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Atlanta? I would say Dallas. Both developed over roughly the same period, both have their wealthier neighborhoods on the north side and less affluent on the south side. Each Atlanta neighborhood seems to have a counterpart located in roughly the same compass direction from downtown.
University Park = Buckhead, Brookhaven
Highland Park = Morningside, Druid Hills
Richardson = Dunwoody
and so on.
I agree. I lived in Atlanta (Gwinnett) for 7 years before moving back home to the DFW area. The cities pretty much mirror eachother.
Even the southsides of both cities are similar;
Duncanville = College Park
Cedar Hill = Fayetteville
Lancaster = Lithonia
South Oak Cliff = Ellenwood
Garland = Decatur??? (This matchup is a stretch, The Dec is awesome)
Atlanta is Dallas but with taller trees and a larger Black population.
I currently live in Long Beach and the city that always reminds me of LBC is Oakland. Both are mid-size cities in the shadow of bigger, more cosmopolitan cities, both are very diverse in terms of number of languages spoken hear, and both are great cities unlike some false generalizations that both cities are totally gang infested.
As for LA where I grew up I can't really think of many cities that are similar. Many on this site say its like Houston or Atlanta, but LA is more than just pollution, traffic, and sprawl. LA as an economy and a tourist destination is more diverse and more desired location for tourist. And the city is much bigger in population and land which makes it a more dynamic city than any other sunbelt city. On this thread I've heard people say LA is like Seoul or Mexico City and I'll take their word for it because I've never been to either city. Plus the fact that all three are more international cities certainly helps. Heck LA and Mexico City are official sister cities and LA is home to the largest korean community outside of Asia. More of evidence of an LA-Seoul connection is that Korean Air is planning on buildng an office and hotel complex in Downtown. Korean Air, Thomas Plan $1 Billion L.A. Office, Hotel Complex - Bloomberg.com
I don't see how London, Tokyo and NYC have anything in common...they're apart of the Big 3-4 cities in the world, but they all look completely different and have completely different styles.
I had to edit my post because I freaked out lol. Yeah I don't see anything that similar between them either.
I agree. I lived in Atlanta (Gwinnett) for 7 years before moving back home to the DFW area. The cities pretty much mirror each other.
Atlanta is Dallas but with taller trees and a larger Black population.
Ive spent lots of time in Atlanta too. Ive worked there many times and my Ex was from Doraville.
Culturally they might be different. As you mentioned Atlanta has a much larger African American population and Dallas has a much larger Latino population, so that does have an effect on the culture.
But Im amazed at how the cities (the way they are designed and the things they offer) really are similar.
Ive spent lots of time in Atlanta too. Ive worked there many times and my Ex was from Doraville.
Culturally they might be different. As you mentioned Atlanta has a much larger African American population and Dallas has a much larger Latino population, so that does have an effect on the culture.
But Im amazed at how the cities (the way they are designed and the things they offer) really are similar.
This is true; but Metro Atlanta has a booming Latino population mainly in Gwinnett County. The cultural identity of the area is changing fast.
i haven't seen an american city come close (and i think london is slower of the 3)
Yea, I suppose they're all fast-paced cities, but you can't really look at New York City and say "hey that reminds me of London/Tokyo"....except for maybe Times Sq, Picadilly, Shibu-ya (I may have that wrong).
This is true; but Metro Atlanta has a booming Latino population mainly in Gwinnett County. The cultural identity of the area is changing fast.
That may be true, but the Latino population in Metro Atlanta is still a far cry from what it is in DFW. Numerically, its not growing quite as fast there. Dallas county alone got 250,000 new Latinos between 2000 and 2006. The Atlanta MSA has about 150,000 foreign born Mexicans which translates into about 450,000 for the metro area (I mention them because they are the lagest Latino group there). Atlanta does have more Brazilians than DFW but still only about 15,000.
The difference comes on a percentage level. Atlantas latino group was traditionally small and its become a decent size. So I can see where the culture would be altered a little bit.
African Americans are to Atlanta what Latinos are to Dallas.
I agree. I lived in Atlanta (Gwinnett) for 7 years before moving back home to the DFW area. The cities pretty much mirror eachother.
Even the southsides of both cities are similar;
Duncanville = College Park
Cedar Hill = Fayetteville
Lancaster = Lithonia
South Oak Cliff = Ellenwood
Garland = Decatur??? (This matchup is a stretch, The Dec is awesome)
Atlanta is Dallas but with taller trees and a larger Black population.
Yep, pretty much.
True that Garland is in about the same geographic position relative to downtown as is Decatur (6 mi ENE).
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