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Again, nothing will truly resemble New York in urban form as it is really a hybrid of styles that reflect it's status as a preeminent global city for ~200 years. It really mostly looks like what would happen if Hong Kong and London had a child. Philadelphia, due to it's age, and Chicago, due to it's size combined with it's age, probably are 1A and 1B but otherwise this argument is circular. If you want to live in a place that is highly urban but not New York, all of the options presented in the poll will get you some things but not others with Chicago/Philly coming the closest... let's say 60-70% of the way there in different ways respectively
OK - all these analogies are getting ridiculous. My head hurts.
The Hoboken of Chicago is definitely Wrigleyville and Southpirt next that that, not Lincoln Park. Both annoying nightlife, similar in a way. Off the nightlife streets you have some nice old residences.
Give Philly Chicago's skyscrapers and you have a mini New York.
There are still some angles and viewpoints that feel like NYC in Chicago. And then Philly's outer neighborhoods feel more like NYC than Chicago's outer neighborhoods. And then the urban feel of having the river dividing both from NJ connected by 24/7 heavy rail. There are a lot of similarities.
There are still some angles and viewpoints that feel like NYC in Chicago. And then Philly's outer neighborhoods feel more like NYC than Chicago's outer neighborhoods. And then the urban feel of having the river dividing both from NJ connected by 24/7 heavy rail. There are a lot of similarities.
I agree about Philly. I also think that the skyscrapers are less of a factor than residential architecture.
Yeah their downtown areas are all pretty small compared to the majority of their footprints. But everyone just focuses on the skyscrapers for Chicago=NYC. Outside of Midtown/Fidi in NYC, The Loop in Chicago, and CC in Philly, the neighborhoods are what make the similarities IMO. Philly feels more like NYC in the outer neighborhoods. Chicago's detached building style and bungalow home neighborhoods are nothing like NYC in urban feel IMO.
But Chicago is def second. No questions about that.
Yeah their downtown areas are all pretty small compared to the majority of their footprints. But everyone just focuses on the skyscrapers for Chicago=NYC. Outside of Midtown/Fidi in NYC, The Loop in Chicago, and CC in Philly, the neighborhoods are what make the similarities IMO. Philly feels more like NYC in the outer neighborhoods. Chicago's detached building style and bungalow home neighborhoods are nothing like NYC in urban feel IMO.
But Chicago is def second. No questions about that.
This^^^ We may not agree on LA Sport rankings, but we sure have the same view on this topic lol
This^^^ We may not agree on LA Sport rankings, but we sure have the same view on this topic lol
Finally. I'll take something we can agree on!
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