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And being crowded makes Philadelphia struggle to stand out and is constantly seen as being in NYs shadow-literally. Either that or DCs neighbor.
Basically Philadelphia is like Jan Brady. Blessed to be in a big family, but rarely gets attention.
San Francisco on the other hand has a sphere of influence that goes 300 miles south, 400 miles north and about 600 miles east. From that vantage point, its not shocking that SF should be so world famous.
Ouch! Jan Brady?! Lol that was brutal, but honest. I agree with all you have said here.
The Bay Area is like one giant city. I live in the East Bay (15min south of Oakland), go to school at San Jose State in the South Bay (40min drive), and drive across the Bay to work in Palo Alto (Mid Pennisula). Then when I want to go out to the bars I drive into SF (about 35min away). I don't think people understand how connected the Bay Area is...all the areas are the same. Like I said it's like one giant city. New York and Philly are two very different cities, you can group SF,Oakland,SJ into one category so it's kinda crazy when people say The Bay Area has different metro areas.
This is exactly the way I have always looked at it. Not all sides are necessarily my neighborhood, but it is all part of my stomping grounds and familiar territory.
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Frisco we could argue about but I am 100% when I say NO ONE. I think my fellow Bay Area natives can back me up on this one lol.
I do! Not one native I have EVER known in my life has EVER called it San Fran.
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Frisco is what people in the hood call it. San Fran I've never ever heard a local call it. Only out of towners. Its annoying.
I mean really. Your delusion escalates with each new post.
No, there is not more integration between New York and Philadelphia than there is between San Francisco and San Jose--listen to yourself "The distance of Philly to NYC at its shortest point is about 68 miles".
68 Miles is still greater than Zero Miles. Zero Miles is The distance btwn the SF Urbanized Area and the San Jose Urbanized Area.
They totally and completely overlap and you cant tell by your surroundings that youve left one and entered the other.
NY is a different world from Philadelphia altogether.
I agree but NYC and Philly are only 45 miles apart at there closest points and their metros border, I've even seen some sources list them as one metro with over 30 million people.
I agree but NYC and Philly are only 45 miles apart at there closest points and their metros border, I've even seen some sources list them as one metro with over 30 million people.
Then isn't it a credit to Philadelphia that despite a mega-metro right at its own metro borders, it continues to have its own identity?
I think it is. But it doesn't make it right to detract from SF/SJ (Bay Area's) reality that it's 1 metro which is what a lot of people are trying to do, especially when there's no evidence but a flawed MSA determination by the census bureau, which is probably going to be fixed in the future at some point I predict.
Then isn't it a credit to Philadelphia that despite a mega-metro right at its own metro borders, it continues to have its own identity?
I think it is. But it doesn't make it right to detract from the SF/SJ (Bay Area) reality that it's 1 metro which is what a lot of people are trying to do.
I agree, the Bay Area was always one metro to me .
This poll has been and continues to be won by SF since page 1, despite the 3:1 - East coast:West coast ratio on these boards.
Impressive huh?
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SF for the win! 