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Oh come on topper. I get that you are a SJ booster, and yes SJ has its strong points in some regards, but when you make comments like this it's as if you are living in a parallel universe.
I live downtown! It's an exciting place. Actually, it's amazing!
What Seattle has going for it: 67 cranes of all types in and around downtown with more coming soon. Most of the high rises are built just north of downtown by Denny Triangle area(reminds me of Reginal Denny who was struck by a brick during L.A riot) with some being built in downtown core like several second st. high rise towers with hotel attached to it and 2 office towers like Mark and Madison. Oh, a new convention hotel underway there. So Seattle has some good points, too. It's just not as good as San Jose with it being: most productive city, richest city, best performing city, second greenest city and most tech savvy city.
Really, your arguments are very poor. Second greenest? From what source are you getting that? best performing? Again, what do you mean, and by what standard? Most productive? Again, a source would be nice.
If you are 13, then I will cut you some slack, otherwise, you are completely out of your mind. But it does provide some entertainment here on C-D.
What Seattle has going for it: 67 cranes of all types in and around downtown with more coming soon. Most of the high rises are built just north of downtown by Denny Triangle area(reminds me of Reginal Denny who was struck by a brick during L.A riot) with some being built in downtown core like several second st. high rise towers with hotel attached to it and 2 office towers like Mark and Madison. Oh, a new convention hotel underway there. So Seattle has some good points, too. It's just not as good as San Jose with it being: most productive city, richest city, best performing city, second greenest city and most tech savvy city.
Then why is Santa Clara County losing domestic population? In 2016 it was -3,658. You have to acknowledge the problems of the Bay Area in this regard. A lot of people, especially in the tech industry, are moving from the Bay Area to Seattle and other tech hubs because of the insane housing costs.
Seattle is seeing robust domestic and international growth which makes it a booming city. The same can no longer be said for San Jose. Seattle is way more development friendly, which makes a huge difference. Will it always be that way? Probably not. But for now, it's doing quite well.
Really, your arguments are very poor. Second greenest? From what source are you getting that? best performing? Again, what do you mean, and by what standard? Most productive? Again, a source would be nice.
If you are 13, then I will cut you some slack, otherwise, you are completely out of your mind. But it does provide some entertainment here on C-D.
Ok, 3rd greenest but second cleanest city and 3rd most fun city
And the number 1 destination for people who leave the Bay Area is surrounding counties-by far. This is confirmed by census data.
The overwhelming supermajority of movers choose to move within 90 miles of their job and then commute hence this unique pattern:
The region is unique among all US metro agglomerations as far as very long distance commuters...(Mega Commuters)
Its really stupid that NIMBYs here force affordable housing seekers to seek attainable housing developments out in the Valley but whatever breadcrumbs Seattle( or anywhere else) gets pales in comparison to those who stay within NorCal.
Which is why I think a 12-14 million population CSA is inevitable. At present time there are already 12 million people living within 100 miles of the city of SF...already a mini megalopolis of sorts.
This thread is hilarious, to read someone claiming Seattle isn't a 'real city' like SJ. It has to be some of the best trolling on the site. SJ is waaaaaay down the list of West Coast cities I would choose to spend time in. Last time I was there I was surprised at how vacant the downtown was, which is fine - not everywhere needs to be urban. Seattle, on the other hand, feels like a real city. Just own the fact that SJ is a suburban style city trying to revitalize their downtown - it's an admirable goal, and I'm sure it's improving every year, but Seattle is simply in another league.
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