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I think you see this as well when you have a military base that is within about 60 miles of a big city.
Killeen, TX and Austin, TX
Clarksville, TN and Nashville, TN
Columbus, GA and Auburn, AL
Fayetteville, NC and Raleigh, NC
Cities that just have different cultures and mindsets
Dallas, TX and Fort Worth, TX
Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX
Baltimore, MD and Washington DC
Richmond, KY and Berea, KY
Cookeville, TN and Crossville, TN
Memphis, TN and Nashville, TN
Huntsville, AL and Birmingham, AL
Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC
Louisville, KY and Lexington, KY
The West has some great ones
Colorado Springs, CO and Denver, CO
Provo, UT and Park City, UT
Prescott, AZ and Phoenix, AZ
Sandpoint, ID and Coeur D' Alene, ID
Spokane, WA and Coeur D' Alene, ID
Charleston: Progressive (has gone Democratic the last 4 presidential elections), large economy with many major sectors (Boeing/Mercedes-Benz/Volvo), vibrant with lots of stuff to do at all times a year, downtown area maybe has 1/4 of the population of the city, great entertainment, college town in the downtown area with students all over the place and free public transit.
Myrtle Beach: Very right-wing, leaning 75-80% Republican, sprawled out area where you pretty much have to have a car to go anywhere. Population goes up 5-10 times on a summer weekend, traffic feels like a city 10 times its size (Myrtle Beach only has 35K population in the city!). Town is basically dead most of the time between December and February. Most entertainment leaning towards 65+ community year-round, almost nothing for the younger folks except for beaches and minor-league baseball.
Only a hundred miles apart, but they feel like two different states. Charleston people don’t want anything to do with Myrtle Beach and vice versa.
I think you see this as well when you have a military base that is within about 60 miles of a big city.
Killeen, TX and Austin, TX
Clarksville, TN and Nashville, TN
Columbus, GA and Auburn, AL
Fayetteville, NC and Raleigh, NC
Cities that just have different cultures and mindsets
Dallas, TX and Fort Worth, TX
Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX
Baltimore, MD and Washington DC
Richmond, KY and Berea, KY
Cookeville, TN and Crossville, TN
Memphis, TN and Nashville, TN
Huntsville, AL and Birmingham, AL
Charlotte, NC and Columbia, SC
Louisville, KY and Lexington, KY
The West has some great ones
Colorado Springs, CO and Denver, CO
Provo, UT and Park City, UT
Prescott, AZ and Phoenix, AZ
Sandpoint, ID and Coeur D' Alene, ID
Spokane, WA and Coeur D' Alene, ID
but Richmond is worlds removed from these two in every imaginable way despite being only 100 miles south.
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Originally Posted by arr430
Richmond VA and Washington DC
This isn't true at all. Richmond is more alike DC in a number of ways than any other city you could think of, and those of us who have also been in Baltimore also know there's some similarity to Baltimore, particularly with the build and styling of both downtowns...
They are all Chesapeake cities. To say that either is "completely" different from the other wouldn't be true at all, but DC and Bmore are more dissimilar than either is from Richmond...
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Originally Posted by fivenine
I think you see this as well when you have a military base that is within about 60 miles of a big city.
Fayetteville, NC and Raleigh, NC
Since moving back to NC I've gotten reacquainted with Fayetteville (my parents live there, so I'm there with my daughters visiting the grandparents 1-2 times per month). It really isn't as different from Raleigh (or Durham) as people would first believe...
The biggest difference is Fayetteville is decidedly more blue collar and "salt of the earth", Raleigh is more white collar and educated. Demographically they are about similar index of diversity but there are more black people in Fayetteville and more white people here in Raleigh. These are both characteristics that undoubtedly color the culture of a city, so you notice this when out abs about, but they really aren't all that different from each other...
This isn't true at all. Richmond is more alike DC in a number of ways than any other city you could think of, and those of us who have also been in Baltimore also know there's some similarity to Baltimore, particularly with the build and styling of both downtowns...
They are all Chesapeake cities. To say that either is "completely" different from the other wouldn't be true at all, but DC and Bmore are more dissimilar than either is from Richmond...
Since moving back to NC I've gotten reacquainted with Fayetteville (my parents live there, so I'm there with my daughters visiting the grandparents 1-2 times per month). It really isn't as different from Raleigh (or Durham) as people would first believe...
The biggest difference is Fayetteville is decidedly more blue collar and "salt of the earth", Raleigh is more white collar and educated. Demographically they are about similar index of diversity but there are more black people in Fayetteville and more white people here in Raleigh. These are both characteristics that undoubtedly color the culture of a city, so you notice this when out abs about, but they really aren't all that different from each other...
I'm pretty sure the bolded was the focus of the "complete difference."
That brings with it completely different lifestyles, employment opportunities, amenities, politics, etc.
This isn't true at all. Richmond is more alike DC in a number of ways than any other city you could think of, and those of us who have also been in Baltimore also know there's some similarity to Baltimore, particularly with the build and styling of both downtowns...
They are all Chesapeake cities. To say that either is "completely" different from the other wouldn't be true at all, but DC and Bmore are more dissimilar than either is from Richmond...
Since moving back to NC I've gotten reacquainted with Fayetteville (my parents live there, so I'm there with my daughters visiting the grandparents 1-2 times per month). It really isn't as different from Raleigh (or Durham) as people would first believe...
The biggest difference is Fayetteville is decidedly more blue collar and "salt of the earth", Raleigh is more white collar and educated. Demographically they are about similar index of diversity but there are more black people in Fayetteville and more white people here in Raleigh. These are both characteristics that undoubtedly color the culture of a city, so you notice this when out abs about, but they really aren't all that different from each other...
This is a post that I could have predicted. Richmond is like DC while Raleigh is like Fayetteville. Elevate Richmond, and diminish Raleigh...blah, blah, blah.
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