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I was wondering what cities, in terms of general appearance and culture, people think should be in another region of the country from where they are.
One example I can think of is Indianapolis. It is not, as many people say, a southern-seeming city. However, due to the city-county merger, the presence of large numbers of suburbs within the city proper, comparably conservative local politics (for a northern city), and the near absence of old residential neighborhoods even in the city core (besides Lockerbie Square), it feels very sun-belt like.
Anyway, I'll throw it out there before giving more examples. What do you guys think?
I was wondering what cities, in terms of general appearance and culture, people think should be in another region of the country from where they are.
One example I can think of is Indianapolis. It is not, as many people say, a southern-seeming city. However, due to the city-county merger, the presence of large numbers of suburbs within the city proper, comparably conservative local politics (for a northern city), and the near absence of old residential neighborhoods even in the city core (besides Lockerbie Square), it feels very sun-belt like.
Anyway, I'll throw it out there before giving more examples. What do you guys think?
Herron-Morton
Woodruff Place
Fountain Square
Old Northside
Meridian Park
Irvington
Holy Cross
Arsenal Heights
Cottage Home
Sacred Heart/Concord
.........are all old residential neighborhoods in the core of Indianapolis.
Indianapolis is unapologetically Midwestern. It is silly to suggest it is somehow misplaced.
I've never understood this line of thought. Austin is VERY Texan, despite what some Austinites tend to think. Texas isn't a totally monolithic place, each Texas city has its own quirks. But when you look at the bare bones of it, Austin is most certainly Texan.
Herron-Morton
Woodruff Place
Fountain Square
Old Northside
Meridian Park
Irvington
Holy Cross
Arsenal Heights
Cottage Home
Sacred Heart/Concord
.........are all old residential neighborhoods in the core of Indianapolis.
Those are all old neighborhoods, but they aren't particularly urban neighborhoods. AFAIK, Indianapolis doesn't even retain anything similar to this area in Columbus, which is in general the second most "sun-belt" city in the core of the midwest.
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Originally Posted by Toxic Toast
Indianapolis is unapologetically Midwestern. It is silly to suggest it is somehow misplaced.
I said even though it's not in the sun-belt, it has sun-belt characteristics, because like sun belt cities, it annexed most of its suburbs, and hence developed politically and economically much more like many cities in the south than other cities in the Midwest.
St. Louis seems like it should be somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic area--the red brick row homes, Irish/Italian/German heritage, and strong Catholic presence all seem Northeastern to me. It's not like the rest of Missouri AT ALL.
You could probably say the same thing about Cincinnati.
Birmingham also seems like it could be a Rust Belt city.
Those are all old neighborhoods, but they aren't particularly urban neighborhoods. AFAIK, Indianapolis doesn't even retain anything similar to this area in Columbus, which is in general the second most "sun-belt" city in the core of the midwest.
I said even though it's not in the sun-belt, it has sun-belt characteristics, because like sun belt cities, it annexed most of its suburbs, and hence developed politically and economically much more like many cities in the south than other cities in the Midwest.
Im going to agree with Toxic Toast for once.
Have you spent any considerable time in Indianapolis?
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