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Baltimore has one of the worst urban cores in the nation, but has some extremely wealthy suburbs like Howard County and Hunt Valley. Anne Arundel County also isn't bad. Detroit, St. Louis, and Philadelphia are much the same way.
Baton Rouge is very ghetto in a lot of the city but has many pleasant suburbs.
I disagree with DC. I've only visited, so I don't know any specific names, but DC is a part of a fairly long chain of continuous urban and suburban development, much of it fairly historic and dense. I saw plenty of appealing main streets and small towns in neighboring Maryland and Northern Virginia.
Agreed. Most of NoVa and Southwest MD are suburbs of DC. You have some of the wealthiest areas in the US with very walkable town squares and main streets. Places like Bethesda, Potomac, Ft. Washington, and Silver Spring, on the MD side; and Alexandria, Fairfax (City), Clifton
Reston, Herndon, Arlington, Great Falls and Mt. Vernon on the VA side. That is not even including Loudoun County towns like Leesburg, Purceville and Ashburn.
Baltimore has one of the worst urban cores in the nation, but has some extremely wealthy suburbs like Howard County and Hunt Valley. Anne Arundel County also isn't bad. Detroit, St. Louis, and Philadelphia are much the same way.
Baton Rouge is very ghetto in a lot of the city but has many pleasant suburbs.
With all due respect to the other cities, Philadelphia's core is in an obviously different league than the others. Though the others are certainly making great as strides, too.
It's really not remotely comparable due to scope alone, to say nothing of commerce and wealth. Philadelphia's urban core peers are cities such as Boston and San Francisco.
With all due respect to the other cities, Philadelphia's core is in an obviously different league than the others. Though the others are certainly making great as strides, too.
It's really not remotely comparable due to scope alone, to say nothing of commerce and wealth. Philadelphia's urban core peers are cities such as Boston and San Francisco.
Yes. Philadelphia is one of country's top urban cores.
Yes. Philadelphia is one of country's top urban cores.
Having visited before I would have to disagree. Philadelphia felt very run down within most of the city limits. The city most similar to it is Baltimore. I find Atlanta, Columbus, and Dallas to be more impressive in their cores than Philadelphia.
Having visited before I would have to disagree. Philadelphia felt very run down within most of the city limits. The city most similar to it is Baltimore. I find Atlanta, Columbus, and Dallas to be more impressive in their cores than Philadelphia.
City limits is irrelevant when OP asked for core. And second, What's your definition of core?
Having visited before I would have to disagree. Philadelphia felt very run down within most of the city limits. The city most similar to it is Baltimore. I find Atlanta, Columbus, and Dallas to be more impressive in their cores than Philadelphia.
What part of Philadelphia's core feels run down to you? I can't think of any areas offhand.
Most of Baltimore's core is in decent shape also but you don't have to go far outside of the core to come across neighborhoods that have seen better days.
What part of Philadelphia's core feels run down to you? I can't think of any areas offhand.
Most of Baltimore's core is in decent shape also but you don't have to go far outside of the core to come across neighborhoods that have seen better days.
If his definition of core for Philadelphia is Greater Center City, then maybe Point Breeze. But even still, the comment comes off as asinine.
I define anything in the city limits and the inner city to be the "core". Especially as the title of this spread contrasts it to suburbs, so I interpreted the question as the city limits vs the suburban areas.
So I do include North Philadelphia and South Philadelphia as part of the "core" including the very run down areas in these districts. "Outside" the core would be places like Kennett Square, Cherry Hill, King of Prussia, etc. I consider all of Baltimore City to be the "core" the way this question is worded, and outside would be Howard County, Baltimore County etc.
Los Angeles - great core and great suburbs #nobias
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