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Northeast: Pittsburgh
Midwest: Chicago, Detroit
South: New Orleans, Miami, DC
West: Las Vegas, Oakland, Provo/Orem
Most typical large cities for their regions:
Northeast: Boston, Providence, Jersey City
Midwest: Indianapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Columbus
South: Dallas, Nashville, Raleigh, Louisville
West: Colorado Springs, Boise, San Diego, Spokane
Washington DC is the most unique city in the Northeast because its a lot more modern than any of the others. The skyline obviously is also different.
Northern Virginia is interesting in that culturally its very Northeastern but its physical built environment resembles Charlotte, Atlanta and Houston far more. All these of these Sunbelt cities have stood in for suburban DC as filming locations. Very different than the Main Line suburbs of Philadelphia or suburban Long Island.
Northeast: Pittsburgh
Midwest: Chicago, Detroit
South: New Orleans, Miami, DC
West: Las Vegas, Oakland, Provo/Orem
Most typical large cities for their regions:
Northeast: Boston, Providence, Jersey City
Midwest: Indianapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Columbus
South: Dallas, Nashville, Raleigh, Louisville
West: Colorado Springs, Boise, San Diego, Spokane
Not arguing on any of these. Pretty solid list. Just curious how Las Vegas stands out on the West Coast to you. I get Oakland and Provo for their demographics (I'm assuming).
Columbus is unique in the Midwest, at least the Upper Midwest in that its always been a booming city with a healthy economy and never saw the Rust Belt decline because it's never been a highly industrial city. A lot of the developments in the Columbus metro area reminded me of the Sunbelt in many ways, particularly Charlotte and the NC Triangle. Most of its immediate regional major cities are Rust Belt cities like Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Gary, etc. Cincinnati isn't really Rust Belt but economically isn't as strong as Columbus.
To find other Midwestern cities that don't have a Rust Belt history, you would have to go far south and west of Columbus to places like Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and Omaha though some people don't even consider the Great Plains to be part of the Midwest.
Not arguing on any of these. Pretty solid list. Just curious how Las Vegas stands out on the West Coast to you. I get Oakland and Provo for their demographics (I'm assuming).
Yeah, for those I was thinking mainly about demographics (and Oakland being the only Western city regularly making most-dangerous lists) - for Vegas I just meant the tourism culture built around casinos and stage shows (that exists elsewhere in Nevada, of course, but proportionally it plays a bigger role in Vegas and it's also a much bigger destination).
Which cities do you find to be the most unique to their region? Meaning it's very different from the other cities found in the same region? Below are the regions and my choices:
Midwest - Chicago. While there is a midwest feel to it, it's way too cosmopolitan, big, and feels more like an east coast city than a midwest one. No other city in the midwest like it. Close second is Minneapolis.
Eh. To me, Chicago just feels like a super sized amalgamation of the rest of the region. The vast majority of transplants to Chicago are coming from elsewhere in the Midwest, it's just that Chicago has the juice to also nab people from other places. The character of the city, however, remains distinctly Midwestern.
It also doesn't architecturally look like an East Coast city outside of its skyscrapers. We're talking about a city that on more than one occasion looked at what NYC was doing architecturally and said, "Yeah, we're not doing that."
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Originally Posted by IowanFarmer
Minneapolis is very Midwestern. It's not rural, but it's Midwestern.
I get your point about Chicago having an eastern feel, with the urban density, row houses, public transit, etc. Minneapolis is much less that way and it's architecture, attitude, and general feel define Midwestern cities in my mind. Sure, it's way more liberal than the surrounding countryside, but what city isn't?
Minneapolis and Kansas City are the most quintessentially Midwestern large cities in my mind. Everything east of the Mississippi has a bit of that east coast feel (save maybe Indianapolis). Chicago has a very Midwestern sensibility to it as well, but your point about it feeling east coast makes sense.
Chicago actually has very few row houses left. After the Great Fire, the city moved away from them entirely. You'll actually find more surviving row house architecture elsewhere in the Midwest than you will Chicago.
Chicago actually has very few row houses left. After the Great Fire, the city moved away from them entirely. You'll actually find more surviving row house architecture elsewhere in the Midwest than you will Chicago.
What neighborhoods are most likely to have rowhomes in Chicago?
Columbus is unique in the Midwest, at least the Upper Midwest in that its always been a booming city with a healthy economy and never saw the Rust Belt decline because it's never been a highly industrial city.
Columbus is absolutely not part of the Upper Midwest. None of Ohio is.
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