Skyline Battle: Boston versus Philly (tallest, better, places, skyscrapers)

[tmac9wr]

Originally Posted by noland123

Boston is a prettier and a lot cleaner looking city than Philadelphia. Watching part of that video ,Boston sorta looks like London,while being on the Charles River somewhat analogous to the Thames.

I've never been to London (hopefully will soon), but I've heard many people say Boston and London look very similar in many ways.

[Boston14]

Originally Posted by tmac9wr

I've never been to London (hopefully will soon), but I've heard many people say Boston and London look very similar in many ways.

Ya I think it is the European feel to it

[noland123]

YouTube - Driving through Boston

A drive through Boston and the "Big Dig" while accompanied by music

[TomDot]

Originally Posted by DailyJournalist

I think this is what they meant:


YouTube - Elton John- Philadelphia Freedom

Elton John and Billie Jean King were very good friends in the 70's. Billie Jean King played for the Philadelphia Freedom pro tennis team. He wrote the song for her.

[BlackOut]

Philly

[Boston14]

Originally Posted by BlackOut

Philly

Nice and simple like me

[TheFriendlyGod]

Originally Posted by noland123

Boston is a prettier and a lot cleaner looking city than Philadelphia. Watching part of that video ,Boston sorta looks like London,while being on the Charles River somewhat analogous to the Thames.

That's not to say, though that Philly doesn't have places that look like this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Philly_Street.jpg/800px-Philly_Street.jpg (broken link)

http://davethenovelist.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/society-hill-1.jpg (broken link)

It's just a very big city that also happens to have plenty of places that look like this:


http://www.travelthewholeworld.com/sitebuilder/images/Pennsylvania_Philly_Nasty_Houses-350x258.jpg (broken link)

[JoCo freak]

boston's skyline is very large, but not tall, on the other hand, I like philly's high skyline and I think that the buildings blend in with the rest of the buildings

[LASam]

Boston for me wins at street level, but Philly wins for skyline as viewed from afar. I especially love all the more recent skyscraper Philly has added which give the skyline a diverse, modern look.

[bennyboo<3seattle<3]

Philly wins. Boston is too short and boxy for my taste :/