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Something got me thinking the other day. Do our friends to the north have cities that are similar to the ones we have in the states?
Lets just start with a fairly wide group cities. Which Canadian cities are similar to these, in terms of architecture, crime, culture, urban decay, etc.?
Can't find anything striking regarding the list you provided (esp. not NYC, LA or Detroit in its current state), but Calgary has often been compared to Denver. Philly and Montreal have some similarities (South St vs. Rue Ste-Catherine, large industrial wastelands, historic districts).
Something got me thinking the other day. Do our friends to the north have cities that are similar to the ones we have in the states?
Lets just start with a fairly wide group cities. Which Canadian cities are similar to these, in terms of architecture, crime, culture, urban decay, etc.?
New York City-
Toronto--Both are the big urban melting pots, and Toronto actually passes for New York when they are filming TV and film up there.
Los Angeles-
Vancouver It's got a big film industry and lies in the mildest climate in Canada--plus it has more of an international feel than most of Western Canada and is a big international and domestic tourist destination.
Detroit- Hamilton, Ontario possibly, because both are based around manufacturing although not even close to as gritty as Detroit. Maybe Winnipeg as it has a high(for Canada) crime rate and a somewhat rougher feel in parts though...
Seattle- The obvious choice would have to be Vancouver, but that's a little too obvious.
New Orleans- Quebec City--both are unique cities for their architecture and French/colonial heritage and both have surpassed in importance by other regional cities.
Tulsa- I don't know-Possibly Saskatoon or Regina
Las Vegas- No real equal in Canada--there are casinos throughout Canada but not one specific resort location.
And I'd also say that Edmonton and Calgary might resemble to a degree Kansas City and Denver, but since Alberta is the Texas of the North, I'd say it's more so Edmonton=Dallas and Calgary=Houston...Which I guess would make the Edmonton Oilers or Eskimos the Dallas Cowboys of Canada...
I'm not sure if NYC correponds to Toronto, Montreal or neither.
On the one hand, NYC and Toronto are the dominate cities in their respective countries, so it would make sense to group them. Both are the financial and business centers, both have the most immigration, and both have the biggest skylines in their countries.
On the other hand Montreal "feels" much closer to NYC than Toronto does to NYC. Both Montreal and NYC have kinda a Euro vibe, and both have something of a sophisticated feel, with well-dressed folks, fashionable cafes and the like.
Toronto, while a great city, doesn't really have this kind of feel. Toronto looks and feels more reminiscent of Midwestern U.S. cities, IMO.
Or perhaps the answer is none. Maybe NYC is just too big, and shouldn't be compared to either.
The closest thing you would have in Canada to Las Vegas is probably Niagara Falls, but even then it is no comparison with Vegas.
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