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Exactly. Philly has the better suburbs with Atlantic City, Cape May, Wildwood, Cherry Hill, tons of other shore towns, etc
Chicago is the better city IMO
UMMM?? Philly native here.. Since when did ANY of the Jersey shore become suburbs of Philly? Cherry Hill i'll give you but the others which are OVER a hour away not so. Once you get passed say Glassboro/Berlin line you are basically out of the Philly burbs.
The deal with Chicago lake is... yeah it's not the ocean, but it's way, way more accessible than any city in the NE. Good way to end a relaxing day for many people is just walk 2-3 blocks and hang out at the lake, take a dip in the lake and walk back to their apartment.
My brother has lived in Honolulu for the last 12 years and when I first told him about people on here being snobs over ocean vs lake, he laughed it off. He lives near Diamondhead and still thinks that lake beaches along Chicago arent any less of an experience. Granted its use is only for half the year at most, but its damn impressive that a massive metropolis like Chicago has a lakefront like it does.
And don't forget, you can take the South Shore train from under Millenium Park to the Indiana Dunes, a nearly 25 mile long stretch of beach with gorgeous dunes, more whitecaps than in the city (cause it faces north, like Chicago's beaches are angled to catch the waves) more sand/sandbars because the sand is always being pushed south, like a bowl, which means the color of the water is even more turquoise than in the city. Add to this the stunning view of the skyline on the horizon, truly one of metropolitan America's most beautiful and awesome landscapes.
People from the Coasts who have never visited a Lake Michigan beach will, once giving it a try, never ever look at the Ocean beaches in quite the same way.
UMMM?? Philly native here.. Since when did ANY of the Jersey shore become suburbs of Philly? Cherry Hill i'll give you but the others which are OVER a hour away not so. Once you get passed say Glassboro/Berlin line you are basically out of the Philly burbs.
That is simply not true. Philly draws commuters from far past Glassboro and Berlin.
That is simply not true. Philly draws commuters from far past Glassboro and Berlin.
Ofcourse there is always gonna be a few who do the long commutes ( one of my friends dad commuted from Ocean City "MD" to Wilmington for work ) but that surely did not make OC a burb of Wilmington. I have never heard the media or much of anyone else refer to those areas as Philly burbs either. Heck they have their own TV stations ( IE: Different media market ) down there in AC.
The deal with Chicago lake is... yeah it's not the ocean, but it's way, way more accessible than any city in the NE. Good way to end a relaxing day for many people is just walk 2-3 blocks and hang out at the lake, take a dip in the lake and walk back to their apartment.
You know in NYC, you can catch the train right to the beach! That's accessibility like a mother.
Yes, I used to take the 1 and A train to Rockaway Beach when I lived in The Bronx-It took about an hour and a half.
I'm actually going to visit my friend in Rockaway next weekend and it should only take about an hour longer than that LOL.
But, still it's very cool to take the subway to the beach. Philly has a train to AC that is about an hour and a half ride-wish they would expand it to points south though i.e. Ocean City, Sea Isle, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Wildwood, Cape May.
Ofcourse there is always gonna be a few who do the long commutes ( one of my friends dad commuted from Ocean City "MD" to Wilmington for work ) but that surely did not make OC a burb of Wilmington. I have never heard the media or much of anyone else refer to those areas as Philly burbs either. Heck they have their own TV stations ( IE: Different media market ) down there in AC.
They are in the same media market and was recently added back to the Philly CSA. They only thing that's really different are the radio markets but don't forget that the Philly area is made up of multiple radio markets anyway.
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Cherry Hill i'll give you but the others which are OVER a hour away not so. Once you get passed say Glassboro/Berlin line you are basically out of the Philly burbs.
