What foreign cities feel like you're in an American city? (live, wealthy)

[orangeapple]

Originally Posted by fruitlassie

Also, most Dutch speak perfect Americanized English.

That explains a lot....I've met a few Dutch who hardly had a detectable accent to me. I thought maybe they had lost it from living in the US...
It's funny, you think they'd speak English more like Brits, being closer to them.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by fruitlassie

In Germany, maybe Frankfurt and Heidelberg.

I agree about Frankfurt, because it's so modern...much of that has to do with the massive postwar rebuilding program.

[califantastic]

Since you are from California anywhere in Latin America should feel like a California city

But to answer your question any big city in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or UK is going to feel like US because of the language and culture.

[JMT]

Originally Posted by califantastic

Since you are from California anywhere in Latin America should feel like a California city

But to answer your question any big city in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or UK is going to feel like US because of the language and culture.

Any big city in Canada that's not in Quebec, that is.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by califantastic

Since you are from California anywhere in Latin America should feel like a California city

But to answer your question any big city in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or UK is going to feel like US because of the language and culture.

I'd say Australian, New Zealand & British cities, although sharing the same language, have very distinct cultural differences from U.S. ones. Montreal has a very distinct feel & culture too.

That's true about the Latin America-California connection though!

[Xpat]

Originally Posted by orangeapple

That explains a lot....I've met a few Dutch who hardly had a detectable accent to me. I thought maybe they had lost it from living in the US...
It's funny, you think they'd speak English more like Brits, being closer to them.

The Dutch do not dub American TV shows into their language (not economically feasible) but they do subtitle it. The result is that they learn their English pronunciation from American TV imports.

[internat]

The same goes for other small north European nations. Sweden is very anglicised.

Originally Posted by Xpat

The Dutch do not dub American TV shows into their language (not economically feasible) but they do subtitle it. The result is that they learn their English pronunciation from American TV imports.

[moving123456]

I disagree with many of the above, but I guess it depends on your perspective and what "feel" you are thinking about. I have never been walking through somewhere like Brussels, Cologne, or Helsinki and thought "wow, this reminds me of Philadelphia".

[GilaMonster]

Besides Toronto, which basically is part of the U.S. , let's see:

some suburbs of Mexico City look like they are in California or Arizona: a Wal-Mart, the same houses, the same fast food chains, the same SUVs...

some Dutch suburbs near Nimwegen looked very American, only the houses between the McDonald's and the SUVs were a bit smaller

[phoenix_talons]

Originally Posted by SEAandATL

Singapore feels like an American city, despite the large Asian population.

If by American you mean New York City and inner Los Angeles, then that's quite true. Outside of them, Singapore is nothing like any American city. It's cramped, congested and much too hectic. I know, I've lived there for two decades.