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From your travels what have been the cities that have the most impressive entrances when you first arrive.
For example here are mine:
1. New York: Driving in from the George Washington Bridge and seeing that Manhattan skyline is absolutely stunning and impressive. I will never forget the first time I saw it.
2. Washington D.C.: Driving in from Reagan International towards the a mall when you cross the Potomac (that's the river that runs through it right?), you see all the beautiful famous landmarks.
3. Chicago: Coming in from O'Hare and going towards the loop on the I-94 shows the skyline in it's entirety and stretched out.
Worst:
1. Los Angeles: You kind of keep looking and looking but the only thing impressive are the mountains. I forgot what expressway it was but there is a good view heading east with the skyline and mountains as the backdrop, while it was very pretty though it didn't leave me too impressed.
2. San Diego: The entrance from driving from the airport to downtown is not very impressive or exciting. Driving by the ocean is pretty, but you kind of just end up in downtown never seeing it a whole and never really see the mountains.
I LOVE Chicago's from the Kennedy (Northwest)! It's so impressive! I'd have to think NYC has a few that could even top that! Keeping personal (home) bias aside, I'd say these are a couple others I have witnessed:
Cleveland: coming from Shaker Heights the city pops up around the hills and its sunken in a valley. San Francisco: coming south from the Golden Gate bridge around the mountain (forget the name) San Fran shines up out of the water and the next thing you know you are right on top of it. Pittsburgh: like Cleveland, it pops up from around the hill out of nowhere.
I'd think Seattle, Atlanta and Denver could have similar dramatic entrances as well, as they could be hidden behind mountains or hills.
I always the I 76 (better known as the Schuylkill Expressway)approach into CC Philly was interesting, you basically come in through Fairmont park, it looks like you are in teh wilderness for miles then pop out right in front of the Skyline. I am not sure how they found a time when the raod is actually moving, it is nasty nearly 20 hours of the day and was outdated in the 1950s.
The one above is bike approach with some cool views, sound is a bit annoying though, interesting if you watch the whole thing, the bikes circumvent a lot of traffic congestion in old City and seem to outpace the cars
Hartford, as seen while driving on I-84 west, just after the interchange with I-384. You are driving up a hill, then as the hill plateaus, BOOM, you see a colorful city about 5 miles in the distance.
Some cities like Cincinnati and Hartford jump out at you, but Pittsburgh slaps you in the face. Big difference.
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