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Well put. Nothing I would dispute here (and I actually recused myself because of bias, lol).
However, one point that may be lost on this thread: Philadelphia's strongest case here is quality-of-life and standard-of-living.
Despite Philadelphia's relatively high poverty by US standards in its city core, and even though Mexico City is relatively prosperous by Mexican standards, Philadelphia is nevertheless a far wealthier region, as is every major American metro compared to the vast majority of urban regions globally.
Say what you will about the US, but Americans do indeed have a lot more money to throw around.
Thank you. And agreed. System won’t let me rep you rn, but “repped.”
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Last edited by LiveFrom215; 01-11-2023 at 02:45 PM..
Reason: typos, as usual.
I'm a Philadelphian who has never gone deeper into Mexico than Ciudad Juárez, so can't do a comparison based on direct experience, but even I recognize that this is a sort of apples-to-oranges comparison despite some strong parallels (history, despite CdMX having a longer one, is actually one of them).
And thus I too voted for Mexico City, which sits in the first tier of global cities while Philadelphia IMO occupies the third (tier two consists of cities like Geneva, Zurich and St. Petersburg).
However: what LiveFrom215 said about our mutual home, and both cities remain underrated by many of the cognoscenti.
Metro Population comparison:
In 1950:
Greater Mexico City: 3,300,000
Delaware Valley: 3,600,000
In 2020:
Greater Mexico City: 21,500,000
Delaware Valley: 6,300,000
The most notable thing about this as a visitor to Mexico city is just how many brutalist and concrete 60s/70s type buildings they have. It's a pretty interesting mix of architecture with the Spanish colonial monuments and then these massive concrete structures everywhere. It's unlike anywhere in the US. IMO CDMX feels more foreign than London to Americans
Metro Population comparison:
In 1950:
Greater Mexico City: 3,300,000
Delaware Valley: 3,600,000
In 2020: Greater Mexico City: 21,500,000
Delaware Valley: 6,300,000
The most notable thing about this as a visitor to Mexico city is just how many brutalist and concrete 60s/70s type buildings they have. It's a pretty interesting mix of architecture with the Spanish colonial monuments and then these massive concrete structures everywhere. It's unlike anywhere in the US. IMO CDMX feels more foreign than London to Americans
CDMX's population measurement is quirky. The 21.5 million figure commonly given is analogous to an American Urban Area, not MSA.
The Mexico City megalopolis has 31 million people in ~7,550 sq/mi and is functionally equivalent to a American MSA.
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