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Old 01-23-2008, 05:13 PM
 
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I'm thinking it's San Antonio but I'm not sure.


What's the real scoop on how big the towns were in the "Old Southwest"
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Old 01-23-2008, 05:18 PM
 
Location: City of North Las Vegas, NV
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Think El Paso, plenty of old buildings left.
I would barely call San Antonio southwest.
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Old 01-23-2008, 05:21 PM
 
Location: Portland, Maine
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Santa Fe is a really nice town.
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Old 01-23-2008, 11:58 PM
 
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Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:25 AM
 
Location: 602/520
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Tucson, Albuquerque, El Paso, and Santa Fe
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Old 01-24-2008, 12:45 AM
 
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San Antonio has spanish(European) architecture as well as German. I wouldn't call it southwestern.
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Old 01-24-2008, 09:48 AM
 
Location: The Heart of Dixie
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Santa Fe has some building code that requires everything, including gas stations and McDonald's be built in the old Mexican style, at least inside the city itself. San DIego has some nice old buildings too.
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Old 01-24-2008, 09:51 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Santa Fe, hands down.
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Old 01-24-2008, 01:30 PM
 
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Santa Fe has some building code that requires everything, including gas stations and McDonald's be built in the old Mexican style, at least inside the city itself

Woah nifty. Didn't know that.
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Old 01-24-2008, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Woah nifty. Didn't know that.
Its kinda neat and cheesy at the same time. Driving down Cerillos Rd in Santa Fe invoked some laughs from me when I saw a pseudo-adobe IHOP and McDonalds. Strange, but kinda neat I suppose. Nothing was as strange as seeing the McDonalds in Sedona, AZ. The arches are turquoise!
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