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Most of DT DC is a ghost town at night, but not all of it.
DC's downtown is actually probably better for nightlife than most people would expect. It has a couple nightlife areas: Conn Ave, K Street, and 7th Ave/Gallery Place.
The thing that really hurt's DT DC is that is broken up into a couple mini-clusters so you don't get the big city critical mass you get in a place like Philly or Chicago.
Boston is somewhere in between. It doesn't have anyplace as vibrant as Rittenhouse, but it has a little more clustering at the core than DC.
DC ranks higher than Philadelphia and Boston for museums and art galleries. The Smithsonian is the largest museum complex in the world. The top museum cites the U.S. are DC, NYC and Chicago.
Your haterism is at an all time high. Why are you comparing McPherson Sq to Boston Commons? Is that the best DC has to offer? Come on dude, you are making yourself look ridiculous.
Should we compare Rittenhouse Square to the National Mall? What about the number of visitors each area gets? If we based this on the number of visitors per year, it doesn't come close. Plus the Mall has 40 plus museums all within a 1/4 of mile.
DC's Chinatown is not a real Chinatown but you can't deny that its not vibrant as hell all hours of the day.
Museums? Your membership to City Data should be revoke based on your assinine statement. Who gives two sh&ts what you like. Philly doesn't compare.
Restaurants - Who eats at Oceanaire anymore? What about Proof, Zatinya, Oya, Zest.....I can name 100 authentic restaurants in DC all within a 1/4 mile of Gallery Place and Metro Center. Did you watch Top Chef DC.
Transportation - Look at the numbers
Tmac,
Of course some areas of DT DC are a ghost town. But you have to look at the size of DT DC compared to CC and Boston. It's huge and spread out. There are club corridors all over DT DC. I don't feel like naming them but DC has so many clubs. The Park is one. K Street Lounge? Lima? Lotus? This is just one area at 14th and K Streets.
While DC may excel in certain areas I still would put it as third best overall among these three though as stated all are among the best in the country
One thing that Philly really does well is the donwtown vibrancy - to me only surpassed by NYC and arguably equal or better when compared to SF and/or Chicago
Your haterism is at an all time high. Why are you comparing McPherson Sq to Boston Commons? Is that the best DC has to offer? Come on dude, you are making yourself look ridiculous.
Should we compare Rittenhouse Square to the National Mall? What about the number of visitors each area gets? If we based this on the number of visitors per year, it doesn't come close. Plus the Mall has 40 plus museums all within a 1/4 of mile.
DC's Chinatown is not a real Chinatown but you can't deny that its not vibrant as hell all hours of the day.
Museums? Your membership to City Data should be revoke based on your assinine statement. Who gives two sh&ts what you like. Philly doesn't compare.
Restaurants - Who eats at Oceanaire anymore? What about Proof, Zatinya, Oya, Zest.....I can name 100 authentic restaurants in DC all within a 1/4 mile of Gallery Place and Metro Center. Did you watch Top Chef DC.
Transportation - Look at the numbers
Tmac,
Of course some areas of DT DC are a ghost town. But you have to look at the size of DT DC compared to CC and Boston. It's huge and spread out. There are club corridors all over DT DC. I don't feel like naming them but DC has so many clubs. The Park is one. K Street Lounge? Lima? Lotus? This is just one area at 14th and K Streets.
Rittenhouse Square beats out the Mall anyday. The Mall is a big field for tourists from the Midwest and a staging ground for softball games for drunk lawyers. Rittenhouse Square is a place to relax on a hot summer afternoon. The Mall offers close to zero shade and you have to battle for what little shade does exist against fanny-pack wearing Oklahomans riding on segways.
DC may hold the distinction of having the world's largest Chinatown with the fewest number of people of actual Chinese ancestry present at any time.
Philly is a much bigger art city than DC with a much larger art scene. DC is a town of lawyers and lobbyists.
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