American city and European counterpart. (how much, unemployment, automobile)

[pirate_lafitte]

Let's keep the thread going. I have seen some good comparisons.

[pirate_lafitte]

I have some more:

Park City, UT - Cortina d,Ampezzo, Italy: Both are resort cities loacted close to major mountain ranges and made for skiing and played important roles for the Winter Olympic Games(SLC 2002 Winter Olympic Games for Park City. 1956 Winter Olympic Games on site at Cortina d.Ampezzo.)

Petersburg, Alaska - Hammerfest, Norway: Petersburg has some Norwegian influence, coastal cities located close to mountains, cold weather though only moderately. Both are also sister cities.

Cambridge, MA - Cambridge, UK: Both are college cities. Fittingly, both are sister cities. Both are located near major cities that are also port cities(Boston and London respectively).

Helen, GA - Coburg, Germany: Both towns are situated inside mountain ranges(Appalachians and Bavarian Alps). Helen looks like a town in the Bavarian Alps.

Honolulu, Hawaii - Ponta Delgada, Azores: Both cities are seaports located on volcanic island and those islands are located far away from their respective countries and continents(USA;North America, Portugal;Europe) Hawaii and the Azores both have a cattle industry and grow tropical fruits.

Key West, FL - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands: Both cities are located in far flung places closer to another country than their own. Both have similar climates. Key West was founded by the Spanish as Cayo Hueso. There is also some Cuban influence. Las Palmas has some influence from North Africa.

[pirate_lafitte]

Thought of another one.

Pittsburgh, PA - Sheffield, UK: Hilly cities that are at the confluence of several rivers. Both cities were built due to the steel industry. Both cities have very unique dialects.

[pirate_lafitte]

I think we can stick a fork in this thread. No one else is posting anything.

[bigdave01]

Very interesting thread. I have often heard San Francisco feels very Mediterranean, and I have seen some comparisons to Lisbon? Any other San Francisco comparisons?

[CubsGiantsIndiansfan2008]

Ok here we go:

New York-London
D.C.-Paris
Boston-Dublin
Philly-Vienna
Charleston-Venice
Chicago-Berlin
Seattle-Stockholm
Sante Fe-Florence
San Francisco-Rome
New Orleans-Amsterdamn
San Antonio-Munich

[Minnehahapolitan]

Brussels-Houston: Both cities are architecturally hodge-podged and are known for their libertarianism/laissez-faire capitalism.
Riga-Pittsburgh: Historically more important than they currently are. Both are making a strong rebound and have a cold, deindustrialized (or desovietized) feeling.
(Half of) Istanbul-San Francisco: Both situated on a geographic inlet. San Francisco is like no American city, and Istanbul is questionably European at best.
Berlin-Chicago: Both cities are similar in their relative importance. Both are known as cities that foster new forms of architecture.
Stockholm-Minneapolis - Both known for their social structures and cleanliness. Both are isolated from other major cities. Similar physical geography.
Edinburgh-Boston: Both known for large numbers of college students and their long history of research and academia. Both are compact, medievalesque cities on a wide port.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by CubsGiantsIndiansfan2008

Ok here we go:

New York-London
D.C.-Paris
Boston-Dublin
Philly-Vienna
Charleston-Venice
Chicago-Berlin
Seattle-Stockholm
Sante Fe-Florence
San Francisco-Rome
New Orleans-Amsterdamn
San Antonio-Munich

Good ones.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

Brussels-Houston: Both cities are architecturally hodge-podged and are known for their libertarianism/laissez-faire capitalism.
Riga-Pittsburgh: Historically more important than they currently are. Both are making a strong rebound and have a cold, deindustrialized (or desovietized) feeling.
(Half of) Istanbul-San Francisco: Both situated on a geographic inlet. San Francisco is like no American city, and Istanbul is questionably European at best.
Berlin-Chicago: Both cities are similar in their relative importance. Both are known as cities that foster new forms of architecture.
Stockholm-Minneapolis - Both known for their social structures and cleanliness. Both are isolated from other major cities. Similar physical geography.
Edinburgh-Boston: Both known for large numbers of college students and their long history of research and academia. Both are compact, medievalesque cities on a wide port.

You give good comparisons. Mpls and Stockholm fit quite well from your comparison. Also, the Scandinavian influence is another to add as well.

I have more:

Milwaukee,WI - Bremen: Cities known for famous beers in their respective nations(Milwaukee has Miller, Bremen has Beck's). Both were founded near rivers.

Los Angeles,CA - Athens, Greece:Mediterranean climates, hilly areas, both are cities sprawled around a plain, near water. Both are sister cities.

Chicago, IL - Warsaw, Poland: Large cities with big Polish influence(Chicago was often known as the largest Polish city), big economic and industrial centers for their respective regions. They're even sister cities.

[Geography Freak]

Originally Posted by Minnehahapolitan

Brussels-Houston: Both cities are architecturally hodge-podged and are known for their libertarianism/laissez-faire capitalism.

I don't think I'm too sure about this one. Brussels is more known for its bureaucracy than anything else. If there is a Belgian city that has traditionally embodied capitalism that's Antwerp.

Now Brussels and Washington DC on the other hand...