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View Poll Results: Most British looking city in the US
Boston 69 58.97%
Portland,ME 4 3.42%
New York City 2 1.71%
Washington DC 4 3.42%
Baltimore 3 2.56%
Richmond, VA 4 3.42%
Charleston 4 3.42%
Savannah 5 4.27%
Seattle 5 4.27%
Philadelphia 17 14.53%
Voters: 117. You may not vote on this poll

 
 
Old 02-11-2016, 03:22 PM
 
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I thought places such as Charleston, Savannah were the most historical, with a few clapperboard houses in New England but to find so many ( Including an Elizabethan one in Boston? much like Stratford upon Avon) in both Boston and Philly is truly amazing, great photos. Is there an American National Trust that protects these buildings? (Why is the flag of St Patrick missing off the British flag?)
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Old 02-11-2016, 05:11 PM
 
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I thought places such as Charleston, Savannah were the most historical, with a few clapperboard houses in New England but to find so many ( Including an Elizabethan one in Boston? much like Stratford upon Avon) in both Boston and Philly is truly amazing, great photos. Is there an American National Trust that protects these buildings? (Why is the flag of St Patrick missing off the British flag?)
The St Patrick cross was not added to the Union flag until 1801, by which time the United States had been independent for 18 years. A British flag flying over colonial America would have been the one you see in that picture, which was adopted with the Treaty of Union in 1707.
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Old 02-13-2016, 02:23 PM
 
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Thanks for the reply. Flags were never a strong point . Boston and Philly look as old as any British town and sometimes being from the UK you take history for granted,( a train to York from London is 2 hours) and Stonehenge just up the M4. America dies seem to value her history and proud Britain has contributed to it, despite the pasting.
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Old 02-13-2016, 03:27 PM
 
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I would have thought DC would have more votes. It may not feel british, but it looks like a city that would be in England.
Yeah I don't get the sense many have ventured off the National Mall...if they have even visited DC. It pretty much looks like many of the pics posted of Boston. Not saying it should be winning, but just 3 votes...really???
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Old 02-21-2016, 11:33 PM
 
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Count me in for someone who thinks there should be more votes for DC. You can find shots like that in any east coast city.

From DC:



















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Old 02-21-2016, 11:43 PM
 
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Old 02-21-2016, 11:54 PM
 
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Old 02-21-2016, 11:56 PM
 
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In conclusion, I'd say Boston, DC, Philly and Baltimore all have a lot of common architectural styles with British cities. There's no reason for Boston to be an obvious winner.
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Old 02-22-2016, 12:25 AM
 
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I think one thing in Boston's favor over Philadelphia, DC, and Baltimore is it's street layout. Look at these pictures of colorized street layouts. Roads that run North-South or East-West are colored red and any direction in between is colored based on a color wheel. This has the effect of identifying grids on the map.

Source is here, the maps are all interactive, Baltimore is in the DC one. Crayon The Grids – Maps Of Street Layouts Colored By Orientation

Let's start with Chicago, one of the most grid-based cities in the nation.


For the other extreme, and our standard for "British", here's London.


Now let's compare Boston, DC, and Baltimore. Unfortunately Philadelphia was not available, but just look at it on google maps.

DC, very clearly planned with some interesting diagonals.


Baltimore, still pretty significant single grid.


Here's Boston. I know it's a little more zoomed out, but you can see it's more of a quilt of smaller grids. Not really like London, but might feel like it when navigating the city. Especially the old peninsula.


Also New York if you're interested.


And Paris, which I think has the prettiest one.
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Old 02-22-2016, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Minneapolis
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire isn't a city but it may be the most British looking town in America:


https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0771...8i6656!6m1!1e1
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