Cities that are a "poor man's" version of another city (raise, living)

[ggplicks]

Philly is more of a poor mans NYC than Chicago.


For Chicago that is Milwaukee.


For Atlanta, that is Charlotte.

[Score]

Waco - Poor man's Austin
Beaumont - Poor man's Houston
Oklahoma City - Poor man's DFW
Baltimore - Poor man's Boston
Philadelphia - Poor man's NYC

[FL_Expert]

Originally Posted by ggplicks

Philly is more of a poor mans NYC than Chicago.


For Chicago that is Milwaukee.


For Atlanta, that is Charlotte.

Charlotte doesn’t strike me as poor. Atlanta isn’t really rich either, for a city that size.

[mike0421]

Camden: Poor Man's Philadelphia.
Newark: Poor Man's NYC.

[cdw1084]

Originally Posted by FL_Expert

Charlotte doesn’t strike me as poor. Atlanta isn’t really rich either, for a city that size.

The terms "rich" and "poor" aren't used as a monetary comparison in this context. Jesus...

[urbancharlotte]

Originally Posted by cdw1084

The terms "rich" and "poor" aren't used as a monetary comparison in this context. Jesus...

True, but major league baseball is the ONLY thing keeping Atlanta and Charlotte from having the same sporting leagues in common (this includes NASCAR, Six Flags vs Carowinds, and extremely busy airports).

It's size, entertainment notoriety, and Fortune 500 companies that actually separate the two making Charlotte the "poor man's version" of the other. It's not a knock against Charlotte at all because quite a few cities (with metro populations below 5 million) would be a southeastern "poor man's version" of Atlanta. I just wanted to point out that the two have a lot in common....

✓ NBA Hawks vs Hornets
✓ NFL Falcons vs Panthers
✓ MLS Atlanta United FC vs Charlotte FC
✓ NASCAR
✓ Six Flags Atlanta vs Carowinds Charlotte (Charlotte recently became the headquarters of Six Flags so both parks have the same Charlotte corporate office)
✓ MARTA heavy rail vs LYNX light rail (with MARTA having superior coverage and LYNX having superior street level connectivity)

The next three items is where the separation begins
✓ Atl #1 busiest airport vs Clt #10 busiest (USA airport Ranking)
✓ 16 Fortune 500 Atlanta vs 9 Fortune 500 Charlotte (this represents the number of Fortune 500 companies within a 45 minute radius of each downtown)
✓ Atlanta CSA of 7.1 million vs Charlotte's CSA of 3 million

And we can also add the media, entertainment/music, and film industry. On these categories Atlanta is very strong and well recognized. Charlotte has very little representation in music/entertainment/film. Charlotte is strong in the media, but it's not well known. Major ESPN network operations actually originate from Charlotte, but this simply isn't well known. For example, ESPNU and the SEC network are headquartered in Charlotte (even though ESPN itself is headquartered in Connecticut and the SEC conference itself is headquartered in Birmingham).

[GoYanksGiantsNets]

Originally Posted by Score

Waco - Poor man's Austin
Beaumont - Poor man's Houston
Oklahoma City - Poor man's DFW
Baltimore - Poor man's Boston
Philadelphia - Poor man's NYC

Baltimore is more of a poor mans Philly than it is comparable to Boston. Providence fits “poor mans Boston” way better

[TheTimidBlueBars]

In Spokane right now and I'd say it's a (very) poor man's Denver. Craft breweries, mountains, etc. and while it's not progressive, it gets a bit of Denver's progressive spirit by being under WA's laws.

Closest thing to a poor man's Spokane might be Wenatchee.

[mkwensky]

Originally Posted by Score

Waco - Poor man's Austin
Beaumont - Poor man's Houston

Other than both being college towns how does Waco reminds one of Austin?
The Beaumont one also had me scratching my head. It is close enough to be considered a suburb of Houston.

[tijlover]

Tijuana is a poor man's San Francisco. Tijuana has lots of steep hills (steeper than San Francisco) and the houses climb right up the hillsides. Way up top on those hillsides you get a jaw-dropping view of San Diego and the ocean.