Which U.S City Do You Think Resembles A Foreign Country The Most ? (home, garden)

[Thomas R.]

I'm not traveled, but here's some possibilities.

Hialeah, Florida - Majority of the population was born in Cuba and doesn't speak English at home.

Laredo, Texas - Low percentage of "English at home" speakers, founded by the Spanish, and its metropolitan area includes Nuevo Laredo in Mexico.

Nogales, Arizona - Almost 45% of its population was born in Latin America and it seems to have strong connections to Nogales, Sonora in Mexico.

Kotzebue, Alaska - I believe it's called a city of Alaska even if it's not big enough to be a micropolitan area. It's majority indigenous people so I thought, in a sense, it might be "another nation."

[john_starks]

Originally Posted by Daytonnatian

Why the h*ll is Gary on the list?

lol, probably for the same reason detroit, philly, newark, b'more & memphis are listed. what, no camden?

[kuato]

Honolulu.

To those that mention NYC, Miami or LA, please remember they are all surrounded by suburban areas where 1) Most of the metro population lives and 2) are demogrpahically more similar to the rest of the United States.

Honolulu is over 60% Asian, only 20% Caucasian, and is as different from "mainstream" America as one can find in the 50 states. There really is no debate.

[Boompa]

Oh Come on, El Paso is a Suburb of Ciudad Juarez

[Boompa]

Originally Posted by kuato

Honolulu.

To those that mention NYC, Miami or LA, please remember they are all surrounded by suburban areas where 1) Most of the metro population lives and 2) are demogrpahically more similar to the rest of the United States.

Honolulu is over 60% Asian, only 20% Caucasian, and is as different from "mainstream" America as one can find in the 50 states. There really is no debate.

Those asians are Americans, so that is just as much American as where you live

[Chriscross309]

I picked San Antonio, because of its Mexican appeal

i disagree with Miami, it seems to American to me "besides the hispanic influence"

[theSUBlime]

Originally Posted by edwardius

Los Angeles is the only city in America where I have seen "Si hablo ingles" signs posted out in front of the stores. Its a city where the second language of many of the Korean immigrant shop owners isn't English.

You must not have traveled to Texas. It's not uncommon to see, "Se habla espanol."

[SweethomeSanAntonio]

Originally Posted by Chriscross309

I picked San Antonio, because of its Mexican appeal

i disagree with Miami, it seems to American to me "besides the hispanic influence"

The Spaniards and later the Germans built early San Antonio. Thanks to strict preservation, has given the central city it's old world charm.

[casden]

Santa Fe

[Boompa]

This poll supposes that what is not White European is not American.
The Asians in Honolulu and San Francisco are Americans as are Latinos in many cities
that are in the part of the United States that was once Mexico.
I'll vote for SOLVANG