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I was referring to size. Hence the term "dwarfed". By city proper: Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Delhi, Shanghai, Moscow, Beijing, Guangzhou, Karachi, and Chongquing are all bigger than New York.
I was referring to size. Hence the term "dwarfed". By city proper: Tokyo, Jakarta, Seoul, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Delhi, Shanghai, Moscow, Beijing, Guangzhou, Karachi, and Chongquing are all bigger.
Many of those cities do feel bigger than New York as well.
I don't recall anyone ever comparing San Diego to be on the same level as NYC as well as any other cities. We all know NYC is in a league of its own but that doesn't mean certain aspects of it can't be compared to other cities.
Some of the NYers on here seem to need everyone to believe there city is the best at everything, which it is not. For some of them it's like everything about any city has to be compared to NY. For example, in the light rail thread there is a NYer bringing up NYC comparing its subway system to these light rail systems for god knows what reason. In the thread about What city has the best medical facilities, a NY poster couldn't stand Houston winning that poll b/c in their mind NY should be #1. So maybe if some NY fanboys didn't try to compare every city to NYC then you wouldn't see so many comparisons to it, it's a two way street here.
It seems to bother some people that others are very happy with their sunbelt cities and they feel like they shouldn't be b/c its not like NYC or the "older and colder" cities. I have no connection or bias towards the Northeast or South, but it really does seem Sunbelt cities get the brunt of negative comments directed at them by people who favor more urban Northern cities. It just gets really old after a while.
I agree 100%. NYC is awesome and unparalleled in many ways in the US, without a doubt. How many times to we have to praise it in order for anywhere else to be spoken of in a positive manner without all the douchey "your place sucks b/c NY does this better" comments? I love NYC but I hate that attitude. I'm glad I don't come across it very much when I'm visiting. If I did I'd never go there again.
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How can you agree when you haven't been to Dallas, Houston and Atlanta?
You are simply agreeing with what you "think" is another put-down to the Sunbelt cities, right?
I'm basing it on the people on CD. I could be wrong when it comes to most of the residents, but based on the posters on CD, these cities have a napleon complex. And for the 20584th time, I have been to Atlanta many times.
I don't recall anyone ever comparing San Diego to be on the same level as NYC as well as any other cities. We all know NYC is in a league of its own but that doesn't mean certain aspects of it can't be compared to other cities.
Some of the NYers on here seem to need everyone to believe there city is the best at everything, which it is not. For some of them it's like everything about any city has to be compared to NY. For example, in the light rail thread there is a NYer bringing up NYC comparing its subway system to these light rail systems for god knows what reason. In the thread about What city has the best medical facilities, a NY poster couldn't stand Houston winning that poll b/c in their mind NY should be #1. So maybe if some NY fanboys didn't try to compare every city to NYC then you wouldn't see so many comparisons to it, it's a two way street here.
It seems to bother some people that others are very happy with their sunbelt cities and they feel like they shouldn't be b/c its not like NYC or the "older and colder" cities. I have no connection or bias towards the Northeast or South, but it really does seem Sunbelt cities get the brunt of negative comments directed at them by people who favor more urban Northern cities. It just gets really old after a while.
I would love to explain that statement. I am 25 yrs old
For the first 14 yrs of my life I bounced around the phoenix, dallas and philly burbs because of my parents jobs.
For the past 11 years of my life I have lived in Charleston & Columbia South Carolina. So, let me rephrase my statement. I HAVE LIVED IN SC MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE.
As far as your paragraphs every city on this site gets bashed including nyc
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Portland has a major Napoleon Complex. It's the smallest major city on the west coast, and it's always lived in Seattle's (and even Vancouver's and San Francisco's) shadow. It's a great city, but it has definite inferiority issues.
I'd also add all of the largest cities in the south to this list: Houston, Dallas, Atlanta. Old resentments of large, more established Yankee cities die slowly.
Portland has a major Napoleon Complex. It's the smallest major city on the west coast, and it's always lived in Seattle's (and even Vancouver's and San Francisco's) shadow. It's a great city, but it has definite inferiority issues.
I'd also add all of the largest cities in the south to this list: Houston, Dallas, Atlanta. Old resentments of large, more established Yankee cities die slowly.
Sigh, the myth continues.
Who are these people that 'resent' the cities in the North? I don't know any of them, and I'm an Atlanta native. You do realize that arguably the majority of the residents of these cities are from that region...why would they resent the region from which they came? Take some time to read the threads on this particular forum, and you'll who really harbors resentment for whom.
I would love to explain that statement. I am 25 yrs old
For the first 14 yrs of my life I bounced around the phoenix, dallas and philly burbs because of my parents jobs.
For the past 11 years of my life I have lived in Charleston & Columbia South Carolina. So, let me rephrase my statement. I HAVE LIVED IN SC MY WHOLE ADULT LIFE.
As far as your paragraphs every city on this site gets bashed including nyc
I'm basing it on the people on CD. I could be wrong when it comes to most of the residents, but based on the posters on CD, these cities have a napleon complex. And for the 20584th time, I have been to Atlanta many times.
Well, all I can say is that - along with a previous poster, I am SO glad that most residents of NYC don't display the HUGE Napolean complex in real life as you do here on the forum. I too would never dream of stepping foot in the City ever again if that were the case.
And I don't believe you have ever been to Atlanta. People that have actually been here don't make idiotic claims such as there is never any traffic, or that it gets rural as soon as you leave the City Limits.
If you have indeed been here, you must have had a bag over your head the entire time.
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