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Downtown Silver Spring is more urban than Long Beach IMO. Long Bech does have more skyscrapers, but Silver Spring has more transit (subway, bus, commuter train) and more density.
Wow look at Silver Spring, I used to live there (Red Line stand up) and I never really saw it as urban but it has come a long way since then. I went back to D.C. in Summer 2008 and was in shock, what a difference 9/10 years can make.
Wow look at Silver Spring, I used to live there (Red Line stand up) and I never really saw it as urban but it has come a long way since then. I went back to D.C. in Summer 2008 and was in shock, what a difference 9/10 years can make.
Ugh I hate this part, I can't choose...
I have never been to Sliver Spring?
Long Beach has allot of narrow streets downtown and in Belmont shores district. Beach stretches from the downtown area almost to Belmont shores . Long Beach growth is limited by its proximity with the surrounding area. Long Beach still has a substantial population. It's not like San Francisco or Seattle its more sprawl.
I don't like concepts when it comes to plannings shopping centers, it should be full scale mall with department stores. Shopping centers downtown should be outside if the weather is decent. San Diego and to a certain extent Florida were first city's to introduce the modern outdoor mall back in the late 80's. San Diego's mall is nice because you pay for parking and then have access to the rest of downtown and the beach front. These ideals work in New York city and San Francisco because you have substantial amount of people and stuff to do in the area.
Both are very urban for suburbs. I think I'd pick Silver Spring, but Long Beach is great too. They are both so different that they each have great things that the other might not.
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