it? I'd want it at least in that building. Some things I don't wish to lug out and back in.
There is a point density gets as bad as vehicle traffic.... if you find it hard to escape. I do like green in my surroundings too for our warmer seasons. Streets devoid of it or merely a few trees? Lose some desirability.
You comments and views lessen all cities not NYC. I read only positive points to Toronto. Lesser to Philly. Sometimes density alone matters on C-D. But I'm partial to a density that links us still to nature in the mix. Some see density matters little if its old or new building? Just if people packed in the most deals in the best effect.
Not every city built nor wants to be Manhattan dense. When the day comes we are more forced into that density? Then over-population was reached. If a economic crash of large proportions comes? Having a ability to have a garden is a plus. But God help us if it does with extremes we have today.
Boston need not apologize for its Triple-Decker neighborhoods some density lovers lessen. They also gentrify and gain some added infill. Same with cities that went to tight-knot bungalow housing over rows. Apartment buildings helped density in those areas.
I think ultra-high density is sometimes a acquired taste. If Higher-end it can be great or ok. If poorer and more forced and people feel no escape from? It's not too great.
You comments and views lessen all cities not NYC. I read only positive points to Toronto. Lesser to Philly. Sometimes density alone matters on C-D. But I'm partial to a density that links us still to nature in the mix. Some see density matters little if its old or new building? Just if people packed in the most deals in the best effect.
Are you referring to me? If so, all I was simply saying is why pay crazy prices, almost what you'd pay in NYC...if the city isn't going to be as vibrant as the top urban cities in this country? That wasn't a knock against Boston or to lessen any other city, but the reality. Density does matter to me though, so from my perspective if I'm going to pay NYC prices then it better off something close to that. That's why I don't get how people live in LA! Rent there is crazy but you need a car too.
Are you referring to me? If so, all I was simply saying is why pay crazy prices, almost what you'd pay in NYC...if the city isn't going to be as vibrant as the top urban cities in this country? That wasn't a knock against Boston or to lessen any other city, but the reality. Density does matter to me though, so from my perspective if I'm going to pay NYC prices then it better off something close to that. That's why I don't get how people live in LA! Rent there is crazy but you need a car too.
I clearly note Boston's COL also SF and it has density few doubt. But some cities that do too are still seen as flyover by some. That is a pattern I see too. I like defending cities that don't sprawl. But get a bum rap from some for not being as dense as Manhattan. I like density that is close-knit but includes green and is not all a fast lane from where to work to home. Some cities offer a better balance to me and if a mere moderate COL. It certainly helps.
Philly I know pros and I know cons (to me) and those use to a NYC density seem to like it with a lower COL. It has become a city of New Yorkers seek to find a tight knit attached-living seen as higher density and lower COL. But rows are still not tenements of 5 story attached multi residential buildings. I'm still not a row-home fan boy. Some cities can have separated housing and green-frontage and by more apartment buildings. Surpass density of single row-homes. But the GREEN adds to livability and walkability for me. Even moderate density I won't bash as inferior.
I always remember the Paris we love added Plazas and Grand Boulevards in the 1800s. That is part of what we love too.
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as maybe is a intent for all US cities not NYC you like to do. But then I've read your NYC comments too that aim to demean it. But still your city Luvs to have it seen as more New York like..... I do note Manhattan aspects that annoy me in vs. Chicago here. But my defending Chicago here, is not to diminish Manhattans scope and sheer volume of what it offers.
