Big sister/little sister cities (similar cities of different sizes) (places, metropolitan)
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New York - Chicago
Los Angeles - Miami
San Francisco - Honolulu
Atlanta - Charlotte
Detroit - Cleveland
Boston - Providence
New Orleans - Charleston
Austin - Madison
Phoenix - Albuquerque
San Jose (Silicon Valley) - Raleigh (Research Triangle)
Denver - Salt Lake City
Seattle - Portland
Las Vegas - Atlantic City
Dallas - Oklahoma City
Philadelphia - Baltimore
Indianapolis - Louisville
St. Louis - Memphis
I think Phoenix-Vegas is much better than Phx-Abq. Not sure why so many people think the areas are similar. They aren't. Albuquerque has much more in common with Tucson and El Paso than it does with Phoenix. Albuquerque and Tucson are like siblings. Phoenix and Albuquerqe would be like cousins but not that close.
I think Phoenix-Vegas is much better than Phx-Abq. Not sure why so many people think the areas are similar. They aren't. Albuquerque has much more in common with Tucson and El Paso than it does with Phoenix. Albuquerque and Tucson are like siblings. Phoenix and Albuquerqe would be like cousins but not that close.
ABQ is another major city in the desert Southwest bringing the cities in close proximity to each other. This thread is about bigger-smaller city siblings and not exactly peer. This is probably why ABQ and Phoenix are lumped. When I was living in ABQ, there were quite some comparisons between the two.
New York - Chicago
Los Angeles - Miami
San Francisco - Honolulu Atlanta - Charlotte
Detroit - Cleveland
Boston - Providence New Orleans - Charleston Austin - Madison
Phoenix - Albuquerque San Jose (Silicon Valley) - Raleigh (Research Triangle) Denver - Salt Lake City
Seattle - Portland Las Vegas - Atlantic City
Dallas - Oklahoma City
Philadelphia - Baltimore
Indianapolis - Louisville St. Louis - Memphis
I think all of your suggestions are extremely plausible and quite accurate, with the exception of NYC and Chicago. I think Chicago is too big to be a smaller sibling, even if its the ginormity of NYC. But I really like the Silicon Valley and RTP comparison. The ones in bold I also find intriguing especially Madison and Austin, as well as St.Louis and Memphis; the Mississippi crown cities.
ABQ is another major city in the desert Southwest bringing the cities in close proximity to each other. This thread is about bigger-smaller city siblings and not exactly peer. This is probably why ABQ and Phoenix are lumped. When I was living in ABQ, there were quite some comparisons between the two.
I think they are in relative proximity as far as a broader region but I've never thought of Phx and Abq. being in the same immediate region. Maybe I'm in the minority but I just feel Phoenix is closer to the west coast and Vegas than our neighbors to the east. I've always thought of Abq. in the same context as Denver or SLC. They are in the same greater region but not the same immediate region as Phoenix.
I think all of your suggestions are extremely plausible and quite accurate, with the exception of NYC and Chicago. I think Chicago is too big to be a smaller sibling, even if its the ginormity of NYC. But I really like the Silicon Valley and RTP comparison. The ones in bold I also find intriguing especially Madison and Austin, as well as St.Louis and Memphis; the Mississippi crown cities.
St. Louis & Memphis aren't siblings... more like cousins. St. Louis is the Northern cousin, Memphis is the Southern cousin
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