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Atlanta, Austin, and Asheville came to mind first.
Northern VA is a metro that is quite different from the rest of the state, but I don't think I'd go as far to say it doesn't fit in. The other two major metros (Hampton Roads, Richmond) have definitely been impacted by transplants, too.
NYC is the exact opposite of most of NY. Upstate is quite rural and very suburban and for the most part, much more politically right. NYC, as we all know, is extremely urban and politically left.
Louisville is not like KY. Especially the Highlands and the east end. Very liberal and relatively very wealthy and educated. KY is very right wing, poor, and uneducated. As I've said in many other threads, there's a mutual dislike of each other between Louisville and KY. Louisville dislikes KY for being so backwards and racist and homophobic. KY dislikes Louisville for being so progressive, diverse, and gay. Lexington is somewhere in the middle. It's very liberal as well, but the culture is more "KY" and the style is much more southern frat boy, while Louisville is more hipster/midwest style.
Chicago is nothing like downstate. Downstate IL has more in common with KY than it does with Chicago.
I don't think Austin is really that different from Texas. It's a cool city for sure. But most of the big cities in Texas are politically left. Dallas has a huge gay population as well. The mayors are often quite liberal. Austin definitely has more of the hipster/weird vibe to it, but I wouldn't say it's that different. That's just my opinion though. I feel like most of the big cities in TX are relatively liberal. Austin is more than the others, but I wouldn't say enough to really make the city feel like a giant outlier.
NYC is the exact opposite of most of NY. Upstate is quite rural and very suburban and for the most part, much more politically right. NYC, as we all know, is extremely urban and politically left.
Louisville is not like KY. Especially the Highlands and the east end. Very liberal and relatively very wealthy and educated. KY is very right wing, poor, and uneducated. As I've said in many other threads, there's a mutual dislike of each other between Louisville and KY. Louisville dislikes KY for being so backwards and racist and homophobic. KY dislikes Louisville for being so progressive, diverse, and gay. Lexington is somewhere in the middle. It's very liberal as well, but the culture is more "KY" and the style is much more southern frat boy, while Louisville is more hipster/midwest style.
Chicago is nothing like downstate. Downstate IL has more in common with KY than it does with Chicago.
many large cities have this dynamic
Philly and central PA may even more different than NYC and upstate in some ways
Philly and NYC may better fit in Jersey TBH in many ways (here comes the NYC mantra on Jersey) but both sit directly on its border and have very sizable metro population in NJ
Philly and central PA may even more different than NYC and upstate in some ways
Philly and NYC may better fit in Jersey TBH in many ways (here comes the NYC mantra on Jersey) but both sit directly on its border and have very sizable metro population in NJ
Yeah I kinda feel the same. Cities are almost inherently different form the country in almost every single way. And basically every state has both large cities and rural countryside aside from a few like NJ or RI.
Well if we are talking politics and progressiveness I would say New Orleans vs Louisiana. I would also say Miami is very different(racially) compared to florida seeing as it's only 11 percent white, a large amount of Liberals live there, and over 60 percent of it's residents speak Spanish at home..very different compared to central, and north florida(even different from the tampa area I would argue).
I don't know about Detroit either, I'm fairly sure the rest of the state looks at Detroit the way TN looks at Memphis, like it's the black sheep in the family.
Definitely Detroit. Detroit is densely urban, liberal, and black. The vast majority of Michigan, outside of the larger cities which aren't that large, Detroit aside, is small town/rural, conservative, and white. Lots of pick up trucks with gun racks, outdoorsmen types, and even an active, home grown, militia. Very rednecky, and the polar opposite of Detroit. A black person in most small towns in Michigan sticks out like a sore thumb.
Atlanta, Austin, and Asheville came to mind first.
No doubt because they all start with the letter A.
s. davis described Austin's place in the state perfectly. It's a Texan city that just so happens to benefit from having a major university right in its core.
Atlanta doesn't stand out in Georgia any more than any other major city does in relation to its state. Georgians feel the same way about Atlanta that Texans feel about Dallas.
I don't know enough about Asheville to comment on it.
KY dislikes Louisville for being so progressive, diverse, and gay.
Seems like the same story for Birmingham as well, I've never seen such a state that neglects to advertise one of it's larger cities to a national scale. Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, and Birmingham are all significantly different, having different characteristics; but Birmingham seems to stick out more.
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