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Honestly your list is too long
There are only two "truly unique" American cities:
New York City
New Orleans
I know people will start chiming in with stuff about urbanity, density, diversity, history and other things, but I've been all around the world on every continent and there are no other cities in this country or else where even close to them. You may find places similar in size and cultural scope, but it's mainly superficial.
Now before everyone gets upset, keep in mind that not being "truly unique" does not equal not being important. If you take all the other major economic and cultural cities in America you can very easily match them to other places in this country. For example:
Philly and Boston for their role in the revolution and the industrialization of America.
The sunbelt cities of Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta
The port cities of Baltimore, Charleston, and Savannah (think historical here people before you start a wee-wee contest about populations)
The western costal cities of San Francisco and Seattle
The midwestern cities of Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis
The rustbelt cities.
They all developed along similar patterns and purposes at about the same time even if some were more successful than their counterparts.
Now try doing the same matching game with New Orleans and New York City and watch the epic fail.
Last edited by waronxmas; 08-20-2009 at 10:32 PM..
so you dont think Santa Fe is unique? there aint another city in the country like it
Your own town of Albuequerque is unique, too. I like it better than Santa Fe. I miss Little Anitas and Los Cuates del Norte. And Blake's lottaburger, and Tommy's green chile burger, even though I prefer "red" with my enchiladas rancheros (with egg, of course).
There are only two "truly unique" American cities:
New York City
New Orleans
I know people will start chiming in with stuff about urbanity, density, diversity, history and other things, but I've been all around the world on every continent and there are no other cities in this country or else where even close to them. You may find places similar in size and cultural scope, but it's mainly superficial.
Now before everyone gets upset, keep in mind that not being "truly unique" does not equal not being important. If you take all the other major economic and cultural cities in America you can very easily match them to other places in this country. For example:
Philly and Boston for their role in the revolution and the industrialization of America.
The sunbelt cities of Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta
The port cities of Baltimore, Charleston, and Savannah (think historical here people before you start a wee-wee contest about populations)
The western costal cities of San Francisco and Seattle
The midwestern cities of Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis
The rustbelt cities.
They all developed along similar patterns and purposes at about the same time even if some were more successful than their counterparts.
Now try doing the same matching game with New Orleans and New York City and watch the epic fail.
There are only two "truly unique" American cities:
New York City
New Orleans
I know people will start chiming in with stuff about urbanity, density, diversity, history and other things, but I've been all around the world on every continent and there are no other cities in this country or else where even close to them. You may find places similar in size and cultural scope, but it's mainly superficial.
Now before everyone gets upset, keep in mind that not being "truly unique" does not equal not being important. If you take all the other major economic and cultural cities in America you can very easily match them to other places in this country. For example:
Philly and Boston for their role in the revolution and the industrialization of America.
The sunbelt cities of Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta
The port cities of Baltimore, Charleston, and Savannah (think historical here people before you start a wee-wee contest about populations)
The western costal cities of San Francisco and Seattle
The midwestern cities of Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis
The rustbelt cities.
They all developed along similar patterns and purposes at about the same time even if some were more successful than their counterparts.
Now try doing the same matching game with New Orleans and New York City and watch the epic fail.
In my opinion, all of the cities you listed are distinct from one another. Each of them is a truly unique place. I am particularly puzzled by your thought that we can match San Francisco and Seattle. Where did you come up with that? Chicago is nothing like Detroit, Los Angeles is nothing like Dallas.
Each of these cities is unique and offers things that no other place on the planet can offer.
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Originally Posted by dem3456
In my opinion, all of the cities you listed are distinct from one another. Each of them is a truly unique place. I am particularly puzzled by your thought that we can match San Francisco and Seattle. Where did you come up with that? Chicago is nothing like Detroit, Los Angeles is nothing like Dallas.
Each of these cities is unique and offers things that no other place on the planet can offer.
Like I said, there are only two "truly unique" cities in America. Of course every city in America is unique. Heck, even the Twin Cities are unique. You entirely missed the point though. As different as Chicago and Detroit may seem, they were both started to exploit the Great Lakes and Prairie. Both San Francisco and Seattle started off as port towns and experienced booms from Gold Rushes. In each case however both city pairings took off in their own direction at some point.
And again, not being "truly unique" does not equal not being unique or important.
Like I said, there are only two "truly unique" cities in America. Of course every city in America is unique. Heck, even the Twin Cities are unique. You entirely missed the point though. As different as Chicago and Detroit may seem, they were both started to exploit the Great Lakes and Prairie. Both San Francisco and Seattle started off as port towns and experienced booms from Gold Rushes. In each case however both city pairings took off in their own direction at some point.
And again, not being "truly unique" does not equal not being unique or important.
I do not agree with you, but I think many of us CAN agree that the U.S. has many cities that are not only different from one another, but also are located in different environments, landscapes, etc., and that is hard to find in other countries... (NYC, LA, Miami, Seattle, Las Vegas, D.C., New Orleans, Chicago, Honolulu, Phoenix, Anchorage, Boston, St. Louis, etc.) I think we should celebrate the fact that we have such great diversity rather than complain that all cities aren't modeled after places like NYC.
I didn't say they weren't more unique than the rest of America. I was just challenging your idea that neither were unique.
So your saying every place in America is unique? I'd agree.
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