Most European-feeling small/mid-size town in the Western US (living, places, America)
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Great pics, though I'm not sure much in the places you posted (which I love) looks like anything in Europe. I mean the scenery around Telluride is amazing and Alp-like, but the architecture and town are still very much American West. If anything, Mountain Village (I know, newly constructed) has much more of a European feel, as do many ski resort areas, as that was their point: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mo...213ace!6m1!1e1
Same goes for Durango. And Santa Fe, which I love, is unique but reminds me more of high altitude villages/towns in central and South America.
I'd have to think about towns that fit the bill, but off the top of my head I would say that Leavenworth, WA comes to mind: I originally thought it would be too kitschy, but I've fooled a number of my friends into thinking I ventured to Bavaria for the weekend when posting pictures of the streetscape... https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5947...8i6656!6m1!1e1
I agree with many that have posted already, and didn't know anything this European existed on the West Coast, though it still isn't completely so it is very charming.
To the poster that posted Mariemont.. Wow. What a great looking city. I'd say that's a big tip in Cincinnati's cap and I hadn't even heard of that one living in OH.
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Great pics, though I'm not sure much in the places you posted (which I love) looks like anything in Europe. I mean the scenery around Telluride is amazing and Alp-like, but the architecture and town are still very much American West. If anything, Mountain Village (I know, newly constructed) has much more of a European feel, as do many ski resort areas, as that was their point: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mo...213ace!6m1!1e1
Same goes for Durango. And Santa Fe, which I love, is unique but reminds me more of high altitude villages/towns in central and South America.
I'd have to think about towns that fit the bill, but off the top of my head I would say that Leavenworth, WA comes to mind: I originally thought it would be too kitschy, but I've fooled a number of my friends into thinking I ventured to Bavaria for the weekend when posting pictures of the streetscape... https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5947...8i6656!6m1!1e1
I'd agree, Durango, Telluride, and Santa Fe look a lot more rustic and Western than your prototypical European mountain town. However, since European and American migration settlement in the West didn't really get started until the mid to late 19th century for the most part, European looking towns do run fairly limited in the West. And since so many places in the West have developed around vehicles, with even small towns having wide four lane roads through the middle of town, in the Mountain West area these towns came to mind for me in terms of being European feeling. You know, the boutiquey kind of places that feel tightly packed around narrow streets and older settlements (for the West).
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Originally Posted by bartonizer
I'd have to think about towns that fit the bill, but off the top of my head I would say that Leavenworth, WA comes to mind: I originally thought it would be too kitschy, but I've fooled a number of my friends into thinking I ventured to Bavaria for the weekend when posting pictures of the streetscape... https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5947...8i6656!6m1!1e1
I lived in Seattle for five years back in the 2000's, so I've been to Leavenworth a few times. Yes, first impressions were...yikes... a phony and replicated Bavarian village. But then I went back during the holidays, and it definitely has a nice ambiance there during that time of year with a very spirited Christmassy/holiday feel hat it sort of remineded me of what I imagine a Bavarian village during the holiday season might be like.
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