Mexico City vs Philadelphia (cost, better, compare, population)

[BajanYankee]

This one has never been done before. Compare these two cities on the following:

Economy
Global Significance
Diversity
Weather
Food Scene
Local Culture
Parks
Museums
Walkability
Street Vibrancy
Transit
Architecture
History
Education
Nightlife
Shopping
Safety
Tourism
Cost of Living
Outdoor Recreation

[Muinteoir]

Hey c'mon, this isn't nice. Mexico City is a city of nearly 9 million. Lol.

[btownboss4]

I mean Philly wins economy and education and that’s it.

Maybe outdoor recreation. I’d imagine the average Philadelphian has more ability to assess things outside the city since, well they’re wealthier.

But as far as the others, it’s not just Mexico City wins, Mexico City blows doors off.

And before anyone says “but history”. Mexico City was the capital of the Aztec Empire. It’s an ancient metropole like Istanbul

[BajanYankee]

What about the Barnes Foundation vs the Soumaya Museum?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do4aQj0G4Fo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs2mIB6s1Po

[thedirtypirate]

I visited Mexico City once on a guided tour. It had a lot of big monuments. It feels like a very busy city. We went to the opera at the Palacio de Bellas Artes which I don't think I have ever seen a more beautiful historic theater.

I big plaza/square was memorable: https://www.google.com/maps/@19.4334...7i16384!8i8192


For US cities, Philly does have some pretty big monument areas like the Parkway, but still too much is devoted to cars: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9575...7i16384!8i8192

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by btownboss4

And before anyone says “but history”. Mexico City was the capital of the Aztec Empire. It’s an ancient metropole like Istanbul

On that point, Philadelphia has Independence Hall, obviously, but Mexico City has the Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMgGaRxhJ0

[Losfrisco]

Originally Posted by BajanYankee

This one has never been done before. Compare these two cities on the following:

Economy
Global Significance
Diversity
Weather
Food Scene
Local Culture
Parks
Museums
Walkability
Street Vibrancy
Transit
Architecture
History
Education
Nightlife
Shopping
Safety
Tourism
Cost of Living
Outdoor Recreation

Maybe its never been done because its a ridiculous comparison.

Mexico City has suburbs (Ecatapec) that are more populated than Philadelphia.



The only one of these Philly could possibly compete on would be economy and cheese steaks.

[BajanYankee]

Street style in some of the hipper neighborhoods in both cities (Roma Norte vs Fishtown).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtboa3JgMOA&t=96s


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBgStUmyMWU

[Joakim3]

Originally Posted by Dw572

Goes to show that no matter how we compare cities with any metric we could think of, the end results always somehow pertain to the population amount.
The population count is like that one hard fact we just couldn't navigate around.
Second hard fact would be population density (ppsm) but then that's still a offshoot of population count.

Population is what drives everything. Hate it or love it’s what makes cities tick.

Originally Posted by Dw572

Personally I would sorta ignore the population count etc. so that we could better compare cities. At the end of the day a big city is still big and you're still just one single tiny body among a whole lot of them.

You can absolutely compare towns/cities at parity, but any difference between them are going to be attributed to population differences. It’s two interwoven into the dynamics of cities to not take account all else being equal.

[BajanYankee]

Originally Posted by Joakim3

You can absolutely compare cities at parity, but the smaller city is almost always going to be the odd one out irl due to numerics. It’s simply a numbers game.

Raw numbers alone don't necessarily have a bearing on diversity, history, architecture, parks, quality of museums or even transit.