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I posted on here to show California and L.A's accomplishment through the years.
Yeah of course The Northeast will have a Larger Economy than the State of California since it's combining other cities from other states all rolled into one.
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Originally Posted by geographybee
Of course CA is the larger economic powerhouse compared to NYS. California has like double the population of NYS. The only economic engine in New York is the downstate area. But the Northeast Corridor is a larger economic powerhouse than the California (and the west Coast). California cannot compare to DC, Philly, NYC, and Boston in economic terms. And Providence, Hartford, Newark, Jersey City, Trenton, Princeton, Allentown/Lehigh Valley, Wilmington, and Baltimore.
Schools: Northeast
Universities: California for Public, Northeast for Private
Urban Cores: Northeast (Even though I love San Fran!)
Diversity: Northeast
Shopping: Northeast
Restaurants: Northeast
Road Network: California
Traffic: Northeast? (Take out SF/LA and NYC/DC/Boston?)
Public Transportation: Northeast
Quick Getaways: Northeast (Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, NH Skiing, Maine, Lake Placid, Bar Harbor, Atlantic City, Jersey Shore, LI, Newport, NYC/DC/Boston/Philly/Baltimore, Saratoga Springs, etc)
Recreation/Parks: California
Airports: Northeast
Economy: Northeast
Job Market: Northeast
Housing Market: Northeast
Nightlife: Tie (LA and NYC)
History: Northeast
Museums: Northeast
Theater/Movies: California (I like Hollywood better than Broadway)
Art: California
Suburbs: Northeast (Metro Boston and DC are superior)
Other comments: Just California is kind of hard. Its comparing one state of 38 million people to a region of a country with almost 80 million people and 4 massive cities. So NE is bound to win more. Although California was not represented much in my survey, I still see it as one of the most well respected areas of the country.
Your overall choice: The Northeast. But if we break it apart... (DC>Boston>San Diego>San Francisco>NYC>LA>San Jose>Philly). SOme areas stick out and are more desireable than others. I think both areas have amazing cities and areas, but really its hard to say. I picture myself living in a DC or Boston suburb over California though.
Schools: NE
Universities: NE
Urban Cores: NE
Diversity: Cali
Shopping: NE
Restaurants: NE
Road Network: NE
Traffic: NE
Public Transportation: NE
Quick Getaways: NE
Recreation/Parks: Cali
Airports: Cali
Economy: Tie
Job Market: Tie
Housing Market: Cali
Nightlife: NE
History: NE
Museums: NE
Theater: NE
Art: NE
Suburbs: NE
Other comments:
Your overall choice: Northeast easily
How you rated CA as the winner for housing markets is beyond me.
BTW, please don't call us "Cali". We don't refer to New York, as "Yorki", do we?
California vs Northeast Corridor (NOVA through Portland). Which is better according to the following criteria?
I realize some of these criterion are hard to fill out for an entire region. Feel free to rank specific cities/areas within each region for certain/all categories.
My overall choice is the Northeast, because I love big city living and not having to drive. Although sometimes when I have to walk 4 blocks to the subway at 6:30am in 5 degree weather through snow I wonder to myself why I haven't decamped for sunny California yet.
I'll tell you why: The cost of housing in Philly is still reasonable. In California, it's insane.
California's diversity, education system, and economy are already being sold way short by people in here, and we're only on Page 2.....
Personally, I don't get the big deal about diversity. What diversity advocates usually mean is they want to live with people who look different but otherwise think just like they do. Meh.
As far as education goes, it sucks in both places. CA has terrible public schools, and has for quite some time. I'm not sure which one is better, but it doesn't matter because both are terrible.
I wouldn't say CA has terrible public schools. There are some terrible school districts and some excellent school districts in both NE and CA. There is a list of school districts that usually rank some Philly suburbs as some of the tops.
National 2018 ranking https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/
From A-,A A+, rankings, there are a lot of California school districts on that list. https://www.niche.com/k12/search/bes.../s/california/
If you lived in LA Metro (LA County/Orange County)
San Marino, Palos Verdes, Irvine, La Canada, Manhattan Beach, Arcadia, South Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Laguna Beach, Santa Monica/Malibu, Fullerton, Beverly Hills, Huntington Beach, Yorba Linda, San Juan Capistrano, Temple City, Calabasas, Tustin, Santa Clarita, El Segundo, Culver City, Glendale, Claremont, Burbank, Cerritos, Torrance
Many on that list from all over California that make the A grade.
Are there not so good school districts? Yes.
Some in the bottom are Compton, Lynwood, Inglewood, Azusa, Montebello, Lawndale, Paramount, and LAUSD.
Good school districts often equate to higher priced homes and safe neighborhoods with higher education attainment.
Bad school districts are generally the opposite. Low price homes, more crime, people with HS Dipolma or did not finish etc.
I was looking on how two of the largest school districts compared LA and NYC. Seems like LA groups everything as one and NYC separates them. The ones in NYC with same C grade as LA is in parts Brooklyn and Bronx districts. While most A grades are in Manhattan and the better areas of Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. But for LA I suspect the better areas are near the hilly areas like Bel Air, Palisades, Woodland Hills, Studio City, Porter Ranch, Encino, Hollywood Hills, Silverlake, Eagle Rock, Los Feliz. But the areas in the flats like Van Nuys, Boyle Heights, Hollywood, koreatown, South Central generally are not good. Philly also gets a C score like NYC and LA. Outside the city, the suburbs get great grades.
I dont think LA will change much in the future decades. Despite the gentrification and displacement of poor, I think a lot of poor are just being displaced within LA City borders. The suburbs outside of LA that got the A grade will retain their status.
You totally forgot to put Climate on the list! CA wins that hands down.
I didn’t put climate on the list because it is obvious who the winner is. I also do not feel comparing the multitude of climates in California to the basically one climate in the Northeast is very fair.
I posted on here to show California and L.A's accomplishment through the years.
Yeah of course The Northeast will have a Larger Economy than the State of California since it's combining other cities from other states all rolled into one.
Yeah, obviously. I am not disagreeing with you; I was just comparing similarly sized regions, although the Northeast Corridor is significantly smaller (but more populous, wealthier, and maintaining a larger economy).
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