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I have no idea why the concept of Fairfield county is so difficult. It is both within the tri-state area (and thus a suburb of NYC), and also part of New England. They are not mutually exclusive.
For the purposes of this question, FFC is part of New England and not the Mid-Atlantic. So yes, that means the NYC area sprawls out across both the Mid Atlantic and the southwestern part of New England. Sports allegiances does not preclude membership into New England.
Aaaaanyway, this in no way shape or form influences the outcome of the original question. For cities, the answer is obviously the Mid Atlantic. Even if you exclude NYC, it is still the Mid Atlantic as it would be Boston vs. Philly + Baltimore + DC. For small cities though, I'd go New England all day (Portland, Portsmouth, Burlington, Newport, Stamford, etc. etc.)
The two bolded are incredibly controversial to me. The italicized one is fair. The other two are very much apples and oranges, though on a micro level coastal MA (the islands, cape cod, cape ann, plum island) is nicer than coastal NY (long island).
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The two bolded are incredibly controversial to me. The italicized one is fair. The other two are very much apples and oranges, though on a micro level coastal MA (the islands, cape cod, cape ann, plum island) is nicer than coastal NY (long island).
Yea but that's about where it ends. MA holds it's own, but NY state is way too large/diverse to say MA is ahead. NYC over Boston alone widen the gap enough for NY state. MA can compare to other states in the mid-Atlantic however.
Yea but that's about where it ends. MA holds it's own, but NY state is way too large/diverse to say MA is ahead. NYC over Boston alone widen the gap enough for NY state. MA can compare to other states in the mid-Atlantic however.
Massachusetts is just better than NY state (except NYC). Their demography is virtually the same but MA is considerably more ethnically diverse, with better schools higher incomes better weather and closer to major cities.
Much of NYS is a total economic wasteland too. Less well maintained than MA in the nice spots too. Worse public transportation.
I'd personally take Mass over Ny Because literally every good ranking (Education, Income, Crime, Job Opportunities, Healthcare, QOL, HDI) MA outbeats NY. No question there. Pennsylvania vs Maine is controversial. Probably 50/50. NJ is a cooler state, but Nh is either 2-5 for best states to live in. So Nh May in fact win on that front. MD vs CT is a tossup, more people probably like Md over Ct so I can't really argue there. For DL and RI, RI has Newport which in alone, is better than anywhere in DL. throw in Coastal RI and PVD and RI murders DL. I could not even fathom saying DL beats RI
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RI>>DE
MA> NY outside of NYC
You guys are right about RI...I would say it's slightly ahead of DE. There rest I stand by the previous post, and NYC is inside of NYS, so overall still NYS.
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