Paris vs London vs New York City (nightlife, rail)
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^ I love the LED screens, that's what makes Times Square. You don't see it a lot outside of Asia. I think Tokyo probably overdoes it but even in NYC name me a place with a lot of neon billboards outside Times Square.
^ I love the LED screens, that's what makes Times Square. You don't see it a lot outside of Asia. I think Tokyo probably overdoes it but even in NYC name me a place with a lot of neon billboards outside Times Square.
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Originally Posted by Mulhall
Las Vegas??
All seems quite tacky to me.
Well yeah, I don't think it pretends to be anything else...
Hey I appreciate old architecture and all that jazz, but there is a place for that sort of 'tackiness'. Vegas or Orlando is known for it's tackiness, people know that yet they still come to have fun. Their goal isn't to gain a better understanding of Gothic architecture. Besides, there are only so many old churches one can appreciate.
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Your really loved up with New York are you Trimac20!
Its a greatcity but neon lights isn't what makes it great.
I think I've had a love affair with it since before I visited (but no, I don't own a tacky I love NY T-shirt)...it's got this quality about it I don't find anywhere else. It's one of the few places that EXACTLY matched my expectations of visiting. And I never anticipating visiting any other city as much as NY.
Well yeah, I don't think it pretends to be anything else...
Hey I appreciate old architecture and all that jazz, but there is a place for that sort of 'tackiness'. Vegas or Orlando is known for it's tackiness, people know that yet they still come to have fun. Their goal isn't to gain a better understanding of Gothic architecture. Besides, there are only so many old churches one can appreciate.
This kind of tackiness might work in Vegas but I liked Time Square much more before the disney lights personally.
NY is a claass of is own. But London has more style. And i dont really like Paris, its too expansive and posh for me.
Paris is not more expensive than NYC or London.
Paris is also not that posh, obviously if you solely stick to the stereotypes you may not notice it but the reality of Paris is different to what we see in Hollywood movies.
Paris is not more expensive than NYC or London.
Paris is also not that posh, obviously if you solely stick to the stereotypes you may not notice it but the reality of Paris is different to what we see in Hollywood movies.
I agree, Paris is no more expensive than London and New York.
I wouldn't listen to sterotypes, according to American sterotypes we Brits have the worst teeth in the world (when according to the OECD International Studies - we have the best teeth in the entire world) and you French are cowards and not very good at fighting war, which is fairly weird given that the French have conquered most of Europe and indeed a lot of the world, and even helped the Americans beat us Brits during their 'War of Independence' - hardly cowardly and France has always had very good military forces.
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I agree, Paris is no more expensive than London and New York.
I wouldn't listen to sterotypes, according to American sterotypes we Brits have the worst teeth in the world (when according to the OECD International Studies - we have the best teeth in the entire world) and you French are cowards and not very good at fighting war, which is fairly weird given that the French have conquered most of Europe and indeed a lot of the world, and even helped the Americans beat us Brits during their 'War of Independence' - hardly cowardly and France has always had very good military forces.
I think the statistic of the French being lovers not fighters is partly true, as they have sex on average among the most times a year out of any country lol.
There is too many bus operators (especially in New York) to make easy comparaisons.
I believe that Paris has the lowest bus ridership of those cities, while quite well used, I can't say that buses are very popular in Paris.
London, New York and Paris have all tram lines in the periphery but none in the center.
In order from highest to lowest:
TfL: 6m+ per day (can't find an exact figure)
RATP: 3.6m per day
MTA: 2.2m per day
Rides per person per day:
London: .774 (7.753m people in Greater London)
Paris .307 (11.729m people in ÃŽle-de-France)
New York City: .272 (8.175m people in New York City, this does not include suburbs due to fragmentation of data and incomparable land use)
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Originally Posted by paull805
The London underground is only shut for 4 hours at late night and the night buses are good enough to get around, what makes you think New Yorks bus network is better than Londons?
As a New Yorker who's spent a lot of time in London, I can attest they're not. However, the subway is good for most journeys that could be taken by bus, so it's really a redundancy. The only instances where buses are heavily used are express buses, particularly those to Staten Island, which has no subway service, and the more suburban sections of Queens without subway service.
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