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St. Louis and Baltimore work well, but how about St. Louis and Memphis?
That's what I was thinking. I live in Memphis and I have visited St. Louis recently. They feel like twins that have differences. It's really hard to explain. St. Louis feels like the northern version of Memphis.
Some comparisons. They're both on the Mississippi. Both have landmarks downtown by the river, Stl has the Arch, Memphis has the Pyramid. Both are across the river from another state, Memphis-Arkansas, St. Louis-Illinois. Both are some of the most dangerous cities with a lot of poverty, but they also have a lot of old money and really nice areas. Lots of private schools. Both are known for the religious influence of a particular denomination, St. Louis is heavily Catholic, Memphis is heavily Baptist. Both are in the middle of rural, redneck areas. The people in both cities are kinda similar, but the accents are totally different. It's really cool to observe the differences & similarities between the 2 cities. They're only 4 hours apart.
I'm going to be "dumb" for a moment and pretend that by, "America" the OP meant all of America and not just the U.S.A. (I know, I know, not the case but....).
Anyway, I've done a fair bit of traveling and never have I been in been in two cities that looked and felt as similar to each other as Portland, Maine and St. John, New Brunswick. Well, never have I been in two cities that looked and felt as similar that were as far apart.
They have a similar size, similar feel, and similar architecture to each other.
I don't really understand why so many people think Baltimore and St. Louis are twins. It seems totally random to me (granted I've never been to St. Louis). I've always thought of Philly as Baltimore's big brother. The only real difference between the 2 are size.
St.Louis is way out in the Midwest/South and I would think it would have a totally different character. Explanation?
CoffeeAndBeer: imho size, quirkiness, reputation, funny accents are kind of vague and prob. could apply to any 2 cities.
Actually St. Louis and Baltimore are practically on the same parallels in relation to being Southern. Both towns share similarities as independent cities in similar sized metros. Both cities are dominated by brick architecture (I would actually argue St. Louis has more). Both are old industrial cities. Both heavily democratic. Both with large Catholic populations. Both have large amounts of urban decay, crime, and poverty. Both have large urban black populations. Both have a history of being northern industrial cities in culturally "southern/border/slave" states. Obviously they have differences, the most prominent being one is Midwestern and the other being Northeastern.
Indianapolis and Columbus, OH. They are 173 miles apart, similar in population size (Indy is slightly larger), Midwest cities, balanced economies, growing population, affordable cost of living, great place to raise a family, and they both have an interstate that encircles them (Indy has 465 and C-bus has 270) and vibrant downtowns.
i don't think you can compare anywhere else to nyc...like a single city. i wonder if you took cities and tried to add them together could you get a better comparison...
like the person that said philly is similar to parts of bk and queens. if you take that city and add chicago or something and add another city, etc.
Don't know if anyone has given this pair but I see Chicago and Toronto as twins.
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