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Frankfurt is "quite" American because of its unique skyscraper skyline and its international business crowd. Furthermore, there is a large American community with plenty of expats, military personnel (The Rhine Main area still has some U.S. bases) and travellers residing in the area. Frankfurt also seems slightly "American" when it comes to the city's structre, at least more than other German/European cities (IMO). It has a CBD, an inner-city ring of lower/working class districts, several industrial areas nearby and then plenty of residential and suburban areas. In contrast to Berlin (or even London for that matter), it is also a city which only "lives" due to it's large and populous metropolitan area. For instance, in Berlin there are 3.5 Mio. people in Greater Berlin (similar to Greater London) but approx. 1.5 Mio in the suburbs or outskirts. In Frankfurt, there are only approx. 690,000 people in the "city" but nearly 4.5 Mio. in the rest of the metropolitan area. In that regard, very similar to U.S. cities.
London is very similar to NYC regarding size, culture, vibrancy, diversity etc., however, it still has a very British and thus "European" vibe and atmosphere in its city-centre. The cars, the busses, the narrow and dense streets... doesn't seem to "American", except some older parts of some East Coast cities...
Frankfurt, maybe Mannheim since it has a grid layout. German cities tend to look sterile as do many American mid size cities. So you will find some commonalities.
No but the term "American" for me it is not just skycrepers but more things such as atmosphere, etc.
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such as atmosphere, etc.
