Big sister/little sister cities (similar cities of different sizes)

[jeremybrooks772]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

I suppose I'll start off:

Atlanta--Charlotte
Los Angeles--Houston or Miami
Dallas--Forth Worth or OKC
Phoenix--Albuquerque?
New Orleans--Savannah or Charleston

I definitely wouldn't say Alburquerque is a sister city to Phoenix. WAY different. And is Houston like a mini-LA for real? I've never been to either. Atlanta-Charlotte and New Orleans-Savannah/Charleston fit really well.

[tarheel84]

I've often thought about this type of cultural relationship especially in terms on my home state's cities:
Philly - Durham (universities, demographics)
Atlanta - Charlotte (as others have pointed out)
Portland, OR - Carrboro (if you've spent considerable time in either place you understand)
San Jose - Cary/RTP
Austin - Raleigh
San Fran - Asheville
Richmond - Winston Salem (colleges, tobacco, urban downtowns)

[Mutiny77]

I heard someone in another thread say Pittsburgh/Charleston, WV.

Memphis/Jackson, MS is one.

And while I wouldn't say they have a big sibling/little sibling relationship (mainly because of distance), in some ways Columbia, SC is like a smaller version of Columbus, OH (both named after Christopher Columbus, state capitals located in the center of their states along a river, university towns, have an insurance industry cluster).

[RaymondChandlerLives]

Los Angeles/San Diego

[sonofaque86]

Savannah - Charleston
Atlanta - Charlotte

Columbia, SC - Greensboro, NC
Greenville, SC - Knoxville, TN

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by sonofaque86

Savannah - Charleston
Columbia, SC - Greensboro, NC
Greenville, SC - Knoxville, TN

These are more like peer cities than big sister/little sister cities. The metros in each pair are essentially the same size (and I'd pair Columbia with Knoxville and Greenville with Chattanooga for peer city relationships).

[REPBOY]

Originally Posted by sonofaque86

Savannah - Charleston
Atlanta - Charlotte

Columbia, SC - Greensboro, NC
Greenville, SC - Knoxville, TN

The premise was supposed to be larger tier city paired with similar smaller tier (clear jump in size) city, ie Atlanta - Charlotte as you've listed above, but I don't believe Columbia - Greensboro or Greenville - Knoxville are clearly in separate tiers.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by REPBOY

The premise was supposed to be larger tier city paired with similar smaller tier (clear jump in size) city, ie Atlanta - Charlotte as you've listed above, but I don't believe Columbia - Greensboro or Greenville - Knoxville are clearly in separate tiers.

The last four metros are all in the same tier--MSAs of 500K-1 million.