Any cities with-in close proximity that are completely different? (employment, live)

[masssachoicetts]

SF and SJ are obvious ones. Big city to big sprawl pretty fast.

[BostonBornMassMade]

Stamford and Bridgeport. just based off crime and reputation.

[btownboss4]

Originally Posted by Lepton7

Surprised no one has said San Francisco and San Jose. Less than a 40 minute drive without traffic, yet the cities are totally different.

Physically yes but economically/demographically? No

[costellopresley82]

I suppose an argument can be made with St. Louis (older, river city, Rust Belt-ish) and Kansas City (flatter, Great Plains, "Breadbasket"), too.

Also, Nashville (hilly, Upper South, country music town, "New South") and Memphis (river city, Deep South, blues/rock and roll town, "Old South").

[brock2010]

Dallas and Fort Worth. Dallas is more cultural, cosmopolitan and southern. Fort Worth is more laid back, western culture.

[Texamichiforniasota]

Nice bump. Given the OP's example of Lincoln and Omaha as close to each other, I'll go with San Bernardino and Palm Springs which are about 50 miles apart.

San Bernardino- Closest thing to a Rust Belt city in SoCal. Blue collar, high crime, abandoned buildings, and heavy industry that is being replaced by Amazon Warehouses.

Palm Springs- Desert Resorts, pools, golf courses and tennis courts. Pulls in older snowbirds as well as being a gay mecca.

Border cities like San Diego/Tijuana and El Paso/Juarez also come to mind.

[citidata18]

Austin and San Antonio.

[C24L]

Midland and Odessa, Texas
Lubbock and Amarillo, Texas
Abilene and Angelo, Texas
El Paso and Las Cruces, New Mexico
ABQ and Santa Fe
Phoenix and Tucson,Arizona
Dallas and Fort Worth


Midland is more white collar and more pretentious and Odessa is blue collar and rowdy.More of the multi-millionaire and billionaire oil tycoons live in Midland than Odessa.Odessa is more dangerous and has more crime.Odessa is where the roughnecks mainly live compared to Odessa.Also, the professionals tend to live in Midland but Odessa is more working class.Lot of money in both towns.Midland and Odessa have traditionally and historically hated each other.

[bartonro]

Not taking into account any of the suburbs of each city, but only cities within 100 miles of each other:
Detroit and Ann Arbor
Chicago and Gary
Seattle and Tacoma
Washington DC and Baltimore

[blaserbrad]

Originally Posted by bartonro

Not taking into account any of the suburbs of each city, but only cities within 100 miles of each other:
Detroit and Ann Arbor
Chicago and Gary
Seattle and Tacoma
Washington DC and Baltimore

I'd say Seattle and Tacoma have more similarities than differences. The biggest difference is the wealth gap. Tacoma is more laid back, blue collar, more moderate, but still pretty progressive. Also I'd say Tacoma has more similarities with Portland and Oakland, just placed on Puget Sound. Still not 'completely different' from Seattle though. Not by a long shot.