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I actually spent time in both on a cross country road trip. Omaha seemed more impressionable with the charm of the Old Market and the nicely landscaped waterfront parks along the Missouri River. Des Moines seemed more workaday gov't town, in the downtown anyway.
Minneapolis or San Antonio?
From a downtown perspective alone, Minneapolis. It is more dense, has a "winter" elevated bridge system, and offer two major league downtown stadiums. San Antonio is also nice, with the Riverwalk, but overall, Minneapolis.
Minneapolis had a much better downtown than Austin. Austin's felt much smaller. Minneapolis had a better skyline, better options, and seemed to just have more in general.
I think both cores are great and drastically changed/changing over the past decade. I am picking Miami because of the incredible water views, but I like them both.
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I've only been to Greenville, so I'll pick Greenville.
Minneapolis or Dallas?
Never been to Minny, but I was quite underwhelmed with downtown Dallas (2010 visit). Nice skyline, especially at night, but not really a whole lot happening on the ground. Perhaps I may go back in the 2020's sometime to see how much it's changed. I like the Trinity River projects that are in the works. But at the moment, I can certainly imagine Minneapolis having a much more livelier downtown, I'll go with Minny.
I guess I'll go with Charlotte, but Richmond's isn't bad.
Downtown Brooklyn or Center City Philadelphia?
On the surface, that's a tough call. Brooklyn is a vibrant commercial district with tons of amenities from MetroTech to the Barclay's Center, shopping at the Fulton Mall and leisure at Cadman Plaza. Some beautiful architecture exists there as well and of course you have the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. I enjoy spending time in DT BK, but if we're comparing downtown to downtown, I think Center City Philly just has so much more to offer. From strictly a residential standpoint, Center City Philadelphia has 185k people living there versus only about 10k in Brooklyn. You can imagine what vibrancy that brings. Add in the fact that Philadelphia's downtown is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies, prestigious universities, historical sites, incredible food, shopping, world class architecture (city hall, 'nuff said) and museums. I think only transit is comperable between the two downtowns. The comparison sounds good on paper but it may actually be a bit unfair as Downtown Brooklyn is hurt by its proximity to Manhattan, is the 3rd largest CBD in NYC and anchors a borough defined moreso by its neighborhoods rather than once central area. Center City Philly wins this one with ease.
Downtown Toronto vs. Downtown Boston
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