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uhh dc compares to paris on a smaller scale, it was planned out to be set up like paris...it doesn't compare to anything else in the u.s. much less something in the midwest.
Baltimore and St. Louis are kissing cousins...if you know cities, you will see this. Although smaller and without rail transit, I'd maybe throw Cincy in this category. The rest of the Midwest isn't really comparable to anything on the East Coast, the other cities are either too new, too friendly, too genuinely midwestern, or are too frame house based.
I do know cities, especially Baltimore, and I definitely wouldn't say it is the kissing cousin of St. Louis. St. Louis has a lot of flats and mostly Victorian historical. Baltimore is all rowhousing; with a lot of Georgian Revival, Italianate, brownstones, and formstone rows. IMO, every Eastern city has a significant similarity in layout, structure, housing; but each city is truly very different architecturally. St. Louis has a little bit of the same architecture, but lacks the layout and structure of the East Coast.
Now, if you're talking about culture, I'll say this...no. Balto and STL don't have that similar culture.
uhh dc compares to paris on a smaller scale, it was planned out to be set up like paris...it doesn't compare to anything else in the u.s. much less something in the midwest.
And neither does any city compare well to any other major city.
this is what i'm talking about on this board... pro chicago, but never been to nyc... think nyc and chicago are the same...
lol
i'd say chicago is more like philly honestly...
both more regional, sports towns, plethora of street foods, big businesses, fortune 500's similar demographics albeit philly has a smaller pop, this might be due to socially constructed boundaries.
only way I think you could say NYC matches with Chicago if you want to rank them based on how they stand in their respective regions.... not necesarily same vibe, demographics, culture... u have to start getting skyline images out of your head...
nyc has no comparative city in the u.s. you'd have to go outside of the u.s. for that to cities like london and paris.
dc also has no comparative city in the u.s.
now cities like milwaukee, providence, minneaplis, cleveland, detroit, boston, providence, philadelphia, trenton, madison, albany, buffalo are going to be able to compare them and make better cases for them... however you want to sort them that is.
What are you talking about?
Where did I say I think Chicago and New York are the same?
I have to disagree with dementor on this one. Chicago has gotta be in the top ten global cities of the world. Saying its just regional is going a little too far.
Thanks, Dementor. And, I guess disagreeing with yourself is the new sanity.
Gosh, this is pretty hard. East Coast cities are so different from Midwestern cities. But here's a start.
Atlanta = Milwaukee
Nashville = Indianapolis
Minneapolis = Baltimore or Philadelphia
Memphis = Kansas City
NYC = Chicago (maybe)
Providence = Des Moines (???)
That's all I can think of.
Interesting comparisons... why Atlanta and Milwaukee?
In the Nashville/Indy comparison, which one are you calling East Coast? Same question for the Memphis/KC comparison.
I do know cities, especially Baltimore, and I definitely wouldn't say it is the kissing cousin of St. Louis. St. Louis has a lot of flats and mostly Victorian historical. Baltimore is all rowhousing; with a lot of Georgian Revival, Italianate, brownstones, and formstone rows. IMO, every Eastern city has a significant similarity in layout, structure, housing; but each city is truly very different architecturally. St. Louis has a little bit of the same architecture, but lacks the layout and structure of the East Coast.
Now, if you're talking about culture, I'll say this...no. Balto and STL don't have that similar culture.
Interesting. To be honest, I would say that the closest thing demographically to Baltimore in the Midwest is the South Side of Chicago. Maybe around the South Shore district. Anybody else agree?
What makes you say that St. Louis is not like Baltimore, culturally?
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