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Proximity to other cities/places to take day or weekend trips tends to be a major selling point for most people, I'd venture. It would be a depressing existence to never leave your local bubble.
Philly is among the best located cities the country in that regard, if not THE best.
It is funny when people on C-D write off Philly's optimal location as one of its perks. It's like yeah, obviously, if we are comparing Skylines, no one in their right mind is saying that Philly beats Chicago because of our proximity to NYC's skyline.
The point is, when you live somewhere, the ease, affordability and accessibility of visiting favorable areas plays a big role in quality of life. People choose to live in Denver partly due to its proximity to the mountains. Denver doesn't seem to get this write-off when mountain proximity is mentioned as a city perk. Yet Philly has proximity to major East Coast cities, the ocean, and mountains, but some C-D posters do not want to recognize this as one of its virtues.
It is funny when people on C-D write off Philly's optimal location as one of its perks. It's like yeah, obviously, if we are comparing Skylines, no one in their right mind is saying that Philly beats Chicago because of our proximity to NYC's skyline.
The point is, when you live somewhere, the ease, affordability and accessibility of visiting favorable areas plays a big role in quality of life. People choose to live in Denver partly due to its proximity to the mountains. Denver doesn't seem to get this write-off when mountain proximity is mentioned as a city perk. Yet Philly has proximity to major East Coast cities, the ocean, and mountains, but some C-D posters do not want to recognize this as one of its virtues.
It's not surprising that the majority of C/D wants to write it off.
Since about 70% of the nation does not have access to seriously usable intercity rail, it's much easier to take the position of "oh, those obsolete trains in those old, crowded places....we're the new up and coming thing!" than to really look at the reality of how isolated these places are from each other in some parts of the country and how much of anomaly it is within the context of the developed world.
Did I say anything about New York being a better city or Philadelphia being "my city"?" I don't believe I did. I could care less about either. I'm simply pointing out that reliable, frequent intercity rail between two major cities is a huge deal for someone planning to use mass transit a lot.
I checked Amtrak's schedule and learned that there are:
3 daily departures from Minneapolis to Chicago
and
51 daily departures from Philadelphia to New York City.
There are 2X as many Philadelphia to Chicago trips as Minneapolis, despite the fact that Philly is nearly twice the distance.
3 intercity rail trips a day between a 3.6 million metro and a 10 million metro in the same geographic region.
Let that sink in.
A lot of people either drive to Chicago or take the Megabus.
Did I say anything about New York being a better city or Philadelphia being "my city"?" I don't believe I did. I could care less about either. I'm simply pointing out that reliable, frequent intercity rail between two major cities is a huge deal for someone planning to use mass transit a lot.
I checked Amtrak's schedule and learned that there are:
3 daily departures from Minneapolis to Chicago
and
51 daily departures from Philadelphia to New York City.
There are 2X as many Philadelphia to Chicago trips as Minneapolis, despite the fact that Philly is nearly twice the distance.
3 intercity rail trips a day between a 3.6 million metro and a 10 million metro in the same geographic region.
Let that sink in.
I'd say your snark demonstrates you have a bigger dog in the debate than you are letting on, Princess.
Proximity to other cities/places to take day or weekend trips tends to be a major selling point for most people, I'd venture. It would be a depressing existence to never leave your local bubble.
Philly is among the best located cities the country in that regard, if not THE best.
Hello. We have these wonderful new inventions called airplanes, AOC.
I'd say Minnesota wins in terms of Safety, Quality of Life and K-12 Education. Listen you might find more PA schools in a top ranked list but Philly does not have open enrollment which is a huge plus in my opinion.
Hello. We have these wonderful new inventions called airplanes, AOC.
Lmao. Hello, we have this wonderful thing called air fare. Not everyone was born with a trust fund, Mr. Koch.
Ok I’m done.
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