Cities that are most like St. Louis (Kansas City, Cape Girardeau: moving, bars)

[stlouisan]

Originally Posted by jonathancalderon71

cincinnati hands down. It was eerie when i went to stl over the summer then came back. They even drive like cincinnatians!

Yep...this is true. Having known many people from cincinnati, they swear St. Louis is a carbon copy, although I would say Cincinnati is a bit more influenced by the south than St. Louis. Many from Cleveland actually feel St. Louis is a carbon copy of their city apart from the winters and summers.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by stlouisan

Culturally, religiously, politically, and in terms of speech patterns, the two cities are polar opposites. Louisville is very much a Southern city with Midwestern influences...St. Louis is the exact opposite. Neither city played that large a role in the Civil War so much as the states they resided in, both of which again like the cities are now opposites of each other. The rest of the similarites you point out are pretty generic. With the weather, the seasons I agree are fairly similar, but Cincinnati's winters are more like St. Louis' than Louisville. Louisville generally doesn't get as much snow as St. Louis, nor quite as cold in the winter. Louisville is a booming city of the New South...St. Louis is a manufacturing Rust Belt city that is still attempting to recover from massive decline. The baseball connection is pretty generic as well..other than the Cards having a minor league team there. As far as fireworks displays on rivers...that kind of comes with the territory. And again, many cities are situated on rivers across from other states...Omaha, Cincinnnati, Kansas City, Wheeling, etc. Kshe95 is right....there are more similarities than differences. I felt like I was on another planet in Louisville...their way of life and demeanor is just not like St. Louis. It's Southern, and very much like Nashville and Richmond. St. Louis is more like Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cleveland, Indy, and Detroit. Even Kansas City, Minneapolis Omaha are more similar as far as culture and way of life are concerned.

Not to mention the food culture is completely different.
No similarities at all.
What the locals cook and eat in their own homes in Louisville is much more Southern influenced than anything I have ever seen and eaten in STL.

[LilMikey]

I would agree with Cincy... unfortunately they've taken better advantage of their downtown with a usable waterway and that great museum/theater/landing/dining area.

[stlouisan]

Originally Posted by LilMikey

I would agree with Cincy... unfortunately they've taken better advantage of their downtown with a usable waterway and that great museum/theater/landing/dining area.

No argument there. Their skyline puts our's to shame. St. Louis needs to break with the tradition of not building higher than the Arch, or find a way to do it without ruining our skyline. As big a city as we are, we are just aching for a 1000 foot tall building. I think Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest.

[stlouisan]

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

Not to mention the food culture is completely different.
No similarities at all.
What the locals cook and eat in their own homes in Louisville is much more Southern influenced than anything I have ever seen and eaten in STL.

Agreed. It's night and day.

[PacificWest]

Originally Posted by stlouisan

No argument there. Their skyline puts our's to shame. St. Louis needs to break with the tradition of not building higher than the Arch, or find a way to do it without ruining our skyline. As big a city as we are, we are just aching for a 1000 foot tall building. I think Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest.

You must haven't travel that much, just in the Midwest alone, you said "Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest."

Have you ever heard of a city in the Midwest call Chicago? Maybe you should visit Chi-Town, then later come back here & post the most impressive downtowns in the the Midwest.

You might find it not only the most impressive in the Midwest, but the Country for that matter.

[kshe95girl]

Originally Posted by PacificWest

You must haven't travel that much, just in the Midwest alone, you said "Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest."

Have you ever heard of a city in the Midwest call Chicago? Maybe you should visit Chi-Town, then later come back here & post the most impressive downtowns in the the Midwest.

You might find it not only the most impressive in the Midwest, but the Country for that matter.

Um....helloooooooooooooo.............this thread is about cities most like STL.
Everyone knows STL and Chicago arent in the same league, at least as skylines go.
You did know that, right?

[aragx6]

Originally Posted by PacificWest

You must haven't travel that much, just in the Midwest alone, you said "Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest."

Have you ever heard of a city in the Midwest call Chicago? Maybe you should visit Chi-Town, then later come back here & post the most impressive downtowns in the the Midwest.

You might find it not only the most impressive in the Midwest, but the Country for that matter.

I would think "among the" is the key phrase in that sentence.

[DinsdalePirahna]

Originally Posted by stlouisan

No argument there. Their skyline puts our's to shame. St. Louis needs to break with the tradition of not building higher than the Arch, or find a way to do it without ruining our skyline. As big a city as we are, we are just aching for a 1000 foot tall building. I think Cincy may have among the most impressive downtowns in the Midwest.

You do not need tall buildings to create a nice skyline. You need unity. The StL skyline is disjointed, with many gaps and "sore thumb" buildings.
The arch should stand out and be the tallest building.

[stlouisan]

Originally Posted by DinsdalePirahna

You do not need tall buildings to create a nice skyline. You need unity. The StL skyline is disjointed, with many gaps and "sore thumb" buildings.
The arch should stand out and be the tallest building.

I'm not even going to respond except to say that that is a matter of opinion...no one person can express as a fact what the best St. Louis skyline would be. The Arch isn't even technically a building. It's a monument.