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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.
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:
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
Yeah. Why would you say California has better airports? In terms of actual operations or route networks/available airlines? Also, why do you say Cali is more diverse? I’m not necessarily disagreeing, but I would have chosen he NE for both.
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.
Schools: The Northeast has many elite schools, and both areas have top notch and downright horrible public schools.
Universities: The Northeast (Ivies and many other top notch institutions), but California is no slouch either.
Urban Cores: This undoubtedly goes to the Northeast. Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, DC.
Diversity: Both are highly diverse, but a slight edge to the Northeast for having a greater variety.
Shopping: Don't know enough to care, but they both have huge selections of every price level.
Restaurants: Northeast
Road Network: California has much wider interstates, but traffic is horrendous. Then again, so is BosWash traffic as well.
Public Transportation: Again, this one undoubtedly goes to the Northeast. Four major systems where not driving is normal and not just for people who can't afford to.
Quick Getaways: Both have a multitude of urban, suburban, rural, beach, party, etc. options.
Recreation/Parks: California's better year round weather allows for more outdoor recreation.
Airports: Northeast- BOS, JFK, EWR, PHL, and IAD are all major airports with many international connections. You also have LaGuardia, Baltimore, Reagan, and many other multiple smaller airports. From where I live in Philadelphia, I am an easy drive to 4 major international airports, plus LaGuardia, Reagan, and others. LAXand SFO are great yes, but they are far apart and the only major international airports.
Economy: Both are relatively strong and diverse.
Job Market: Same as above.
Housing Market: Both are incredibly expensive and competitive. It depends on what kind of place you want to live in.
Nightlife: No city in the world beats NYC, but Vegas and LA are by no means far below.
History: Easily the Northeast.
Museums: Northeast
Theater: Broadway, so Northeast.
Art: Depends on what you consider art.
Suburbs: The Northeast has more established suburbs, but suburbs are basically suburbs no matter where you go.
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.
Schools: The Northeast has many elite schools, and both areas have top notch and downright horrible public schools.
Universities: The Northeast (Ivies and many other top notch institutions), but California is no slouch either.
Urban Cores: This undoubtedly goes to the Northeast. Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, DC.
Diversity: Both are highly diverse, but a slight edge to the Northeast for having a greater variety.
Shopping: Don't know enough to care, but they both have huge selections of every price level.
Restaurants: Northeast
Road Network: California has much wider interstates, but traffic is horrendous. Then again, so is BosWash traffic as well.
Public Transportation: Again, this one undoubtedly goes to the Northeast. Four major systems where not driving is normal and not just for people who can't afford to.
Quick Getaways: Both have a multitude of urban, suburban, rural, beach, party, etc. options.
Recreation/Parks: California's better year round weather allows for more outdoor recreation.
Airports: Northeast- BOS, JFK, EWR, PHL, and IAD are all major airports with many international connections. You also have LaGuardia, Baltimore, Reagan, and many other multiple smaller airports. From where I live in Philadelphia, I am an easy drive to 4 major international airports, plus LaGuardia, Reagan, and others. LAXand SFO are great yes, but they are far apart and the only major international airports.
Economy: Both are relatively strong and diverse.
Job Market: Same as above.
Housing Market: Both are incredibly expensive and competitive. It depends on what kind of place you want to live in.
Nightlife: No city in the world beats NYC, but Vegas and LA are by no means far below.
History: Easily the Northeast.
Museums: Northeast
Theater: Broadway, so Northeast.
Art: Depends on what you consider art.
Suburbs: The Northeast has more established suburbs, but suburbs are basically suburbs no matter where you go.
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.
Haha to the last part! For art, I mean a community of artists and people creating/displaying visual works. The one thing I disagree with is the suburbs comment. I feel like New York suburbs are just so much nicer than LA suburbs, and the dynamic is very different. Just my thinking. I do not feel that all suburbs are the same. I do, however, feel that all Northeastern suburbs feel similar, all California suburbs feel similar, all Southern suburbs feel similar, etc.
Schools: NE. Both are terrible, but i’m guessing NE is less terrible.
Universities: CA (better statewide/public university system)
urban cores: NE (nyc, boston etc.)
diversity: CA (more immigration, more foreign borns)
shopping: NE (euro luxury stores always go to manhattan first)
restaurants: CA (both la or sf > nyc; fresh produce year round)
road network:CA (more freeways)
traffic:NE (because of below)
public transportation:NE (everywhere)
quick getaways:CA (vegas > atlantic city)
recreation/parks:CA (weather)
airports:CA (because of so many smaller airports, not lax)
economy:CA (silicon valley is “it" right now)
job market: NE (i think it’s easier to find a job)
housing market:NE (ca is expensive)
nightlife:NE (nyc is 24 hour)
history:NE (east coast in older)
museums:CA (la/sf > nyc/boston)
theater:NE (broadway)
art:CA (more artists live in la)
suburbs:CA (orange county is posterchild for suburbia)
other comments:
Schools: Northeast
Universities: California - best public university system in the country, by far.
Urban Cores: Northeast
Diversity: California
Shopping: Northeast
Restaurants: California - incredible food across the board. Outside of NYC the Northeast is not as consistent.
Road Network: California
Traffic: Northeast
Public Transportation: Northeast
Quick Getaways: California (Napa, Tahoe, Vegas, Monterey, etc.)
Recreation/Parks: California
Airports: California
Economy: California
Job Market: California
Housing Market: Northeast
Nightlife: Northeast (on the strength of NYC alone)
History: Northeast
Museums: Northeast
Theater: Northeast
Art: For grass roots art scene and artistic/counter-culture population - California. For old school art institutions the Northeast.
Suburbs: Tie - both have excellent suburbs.
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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Schools: Northeast
Universities: California - best public university system in the country, by far.
Urban Cores: Northeast
Diversity: Not California (NE has much better diversity across the board, blacks, Caribbean, South America)
Shopping: Northeast
Restaurants: California - Outside of NYC the Northeast is not as consistent. (Completely false, so Sacramento and San Diego surpass this?)
Road Network: California
Traffic: Northeast
Public Transportation: Northeast
Quick Getaways: California (Napa, Tahoe, Vegas, Monterey, etc.)
Recreation/Parks: California Airports: California (No. Northeast by far, the only air space that compares on Earth is the Blue Banana Europe) Economy: California. (Bwahahaha!! this can't be serious)
Job Market: California (Again Bwahahaha)
Housing Market: Northeast Nightlife: Northeast (on the strength of NYC alone) (again, I suppose the nightlife of SF, Sacramento, and SD are that dope right?)
History: Northeast
Museums: Northeast
Theater: Northeast
Art: For grass roots art scene and artistic/counter-culture population - California. For old school art institutions the Northeast.
Suburbs: Tie - both have excellent suburbs.
Way off.
Also just seeing your Universities another Bwhahaha! Thanks I needed to laugh this hard tonight.
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