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Kind of a weird question, but are there any places in the US that give you a "2000s" vibe, i.e. slightly but perceptibly dated? Inspired by the thread about neighborhoods that feel like stepping back in time.
To me this would connote places that look mostly modern, but with things like:
- major cities with no light rail and a mediocre, unreliable bus system at best
- newish brick/concrete architecture, but few colorful blocky boxes
- suburbs of a major city that are still deeply Republican
- blue areas where the major issues are still things like environmentalism/climate change, without as much emphasis on "woke"/social justice issues
- neighborhoods in rich/tech-centric cities that are still fairly dangerous and blighted
I'm walking around Eugene, OR right now and kinda feel like I'm in 2005, just a "hippie" feeling liberal city that hasn't grown as much recently.
Maybe certain parts of Kansas City. An island of blue surrounded by a sea of red. Can’t get more 2000s than that. Despite fairly impressive population growth for a Midwestern city, and sunbelt-like growth in the suburbs, it suffers from a somewhat stagnant skyline that probably doesn’t look too different than it did in 2003.
Maybe certain parts of Kansas City. An island of blue surrounded by a sea of red. Can’t get more 2000s than that. Despite fairly impressive population growth for a Midwestern city, and sunbelt-like growth in the suburbs, it suffers from a somewhat stagnant skyline that probably doesn’t look too different than it did in 2003.
I could see KC and Omaha as well. In addition to what you mentioned, the food scene reminds of the 2000s, oriented around very rich American comfort food. There is relatively little gentrification or "new urban" development, and the economies are heavy on 20th century corporations.
I could see KC and Omaha as well. In addition to what you mentioned, the food scene reminds of the 2000s, oriented around very rich American comfort food. There is relatively little gentrification or "new urban" development, and the economies are heavy on 20th century corporations.
I would not include Omaha as one of these cities. There have been, even as recent as within the past decade, numerous neighborhoods and areas that fell on depressed, frayed times, that were gentrified to new and successful neighborhoods and entertainment districts. As far as food, Omaha has one of the best and most diverse food scenes in the 1 to 1.5 million metro population weight class.
As an example- See this article from several months back from Food & Wine Magazine:
I'm walking around Eugene, OR right now and kinda feel like I'm in 2005, just a "hippie" feeling liberal city that hasn't grown as much recently.
Eugene is kind of an odd place however, Eugene has grown steadily for many decades. The city itself is over 170K up from 135K in 2000. The county is almost 400K. It has almost doubled since 1970.
But Eugene's downtown never seems to change much. It's always been understated and dare I say kind of dated and tacky. They put in a pretty extensive pedestrian mall down there in the 1970s/1980s right after Boulder, Co did theirs... but it didn't take. It about killed downtown. They ripped it back out but downtown just hasn't really been fixed up all that much.
One funny thing about Eugene though. I don't think I've ever been downtown when somebody wasn't openly smoking pot on the streets. So they do have the aroma of MJ to sell down there.
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