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It's a crime against art that so much of this stuff stays unoccupied.
I agree. Looking at these photos of Detroit the downtown area it is very easy to tell how similar Detroit is to Cleveland. Looking at these photos reminds me of my visit to Downtown Cleveland...the architectural similarities, traffic lights, and feel are almost identical...same thing with the overall flatness. Only difference however is that Cleveland is on a Great Lake, and most of downtown is actually free of abandoned buildings and thriving. Detroit looks like a ghost town in these photos, much like parts of North St. Louis except it has whole skyscrapers standing vacant.
Louisville (which is an honorary member of the midwest, LOL) is on the border with Indiana, and has an interesting collection of historic architecture in Old Louisville, so I included it. Columbus was omitted, because it doesn't have a large collection of historic architecture as the other cities do. It would never win this poll. Indianapolis would fall in the same line as Columbus.
Louisville (which is an honorary member of the midwest, LOL) is on the border with Indiana, and has an interesting collection of historic architecture in Old Louisville, so I included it. Columbus was omitted, because it doesn't have a large collection of historic architecture as the other cities do. It would never win this poll. Indianapolis would fall in the same line as Columbus.
i hope you were joking about Louisville being an honorary member of the Midwest. All it takes is one visit to that city to realize how "un-Midwestern" it is. Louisville has as much Southern culture as Nashville and Memphis. It may geographically resemble the Midwest, but architecturally, culturally, and historically it definitely does not.
i hope you were joking about Louisville being an honorary member of the Midwest. All it takes is one visit to that city to realize how "un-Midwestern" it is. Louisville has as much Southern culture as Nashville and Memphis. It may geographically resemble the Midwest, but architecturally, culturally, and historically it definitely does not.
It doesn't feel incredibly different from the landscape of Southern Indiana, though it does have clear river bluffs. Look, Louisville clearly has Midwestern influences, you would have to be blind not to see them, but you would also have to be blind not to see that it has MANY more Southern characteristics, so it is a decidedly Southern city. When I drove from Louisville to St. Louis, I was surprised by the change crossing the Ohio River, and how northern St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Indianapolis felt compared to Louisville. Louisville clearly doesn't belong in the Midwest.
i hope you were joking about Louisville being an honorary member of the Midwest. All it takes is one visit to that city to realize how "un-Midwestern" it is. Louisville has as much Southern culture as Nashville and Memphis. It may geographically resemble the Midwest, but architecturally, culturally, and historically it definitely does not.
I wasn't joking.
It's my poll, and I can include Louisville if I want. (LOL, of course)
It's true that Louisville is "southern", but it really does have some great historical architecture.
Plus everytime I go there for a business trip, my clients always give me Bourbon to drink at lunchtime. That makes for an excellent produtive afternoon.
It doesn't feel incredibly different from the landscape of Southern Indiana, though it does have clear river bluffs. Look, Louisville clearly has Midwestern influences, you would have to be blind not to see them, but you would also have to be blind not to see that it has MANY more Southern characteristics, so it is a decidedly Southern city. When I drove from Louisville to St. Louis, I was surprised by the change crossing the Ohio River, and how northern St. Louis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Indianapolis felt compared to Louisville. Louisville clearly doesn't belong in the Midwest.
I agree completely with this post. Louisville is clearly much different than places like Indy and Cincinnati (even thought they are both only 100 miles away). To me anyway, Louisville seemed alot more like Nashville or Memphis in terms of dialects, terrain, and culture. Louisville bears hardly any sinilarity at all to nothern midwestern cities like Cleveland, Detroit, and Chicago.
Louisville (which is an honorary member of the midwest, LOL) is on the border with Indiana, and has an interesting collection of historic architecture in Old Louisville, so I included it. Columbus was omitted, because it doesn't have a large collection of historic architecture as the other cities do. It would never win this poll. Indianapolis would fall in the same line as Columbus.
I've actually been there several times, but I've never lived there. There's a major company in Columbus with whom I worked on several projects.
I guess I did not want to put 3 Ohio cities on the list.
You could choose "other", and then slam me on the comments section.
I'd have to put Toledo on there as well, and maybe Dayton and Akron, and then I'd have this Ohio thing going.
Columbus does have historical architecture, but compared to cities like St. Louis, it has a much newer feel to it. BTW, I like Columbus - I almost was transferred there, but ...
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