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Well it depends what you like. I'm in love with Chicago and it seems that 2.7-10 million others do too, so enjoy the place you love for some that is San Fransisco, for others that is chicago, for others it is NYC and ect.
SF for sure... some people get bamboozled by a large population and tall buildings (Chicago) and those aren't things a city should be defined by
Bamboozled? It's all a conspiracy to get people to like Chicago. The conspiracy dates back generations to the evil Chicago inventing the skyscraper...and then constructing them by the hundreds....in order to bamboozle outsiders..particularly cheeseheads....but you tspoon have figured us out....Chicago...guilty as charged of willful bamboozlement
It can't really be quantified with numbers. The difference is both aesthetic and cultural. It's subjective, obviously. To me, SF felt RELATIVELY dull and provincial. It didn't have the fun, big city vibe of places in the east. And aesthetically, the city was less attractive to me, although as I've said the surroundings are beautiful. The built form isn't as exciting as Chicago, which is a word class architectural marvel.
By the way, I'm not hating on SF. It's a neat place and obviously people live there for a reason. But the boosterism of some people in this thread is silly.
Edited to add: re. climate - I grew up near Seattle and while I enjoy mild weather, San Francisco is too mild. Seattle didn't have cold, foggy summers like San Francisco. I know you can leave town and be in 100 degree weather, but who wants to have to drive to escape grey cold fog? I looked up climate statistics, and it looks San Francisco in the summer is around the same temperature as Chicago in late April. No thanks.
IThe built form isn't as exciting as Chicago, which is a word class architectural marvel.
Have you been to Chicago? On what planet is the built form in Chicago "a world class architectural marvel"?
Chicago is a great town, but the average built form isn't particularly notable, at all. SF at least has a very unique built form. Preferences are obviously subjective but there's no debating that SF has a more unique built form.
What's not in Chicago's league though? Number if skyscrapers? Sheer population within the city limits (which are 5x as large in Chicago's case)? I can't really think of anything besides those two things that set Chicago apart in a different league, and those are superficial parameters that don't mean anything.
Chicago is a bigger city than SF. It has more culture, more nightlife, more almost everything. It's just generally a larger type of city.
SF is more unique, more refined, more affluent, more distinctive, but Chicago is a bigger type of city.
I would prefer Chicago. San Francisco looks nice for the most part and is a really eclectic city in the truest sense of the word, but I'm not interested in living there whatsoever. I think I'll feel more at home in Oakland though.
Have you been to Chicago? On what planet is the built form in Chicago "a world class architectural marvel"?
Chicago is a great town, but the average built form isn't particularly notable, at all. SF at least has a very unique built form. Preferences are obviously subjective but there's no debating that SF has a more unique built form.
Well...it is the birthplace of the skyscraper and has a pretty stellar line up of the history of that architectural form...which has come to dominate the planet.
Have you been to Chicago? On what planet is the built form in Chicago "a world class architectural marvel"?
Chicago is a great town, but the average built form isn't particularly notable, at all. SF at least has a very unique built form. Preferences are obviously subjective but there's no debating that SF has a more unique built form.
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