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Baltimore is the most horrible place I have ever seen but I was only there once and it was at night, being lost. Quite a scary place and I can't compare it to anything else. Different cities have different vibes.
Baltimore is pretty beautiful in the daytime if you aren't a tourist who take a wrong turn and get lost at night.
Don't know what UK city resembles Baltimore but here you go...
(all pix by me)
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Atlantic City - Blackpool
Buffalo - Sunderland
Boston - Liverpool Chicago - Manchester
Cleveland - Burnley
Detroit - Nottingham
Kansas City - Norwich
Leicester - Indianapolis
Los Angeles - Plymouth
Miami - Bournemouth
Miami Beach - Poole
New York City - London
Philadelphia - Birmingham
Pittsburgh - Sheffield
Richmond - Winchester
San Francisco - Brighton
Seattle - Newcastle
St. Louis - Ipswich
Chicago is nothing like Manchester (narrower streets, older buildings, street trams, different street grid etc.) and I have been to both. I will be going to Manchester in a few weeks. Most major American cities aren't colonial era (or pre colonial for that matter) cities so the make is going to be quite different.
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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Chicago is nothing like Manchester (narrower streets, older buildings, street trams, different street grid etc.) and I have been to both. I will be going to Manchester in a few weeks. Most major American cities aren't colonial era (or pre colonial for that matter) cities so the make is going to be quite different.
Yes Chicago unlike Eastern US cities, has much less examples of Row Homes. But for some of the oldest neighborhoods. Usually Victorian examples. CHICAGO is called the "Most American City".
No housing in the city is left before the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and most of the city is single-family homes mixed with 2-3 flats. Most of the city is laid out without housing to the curb. But green space frontage. Its vast Bungalow belt is pre-suburban looking with fairly large Front lawns that is close to half the city.
Example of old CHICAGO Cottage singles 1900 era Ukrainian Village neighbourhood
Yes Chicago unlike Eastern US cities, has much less examples of Row Homes. But for some of the oldest neighborhoods. Usually Victorian examples. CHICAGO is called the "Most American City".
No housing in the city is left before the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and most of the city is single-family homes mixed with 2-3 flats. Most of the city is laid out without housing to the curb. But green space frontage. Its vast Bungalow belt is pre-suburban looking with fairly large Front lawns that is close to half the city.
Example of old CHICAGO Cottage singles 1900 era Ukrainian Village neighbourhood
I am interested in making comparisons between UK and US cities. The only comparisons I have so far are:
London - New York
Birmingham - Chicago Manchester - LA
Leeds - Boston
Norwich - ?
Southampton - ?
Bournemouth - ?
ETC
Please add some more and explain your reasoning!
I take it you have never been to Manchester, or LA for that matter
It depends how you are comparing them, on looks, on history, on size, on climate etc...
If you were going on climate, you could use a sliding scale so that the warmest parts of the UK would match the warmest parts of the US. So for example the Scilly Isles would be the UK's answer to Hawaii, Cornwall would be Florida & the south coast from Weymouth to Eastbourne (the sunniest part of the UK) would be the UK's California...
There isn't really anything comparable in the UK to places in the US...
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