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Asheville has an amazing stock of art deco architecture, second only to Miami Beach in the South. Tulsa surprisingly has one of the largest concentrations of art deco structures in the U.S.
400,000 is considered to be mid-sized in a lot of countries (Germany, the U.S., China for example) by their governments. I'd have a hard time considering Raleigh to be small.
However, I don't really see what makes Raleigh particularly unique or "more" unique than most other cities. I'd be quick to agree that every city is unique in some ways, but there are few cities that really set themselves far apart or apart in many ways from others.
I agree with the assessment regarding Raleigh as a mid-sized city.
I wasn't arguing that Raleigh is particularly unique...I don't really think any cities are really unique with the exception of Washington D.C. My post was in response to someone labeling Raleigh as a bland surburban city. It's not a wasteland - there are unique places in Raleigh, just like anywhere else. It has a unique history and some interesting architecture. It's a state capital founded in the 1700s...not a suburb, as someone earlier had suggested.
If you're interested in art deco, look into it a little...you'll be surprised at the architecture of those two cities. I've never been to Tulsa, but I've visited Asheville a few times...it's a beautiful city.
I listed Raleigh cause everyone was mentioning all sorts of different cities so I figured Raleigh must be unique to, honestly I think there may be only 5-10 truely unique cities in this country.
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