Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Boston, San Francisco: unique relationship?

For two cities on opposite coasts and as different as Boston and San Francisco, don't they share an almost spookly similiarity and relationship, as well?

In the US, it's almost like their relationship is unique:

small, compact, dense peninsular central city that is part of a large metropolitan area

similiar status among global cities

major vibrant downtown areas that tend to be smaller versions of what you find in New York and Chicago

out-of-sight real estate prices

unique personalities (not your run-of-the-mill cities)

incredible strength in the fields of education (Cal, Stanford, Harvard, MIT) and the technology that feeds off of it

Boston's relationship with NYC is quite similiar to SF's relationship to LA

traditonal, yet cutting edge>

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