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Well for one, Paris has the largest population and economy in Europe, and Chicago has the fourth largest population and economy in North America.
You said continent. The U.S. is not a continent. And the 19th-century Second City moniker isn't relevant in 2009. Nobody uses this term outside of Chicago.
No, it isn't. I have never heard this before in my life.
Everything you just said about rivers could extend to basically every city in Europe and every city in North America.
The only exceptions would be a few arid cities in the North American's continent's midsection (Phoenix, Guadalajara, etc.)
That's great. Chicago is also sister cities with Lahore, Pakistan, Galway, Ireland, Accra, Ghana and Petach Tikva, Israel.
Therefore you agree that Chicago = Petach Tikva, right?
And if you want a European equivalent, you agree that Galway should be the comparison?
OK, no need to argue about it. It's (supposed) to be a fun comparison about how we view U.S. cities and their Eurpopean counterparts. Apparently you see it one way, I see it another. Lets leave it there.
Miami : Panama City, Panama
San Francisco : Sydney, Australia
Pittsburgh : Sheffield, UK
San Diego : Perth, Australia
Denver : Frankfurt, Germany
New Orleans : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Washington DC : Paris, France
Boston : Glasgow, UK combined with Melbourne, Australia
Fort Lauderdale : Surfer's Paradise, Australia
Miami : Panama City, Panama
San Francisco : Sydney, Australia
Pittsburgh : Sheffield, UK
San Diego : Perth, Australia
Denver : Frankfurt, Germany
New Orleans : Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Washington DC : Paris, France
Boston : Glasgow, UK combined with Melbourne, Australia
Fort Lauderdale : Surfer's Paradise, Australia
San Francisco and Sydney, I don't agree with. I would rate San Francisco more with Melbourne.
Pittsburgh and Sheffield, well, I can live with that. I look at it as more Pittsburgh with Birmingham,UK;Katowice,Poland.
San Diego and Perth, I can definitely dig that.
Denver and Frankfurt? Well, I would say Denver is more like Madrid or Zurich.
New Orleans and Amsterdam, very good. Also, New Orleans with Shanghai;Venice.
DC and Paris, I can go with that, but it would be more comparable to Brussels or Versailles.
Boston and a combination of Glasgow and Melbourne, not really. Boston would be more like Oxford,UK or Galway,Ireland.
I can come up with a better one for the last one: Ft. Lauderdale with Venice.
Sydney, well I would compare it to LA.
Frankfurt,Germany, I would compare it more to Atlanta.
Glasgow, well, I would compare it to Baltimore or Newark.
New York and London (UK) (not in terms of architecture, but everything else)
Las Vegas and Rio Di Janeiro (BR) or Newcastle(UK) (Nightlife)
Los Angeles and Mumbai (IN) (Climate and Industry)
Detroit and Sheffield (UK) (ex-industrial cities)
Miami and Sydney (AU) (Climate and "Manhattanization")
San Fransisco and Hong Kong (CH) or Shanghai (CH) (Recently becoming more powerful economically)
Chicago and Barcelona (SP) or Birmingham (UK) (Second financial centers)
Boston and Oxbridge - The area around Oxford and Cambridge (UK) (Worlds top education centers)
New Jersey (all cities) and Lagos (NI) (Corruption)
New Orleans and Amsterdam (NE) (Saw in above post, great comparison)
Washington DC and Moscow (RU)(Large government influence)
In response to a couple of DMs I've received about this thread, I'll clear it up again:
We no long take new topics in here that compare North American cities to cities abroad, however, this thread was "grandfathered in" since it was started long ago. As long as it stays on it's original topic, people can continue to add to it, but NEW threads that try to compare North American cities to cities abroad will not be allowed in this room as you really can't make direct comparisons between culture/architecture . Thank you.
New York and London (UK) (not in terms of architecture, but everything else)
Las Vegas and Rio Di Janeiro (BR) or Newcastle(UK) (Nightlife)
Los Angeles and Mumbai (IN) (Climate and Industry)
Detroit and Sheffield (UK) (ex-industrial cities)
Miami and Sydney (AU) (Climate and "Manhattanization")
San Fransisco and Hong Kong (CH) or Shanghai (CH) (Recently becoming more powerful economically)
Chicago and Barcelona (SP) or Birmingham (UK) (Second financial centers)
Boston and Oxbridge - The area around Oxford and Cambridge (UK) (Worlds top education centers)
New Jersey (all cities) and Lagos (NI) (Corruption)
New Orleans and Amsterdam (NE) (Saw in above post, great comparison)
Washington DC and Moscow (RU)(Large government influence)
New York and London;Detroit and Sheffield;LA and Mumbai(in a way);Miami and Sydney(in their own ways);San Francisco and Shanghai;New Orleans and Amsterdam. I agree with all of those. The rest I am not so sure.
Washington,DC - Geneva,Switzerland(places of diplomatic significance)
Atlanta,GA - Chengdu,China(important economic centers with similar climates and fast growth)
Newark,NJ - Shenzhen,China(industrial cities with their own "low tax zone". Newark has the Urban Enterprise Zone, Shenzhen has the Special Economic Zone)
Houston,TX - Antwerp, Belguim(major petrochemical ports, sports towns)
Santa Barabra, Ca = Nice, France
Los Angeles = Caracas
Washington D.C = Paris
San Francisco = Hong Kong
Charleston SC = Bordeaux, France
Boston = London..That's it for now.
Well Caracas is a large sprawling city with an impressive mountain backdrop..vibrant night life, palm trees etc. Many Venezuelans who visit LA say it reminds them of Caracas. I have never been to Barcelona but I don't think it has much of a skyline like LA or Caracas. As for Charleston and Boudeaux, well Charelston does have a lot of old world charm and there is definitely a lot of French influence in a lot of the architecture as the city initially had a number of Huguenot settlers. There is even a French quarter in Charelston. Also Bourdeaux is also a moderate size city by the sea with a lot of histroy and a very mild climate.
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