DC v. LA v. Seattle (most urban) (comparison, Los Angeles, Boston)
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The agreed upon top 5 "most urban" cities in the US from east to west are: Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Chicago, and SF so those are omitted from this poll.
For LA, I'm considering the central urban area to be generally bounded by Downtown/Boyle Heights to the east, the Pacific Ocean to the west, Hollywood Blvd/Santa Monica (after San Vicente) to the North, and Pico Blvd to the South. Feel free to use your own definition.
My definition includes neighborhoods like DTLA, Koreatown, Mid-Wilshire, east hollywood, Hollywood, but doesn't include some neighborhoods immediately north or south of downtown. Not trying to cherry pick as thats kind of how the urban design flows. There are still plenty of single family homes mixed in.
In an effort to present full disclosure I've tried to capture what its really like. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
LA for me, definitely--it pulsates much more like a megacity than the other 2, which are far smaller.
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