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Originally Posted by Paul in S.A TX
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Paul no offense but i've lived in San Antonio and DT San Antonio is isn't necessarily "vibrant" per se' along the lines of San Diego and New Orleans. The River Walk and River Center Mall are a wonderful anchor for DT San Antonio, but that's about as much as a tourist trap imo as Old Sacramento. As far as Downtown Sacramento and San Antonio, Sac offers more galleries, and pubs, that attract younger people imo. I also think there's a much larger variety of cuisine options, although SA Is a wonderful place to experience TexMex. I will say that I think that San Antonio does some things better than Sacramento (The River Walk) for starters and highway planning for another. However in the same respect, Sacramento has a few qualities i couldn't find in SA. Both are wonderful mid sized cities imo. San Antonio still ranks as one of my favorites.
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San Antonio attracts over 21 million tourists, probably more than New Orleans and San Diego.One source said New orleans attracts 10 million visitors per year.I thought it would be more than that.San Diego i dont know the numbers.
San Antonio downtown mostly Tex Mex? LMAO, hundreds of restruants pubs etc that offer every type of cuisine, in the downtown area.Houston street,St.Pauls Square,Sunset Depot and also the Riverwalk cater to the young crowd.There are 2 arts districts downtowns .Sac is not there yet. have you been to SA lately?OMG, I dont think SAC would be considerd a top tourist covention destination like San Antonio.
Looks like it's moving on up tough, wish we had news of a couple new 400 and 500 footers ?
How many people visit SAC annually?
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It's cool Mike, I know that Paul loves SA and there's alot to love about it. It's all in good fun.
Paul I would be the first one to argue on behalf of San Antonio in many respects. Objectively, I don't think there's any question that if you ask 10 people if they would prefer to visit San Antonio or Sacramento, probably 7 out of 10 would say San Antonio.
Sacramento is adjacent 3 wine appelations, so obviously the 3 that would choose Sacramento are wine drinkers like myself.
I'm not sure how many visitors Sacramento attracts though it pales in comparisson to SA. I think the numbers here are between 6 and 10 million visitors a year. Maybe one of the other forumers knows exactly.
But San Antonio has a wealth of opportunities for visitors and I think that's why it's such a wonderful tourist destination.
Fiesta Texas
Sea World
The Alamo
the River Walk
The Mercado
the Japanese Tea Garden as well as the Botanical garden
These are great tourists destinations for Texas and the nation. I think my comments are more along the lines (not as a tourist) but as somebody who has lived in both cities and being objective about what they offer (not for visitors) but for residents.
If you read my comments on some of the other subjects, you'll see that I'm as objective about Sacramento as I am about San Antonio (or anywhere USA).
The Sacramento waterfront is an embarassment and I think it's nonsense for people to consider that Sacramento is ready for MLB, although some of my friends and fellow forumers would disagree.
Sacramento has a much better transit system with the Capitols between the Bay and Sac and RT Metro running nearly 40 miles of tracks and all but about 6 miles double tracked.
San Antonio has a much better highway system and not the third world (neglected joke) of a highway system we have here in Sacramento.
Like I said though, I stand by my comments about the limited cuisine options for San Antonio. It hadn't changed much during my last visit. Nor has the downtown changed much from when I lived there. Though I'm sure that like Sacramento, things are getting better with time and growth. There are some exciting things happening in San Antonio and that's why I love to follow along and keep track of my old stomping grounds. I love San Antonio and still have many friends there.
Having lived in both cities I know there are more similarities than people who haven't lived in both realize.