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San Jose crushes Seattle! much bigger city 1,051,000 compared to 712,000, much more diversity, much better shopping options, much better weather, much bigger land area, much better economy, much bigger tech hub and it doesn't even come close, and lastly much more fun stuff like amusement parks/waterpark. It even has more attractive and nicer downtown core. SJ is a much more superior city.
San Jose crushes Seattle! much bigger city 1,051,000 compared to 712,000, much more diversity, much better shopping options, much better weather, much bigger land area, much better economy, much bigger tech hub and it doesn't even come close, and lastly much more fun stuff like amusement parks/waterpark. It even has more attractive and nicer downtown core. SJ is a much more superior city.
Seattle metro has over 4 million people now.. It is like saying San Jose is a larger city than San Francisco because it has a higher population. That doesn't mean anything, as these are the urban metropolitan cores of the metro area.
Anyhow, San Jose has better weather and probably is much cleaner and has a lot less derelicts. I haven't been there in a while, but remember how clean most Silicon Valley cities looked. Seattle is filthy, has crappy weather, homeless people and junkies everywhere, but I think a more fair comparison would be Bellevue to San Jose, which are pretty much the large suburban techie cores of both metro areas, the Bay Area vs Seattle/Tacoma metro.
You just cannot compare an urban core of a metro area to a suburban/satellite city of the metro. Population numbers are not worth comparing, as at any one time , there are probably more people present in the city of Seattle than San Jose, with the large number of people commuting to work in downtown, SODO and South Lake Union. Seattle also is connected to several cities like Shoreline, Burien, etc that would easily put it at 1,000,000 within a 5 mile from its borders.
Weather: SJ. I can't handle the gray winters of Seattle. Give me cold and sunny, but I need the sun sometimes.
Economy: Tie. Both are big tech hubs with booming economies.
Shopping: Seattle. Neither is bad, but Seattle has great downtown shopping.
Scenery: Seattle. Both have mountains, but Seattle also has lakes and water features throughout.
Downtown: Seattle. Not even a comparison.
Neighborhoods: Seattle. Seattle is a real city with authentic neighborhoods and great suburbs. SJ is an ugly suburb on its own.
Transportation: Seattle. Not even close again.
Diversity: SJ. Seattle isn't too far behind.
Education: Tie. SJ is lucky it can attract talent from Stanford nearby, but within the city limits, Seattle is better. Therefore, tie.
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