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As an American, I can tell you that (with the exception of a few) all of our cities look the same. Put a cluster of skyscrapers/high-rises in the center with a highly congested interstate freeway passing right by downtown. Plus little to no public transportation.
lol literally insane, actually insane, saying Cedar Rapids, and Tulsa look the exact same is the equivalent of saying of saying Paris and Istanbul look the same because they are both very high-density cities with lots of 4-6 story apartment blocks lmao.
I can see something like Amarillo and Lubbock being nearly the same, but even within individual states, cities look completely different. Kansas City and St Louis for example, both of similar size, both cores peaked before World war 2, same state, completely different styles, especially residentially.
lol literally insane, actually insane, saying Cedar Rapids, and Tulsa look the exact same is the equivalent of saying of saying Paris and Istanbul look the same because they are both very high-density cities with lots of 4-6 story apartment blocks lmao.
I can see something like Amarillo and Lubbock being nearly the same, but even within individual states, cities look completely different. Kansas City and St Louis for example, both of similar size, both cores peaked before World war 2, same state, completely different styles, especially residentially.
Yep. There's even a CD thread where we all identify a city by its skyline.
Just a bunch of concrete sky scrapers in the city centre does not make a city for me. Great cities have their individual characteristics that develop over time. It's almost like all the cities use the same template.
American cities with their own identities are Miami, San Francisco and San Diego. These are the iconic cities of the USA which are held proudly. There's no mistaking these cities for any other city. I strongly recommend visiting these three
American cities with their own identities are Miami, San Francisco and San Diego. These are the iconic cities of the USA which are held proudly. There's no mistaking these cities for any other city. I strongly recommend visiting these three
Los Angeles is a worthwhile city also.
Hmm there are parts of Miami that I think could quite easily pass for Houston and certainly Cenntral Florida cities like Orlando and Tampa. Ocean Drive is one of a kind for sure, but we know all of the city doesn't look like that
im kinda glad all the cities look the same. i cant stand cities with weird buildings all over. i was just looking at some pics of other cities, crazy stuff.
i think the cities look the same and the suburbs look different.
all us downtowns are on a grid and suburbs are almost always going all over the place and go with the land (if its hilly)
Most US downtowns are on a grid because most of the country was surveyed on one, starting with the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that established township and range lines just about everywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains. Some grids bend to adjust to natural features such as rivers (Detroit) or river bends (New Orleans, St. Louis), and some are interlaced with radial streets (Detroit, Washington) or boulevards or parkways that follow the terrain (Kansas City, Louisville), and many combine both features.
Even the cities Deerhound held up as iconic are gridded. And if you look at the maps of all of these, you should find that their suburbs don't "go all over the place," for usually the same grid used to lay out the core city extends well into its hinterlands. That's definitely true for just about every city west of the Mississippi and all those in the former Northwest Territory (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin), too.
The downtowns of the cities in the six New England states and New York City are exceptions to this rule: New England because it was not surveyed on a grid (Philadelphia was the first US city to be so surveyed, all the way back in 1682) and New York because Lower Manhattan got built out before the 1811 Commissioners' Plan that gridded the rest of Manhattan Island was adopted.
Look at the buildings rather than the streets and you should find that bu2 has a point about which American urbanscapes look more alike and which more different. Again, the Northeast (New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey) is something of an exception to this rule because many, if not most, of their suburbs were developed along the rail and streetcar lines that spread out from the city center and thus resemble actual towns rather than some formless mismash of strip malls and tract houses.
lol literally insane, actually insane, saying Cedar Rapids, and Tulsa look the exact same is the equivalent of saying of saying Paris and Istanbul look the same because they are both very high-density cities with lots of 4-6 story apartment blocks lmao.
I can see something like Amarillo and Lubbock being nearly the same, but even within individual states, cities look completely different. Kansas City and St Louis for example, both of similar size, both cores peaked before World war 2, same state, completely different styles, especially residentially.
Downtown Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio don't look anything alike, let alone Chicago and San Francisco and Boston.
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