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View Poll Results: Chicago vs. Philadelphia
Chicago 568 65.21%
Philadelphia 303 34.79%
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Old 07-29-2013, 12:50 PM
 
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Comparing Chicago's natural surrounding to Philly's is akin to comparing the two cities' skylines. If you were to objectively compare the two on height, visual impact etc, could you realistically say that Philly's is in the same league as Chicago? You might say something like -- "but the Comcast Center is amazing, and the architecture on the Liberty Place towers is too!" -- but overall, is it even comparable?


That's what comparing the two natural settings are like.
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Old 07-29-2013, 12:58 PM
 
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Comparing Chicago's natural surrounding to Philly's is akin to comparing the two cities' skylines. If you were to objectively compare the two on height, visual impact etc, could you realistically say that Philly's is in the same league as Chicago? You might say something like -- "but the Comcast Center is amazing, and the architecture on the Liberty Place towers is too!" -- but overall, is it even comparable?


That's what comparing the two natural settings are like.
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Old 07-29-2013, 12:58 PM
 
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You can get from Baltimore to NYC in 3 hours.
You can get from DC to NYC in 2 hours 45 minutes by Acela train.
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Old 07-29-2013, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Shawnee, KS
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Both are pretty similar, but overall I would have to go with Chicago. Love Chicago style pizza...

But really, I would prefer Chicago because of how amazing the downtown area is. At least in my experience.
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Old 07-29-2013, 02:34 PM
 
Location: The City
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Are you traveling by giant tortoise? It doesn't take 3 hours to travel from Philly to NYC.

Its 64 minutes from 30th Street to Penn Station

Driving can be had in as little as 85 minutes (as little as about 65 mins from some burbs of Philly to NYC), not always the case with traffic though
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Old 07-29-2013, 08:38 PM
 
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Are you traveling by giant tortoise? It doesn't take 3 hours to travel from Philly to NYC.
Lol Exactly. I drove from Philly to NYC in a hour before. On average Philly is about a1.5 hours drive away from NYC
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Old 07-29-2013, 08:48 PM
 
Location: New York
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Chicago city, Philly metro.
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Old 07-29-2013, 08:49 PM
 
Location: New York
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3 hours from Philly to NYC. 3 hours from Chicagoland...

Crawling backwards perhaps.
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Old 07-29-2013, 09:05 PM
 
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Lol Exactly. I drove from Philly to NYC in a hour before. On average Philly is about a1.5 hours drive away from NYC
Let's not get carried away, kids.
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Old 07-29-2013, 09:27 PM
 
Location: BMORE!
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Lol Exactly. I drove from Philly to NYC in a hour before. On average Philly is about a1.5 hours drive away from NYC
I got from CC Philly to Baltimore in exactly an hour. I was doing 90MPH the whole way..lol
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