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View Poll Results: Dallas Versus Philadelphia: Which City Is More Important? Which City Would You Prefer To Live In?
DALLAS 143 33.89%
PHILADELPHIA 239 56.64%
TOO CLOSE TO CALL 11 2.61%
DON'T KNOW 4 0.95%
DON'T CARE 25 5.92%
Voters: 422. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-15-2012, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Boston Metrowest (via the Philly area)
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Your confusing Dallas with Houston.

And before we get into this whole "Dallas is bigger because it's metro is 9k square miles" bull***t argument again, remember that 5.8 million people live in only 3600 square miles of DFW. The rest is small towns and open farm land.
...and the same can be said about the Philly area in terms of vast amounts of open space/parkland -- but the population configuration/density has nothing to do with my point. I'm simply saying it's an apples-oranges comparison, because the land mass of the Philly area has grown very little in comparison to a place like Dallas over the past century. Of course that's going to limit the area over which growth is counted in a metro area/city -- both in the past and in the future.

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Old 04-15-2012, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Be that as it may, it has annexed land much, much more recently than Philadelphia (like around one hundred years more recently). Hence, you have a much more mature growth rate in Philly.
Philly cannot annex land because it's consolidated with the county.
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Old 04-15-2012, 05:35 PM
 
Location: Boston Metrowest (via the Philly area)
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Philly cannot annex land because it's consolidated with the county.
Yes, you're exactly right, which really underscores my broader point. Dallas is not a consolidated city-county, while Philadelphia is. This creates a different geopolitical dynamic.
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Old 04-15-2012, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Willowbend/Houston
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...and the same can be said about the Philly area in terms of vast amounts of open space/parkland -- but the population configuration/density has nothing to do with my point. I'm simply saying it's an apples-oranges comparison, because the land mass of the Philly area has grown very little in comparison to a place like Dallas over the past century. Of course that's going to limit the area over which growth is counted in a metro area/city -- both in the past and in the future.
That I agree with. These two are apples and oranges. If you like one, there's a chance you won't like the other. Just personal preference.
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Old 08-17-2012, 02:42 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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That I agree with. These two are apples and oranges. If you like one, there's a chance you won't like the other. Just personal preference.
I like all types of cities, not just the ne types.
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Old 08-17-2012, 06:42 AM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Philly by far.
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Old 08-17-2012, 10:31 AM
 
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I much prefer Dallas...did not have fun experiences in Philly.
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Old 09-01-2012, 12:21 PM
 
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Philadelphia is way better...
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:52 AM
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Location: Fort Worth
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Philadelphia is way better...
Care to expand on that or are you just gonna post yet another big homer post about Philly without any real rhyme or reason other than to just type in "Philadelphia" again?
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Old 09-02-2012, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Baghdad by the Bay (San Francisco, California)
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I think Dallas is more "important" as the primary media, business and cultural hub of its region. Philly is a more attractive city to me (on levels beyond aesthetics) but its "importance" is reduced somewhat, due to its proximity to NY and DC.
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