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Originally Posted by citywatch
not sure where you now live, although for some reason I think of you as being in portland or seattle. maybe SF.
In terms of whether the grass is greener on the side of the hill----& sometimes it is-----there was a person who several wks ago posted pics of the civic ctr of SF. Lots of beaux arts or neo classical bldgs, which really impressed me. I thought "WOW"! & was so taken by it, I went to google street view to get a better, closer look. although I've been in sf before, I never looked really closely at that part of sf & what was in those pics.
the scale of everything also seemed kind of small townish. that's not necessarily a bad thing, but it just seemed kind of oddly rinky dink. I was wondering if that was just due to some strange aspect of google streetview---or that maybe I was looking at things in a jaded way----so I then switched to google's shots of parts of dtla around 1st & grand, towards LA sts. The scale was exactly as I've always known it to be, more fitting for a major city. iow, such a difference doesn't have to be considered better---or worse---but it's one difference that's noticeable in one, not so noticeable in the other.
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I live in Seattle. And I moved to Seattle not just for the reason I cited in my post. It was one of several reasons, some of which were personal. Plus, I missed the rain..........I know.....that's sounds bizarre but its the truth. In addition, I tend to be attracted more to eastern cities........narrower streets, more use of brick and darker building materials, older structures, lots of shade trees, etc. However, I prefer living on the West coast. So Seattle fit the bill.
another thing: boutique cities may be friendlier, cozier, nicer & without as much of the fugliness as LA, which it does have too much of. But that doesn't mean those boutique type of cities are more interesting or multi layered.
Boutique city sounds a bit pretentious. Seattle has its rougher, edgier parts and its DT is definitely a working DT. There are research parks to the north of DT, and the port and an industrial/warehouse district to the south of DT.
However, its definitely much smaller than DTLA and as Brigham pointed out a while back does not have the energy or activity of LA. Things move much faster in LA. Change is everywhere. Seattle changes but at a slower pace.
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