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I’ve always thought Philadelphia was a poor man’s NYC.
Nah that seems to be a recent thing with the whole pandemic migration of NY'ers to Philly.
Chicago was always thought of as "the second city" and is the only other city I can think of that even somewhat resembles New York in terms of sheer big city feel, skyline, etc. I think Chicago takes it here.
Isn't the Harborplace festival marketplace pretty much a dead mall now?
Yep. The whole area is going to be redeveloped.
The city & state already committed close $200million of funding to whatever goes there. MCB (the developer) is hosting several city wide meetings/discussions in the upcoming months on what people want to see replace the pavilions before they start drafting concrete plans.
And this sentence is exactly why the "poor man's version of" formulation is so demeaning to the runner-up in the category, for Mobile, while it may lack the color and cuisine of New Orleans, is a perfectly charming city in its own right.
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As usual personal sentiments have gotten in the way of actual thought process and sticking to the OP. It's interesting how the thirst to dominate or just take over every thread with the same rhetoric over and over again when mentioning a Baltimore > Philly comparison, rather than accept the comparable.
The thread has nothing to do with who's in one city feeling tied into the people living in another. With people adamant that "People in Philly don't think about Baltimore". Well guess what, people in Los Angeles aren't just sitting at home thinking about Phoenix either, yet those two are being compared by others here also. You don't see posters here shouting that from the hill top just to get a word in. The thread also isn't about one city being a carbon copy of another as no major US city's are as such.
By the logic of certain DC posters, wouldn't it make sense that Baltimore is a poor mans version of DC?
Some DC posters on this board include Baltimore when it benefits DC (GDP, population, etc.), but for these types of threads its an outcast city that only compares to Philadelphia. (my interpretation reading the thread).
Per the topic, my take as a Philadelphian living in NYC... Philly & Baltimore have similarities in their built environments (not so much in the core though), but I wouldn't think to consider them a pair, they're not very connected in terms of anything... I'd say NYC/Philly and Philly/Wilmington are more apt comparisons for many obvious reasons.
By the logic of certain DC posters, wouldn't it make sense that Baltimore is a poor mans version of DC?
Some DC posters on this board include Baltimore when it benefits DC (GDP, population, etc.), but for these types of threads its an outcast city that only compares to Philadelphia. (my interpretation reading the thread).
Per the topic, my take as a Philadelphian living in NYC... Philly & Baltimore have similarities in their built environments (not so much in the core though), but I wouldn't think to consider them a pair, they're not very connected in terms of anything... I'd say NYC/Philly and Philly/Wilmington are more apt comparisons for many obvious reasons.
You just made that connection yourself. If DC posters are comparing Baltimore and philly, how does that logic imply its a poor man's DC?
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