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Well I don't fully agree with that, but that sounds like they are more like peers than little siblings.
When I think of siblings I think of:
Atlanta/Charlotte
Los Angeles/San Diego
Dallas/OKC
Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami seem like they would compete with each other more. Not really a sibling thing to me.
If you just go by size I guess they'd be siblings.
I see what you're saying. But when I speak of size differences, I'm also talking about all that is directly related to that (GDP, amenities, transit, etc.).
I see what you're saying. But when I speak of size differences, I'm also talking about all that is directly related to that (GDP, amenities, transit, etc.).
I know what you mean too, like they have everything on a smaller scale then L.A., but I just see them competing with each other more.
Although I've never been to San Fransisco, I've always thought it was similar to my city, Rochester. We both have the "bay" bridge, we also have the huge Finger Lakes wine region, lots of liberal thinkers and artsy types, as well as lot's of capitalists and high tech businesses. Both, very water oriented and gay friendly, and despite all the bad press about upstate NY, Rochester (metro) currently has the largest population it's ever had.
SanFran--Rochester? Lol, what a COMPLETELY absurd comparison.
Los Angeles, Houston, and Miami seem like they would compete with each other more. Not really a sibling thing to me.
If you just go by size I guess they'd be siblings.
IMO, the L.A. basin, Houston's south side, and to a lesser extent Miami are all similar in development patterns and somewhat architecture. All 3 have hispanic influence and everything everybody above me posted. I don't know about how they compete with each other, but in terms of size and economically L.A. becomes big sister to the other two. Houston is the Jan of the family and Miami is the wild child.
IMO, the L.A. basin, Houston's south side, and to a lesser extent Miami are all similar in development patterns and somewhat architecture. All 3 have hispanic influence and everything everybody above me posted. I don't know about how they compete with each other, but in terms of size and economically L.A. becomes big sister to the other two. Houston is the Jan of the family and Miami is the wild child.
You all are missing my point. I see the similarities but in my opinion that makes them more like peers, not siblings. More like you would compare those three with each other. When I think of siblings, I think differently.
Very true; I pretty much came to the same conclusion when trying to think of a smaller match for STL.
True, but today I think one could make a better case for Atlanta/Charlotte.
I can see that as a little sister city for New Orleans. One is that all three are cultural hearths of the Deep South.
I figured another problem finding a larger or smaller metro that is similar to St. Louis is the development patterns and trends don't match well with any place. Basically they have some similarities but are missing important parts. Also the future trends of any city that can be compared with often are diverging ones.
The Atlanta/Charlotte one works, but it looking more like Nashville and Raleigh can be added as well with an increasing list over time.
Someone mentioned LA/Miami. One similarity that has to be mentioned is that both places can't sprawl anymore due to physical barriers and has to build up now.
You all are missing my point. I see the similarities but in my opinion that makes them more like peers, not siblings. More like you would compare those three with each other. When I think of siblings, I think differently.
I defined what I meant by big sister/little sister cities in the title of the thread: similar cities of different size or cities that have similar DNA but are obviously on different levels/tiers (i.e., Atlanta and Charlotte).
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