ColdJay64 t1_ivrfqib wrote on November 10, 2022 at 1:36 AM

Having lived in DC, Baltimore, and Philly - Baltimore is not much like either DC or Philly. The ONLY thing in common with Philly is rowhomes. Bmore is beautifully situated on a harbor with many hills. It’s also half deserted (downtown especially), and feels quite sleepy.

Philly is huge, chaotic, vibrant, and has a ton of foot traffic along with one of the best downtowns in the country. There is significantly more wealth in Philly. Baltimore has no comparison to Rittenhouse Square (closest thing being Mount Vernon but no), Old City, Fishtown, University City, Fairmount, etc.

Baltimore is like Norfolk, VA combined with Richmond.

PhiladelphiaManeto t1_ivrnhv8 wrote on November 10, 2022 at 2:34 AM

Harbor East feels comparably wealthy to Rittenhouse

ColdJay64 t1_ivrwgla wrote on November 10, 2022 at 3:47 AM

In my opinion they are just entirely different in terms of scale and feel - but Harbor East is very nice, I haven’t even been back since they opened new Whole Foods.

I wish Philly had somewhere like the Sandlot.

ScootyHoofdorp t1_ivta7de wrote on November 10, 2022 at 1:27 PM

Philly has more total wealth, sure, but Baltimoreans actually have 10% higher income per capita.