Which parts of the Americas retain closest cultural affinities with Europe? (country, places)

[Trimac20]

My guess would be:

Broadly speaking: the larger cities, such as New York, Boston (some might debate how authentic these ties are but they're still there), Montreal, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Santiago.

Regionally.

Newfoundland - Similar Scotland, Ireland.

Rest of Maritimes - Britain in general

New England - UK, Ireland, Italy

Upper Midwest - Scandinavia

Midwest - Germany

Quebec - France

isolated parts of BC - e.g. Victoria, like Britain

Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad - like Britain

Haiti - French

Certain cities in Brazil like Belo Horizonte, southern Brazil in general

Buenos Aires, and urban Argentina in general. Mar del Plata.


By country:

Argentina, Uruguay, Canada (east), Haiti, Jamaica, Surinam, Colombia, N. Brazil

least would be, I assume Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, Western US, much of Mexico

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Trimac20

Newfoundland - Similar Scotland, Ireland.

More Ireland than Scotland I would say. Regardless of ethnic origins there which may be more mixed, it's Ireland that stands out for trans-Atlantic ties.

[BIMBAM]

Really gotta disagree with you about Haiti being European! They revolted against France a really long time ago and today have a very unique, indigenous culture with very few European influences. If anything, they have more cultural influences from Africa then most Carribean countries (religions like Voudou, which is the majority religion in Benin, for example).

[theunbrainwashed]

Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Nothing else. Everywhere else developed independently and away from the colonizing country. Only the younger colonies like Australia and New Zealand resemble the old country more than anywhere in North America. The only thing north of Argentina and Uruguay that resemble Europe are the architecture. Language has moved away from the host country quite extensively except in the Caribbean, where it still resembles the Canary Islands and parts of Andalucía

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by Un Poquito Mas

Your list is garbage and just show how little you know about colonization. What makes Mexico city more European than other cities in Mexico or Latin America?

Give him a break. He's from Perth, Australia that's as far away from the world as you can get

[joelaldo]

Originally Posted by Un Poquito Mas

Your list is garbage and just show how little you know about colonization. What makes Mexico city more European than other cities in Mexico or Latin America?

Race and misconceptions, that's your answer unpoquitomas. Mexico is one of the only countries left where bullfighting is still relatively popular (a hugely spanish tradition), flamenco is well known, and it retained a lot of cultural influences from spain.

Also, Southern Brazil may have more people of European descent, but the cities in the Northeast have a richer architectural tie to Portugal.


Maybe you should've asked what is the WHITEST city in the Americas.

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by theunbrainwashed

Give him a break. He's from Perth, Australia that's as far away from the world as you can get

Yep, our antipode is roughly near Bermuda. Both once part of the Empire upon which the sun never set lol.

[Trimac20]

Originally Posted by BIMBAM

Really gotta disagree with you about Haiti being European! They revolted against France a really long time ago and today have a very unique, indigenous culture with very few European influences. If anything, they have more cultural influences from Africa then most Carribean countries (religions like Voudou, which is the majority religion in Benin, for example).

Isn't Haiti culturally very French though? I mean just because they're black doesn't mean they can't be very culturally French.

[Acajack]

I would say that Haiti still has quite a few French traits and that institutionally a lot of things would be French-inspired. Also, culturally there are probably many residual French things that you would find there in literature, music, etc.

Of course, Haiti is still its own place, and is not as ''French'' as Caribbean islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe which are part of France.

Haiti is likely French like places such as Bolivia and Peru are Spanish or Guyana is English.

[Tiffany085]

You are unhealthy obsessed with race.