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I've read on many threads that NYC is the closest city in the U.S. to being comparable to Tokyo, but how about if it came down to Atlanta or San Diego? I have heard comparisons between San Diego and Tokyo as far as a high cost of living, crowds, urban atmosphere, nightlife, low crime rate, and advanced technology? But still, San Diego doesn't remind me of Tokyo. S.D. is probably more comparable to Sydney, AUS or Barcelona.
Atlanta on the other hand, has some similarities to Tokyo such as the climate and vegetation, architecture, infrastructure (the MARTA trains are more like the trains in Japan rather than the S.D. Trolley), and the fact that they are both sprawling cities with more than 1 skyline. Of course Atlanta has some differences too like the size and population, people, culture, higher crime rate, lower cost of living, and more sparsely populated, in those cases San Diego is more similar to Tokyo.
Here is a pic of Atlanta and one of Tokyo. Can you tell which one is which?
Atlanta, San Diego and Tokyo are nothing alike for the most part.
Not even supposing which is more like Tokyo makes sense cause neither of them are even remotely like Tokyo aside from some minor coincidental similarities.
I say neither, I think the most like Tokyo is obviously a three way tie between Spotswood, NJ, Surprise, AZ and Cooper City, FL. Each of these three cities has at least ONE house that might look similar to a house in Tokyo. Really. I think San Diego is really comparable to Moscow though. Atlanta is kind of like...oh wait, Tokyo really is the most ridiculous comparison I can come up with.
So I'm going to assume I'm back in high school algebra. I think that the inverse of more would be less. The inverse of Tokyo=San Diego.
This is like asking "Which is more like a teddy bear: an apple or a paper clip?"
Oh, or "Which is more like a grapefruit: a cup of tea or 18th century enlightenment"?
LOL. That was my thought too. If I had to name the Top Ten U.S. cities that reminded me of Tokyo, Atlanta and San Diego would not make the list. You could ask the same question as between Fargo and Cheyenne...
Also, the upper picture is obviously Atlanta. You can tell easily by the low density construction, grid layout, urban expressways, and numerous surface parking lots. Contrast that with the very Asian features of Tokyo.
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