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destroycreate Aug 19, 2019 2:41 PM

What two cities do you find most similar in nearly every respect?
 
This is not intended to be a city vs. city, but rather a discussion of finding pairs of cities that share a ton in common such as:

- Layout
- Architecturally
- Climatically
- Aesthetically
- Population size

So I'll start! I'll admit, I haven't been to Calgary and haven't spent a ton of time in Denver, but having been on these forums for 18 years I've seen a ton of threads on them. I find that they have a near identical landscape/climate (with Calgary certainly getting much colder of course), very similar skyline, population, and I hear culturally they're pretty aligned (libertarian-friendly population).

https://denver.cbslocal.com/wp-conte...2/denver-2.jpg
https://denver.cbslocal.com/wp-conte...2/denver-2.jpg

https://www.terrestrialenergy.com/wp...ry-skyline.jpg
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Cirrus Aug 19, 2019 3:20 PM

Tampa & Phoenix are water/desert analogs of each other.

Also the main cities in North Carolina have a suburban DC county analog:
Charlotte::Fairfax
Raleigh::Montgomery
Greensboro:: Prince George's

202_Cyclist Aug 19, 2019 3:34 PM

Sacramento and Richmond. They are both mid-size state capitals. They are both 2 - 2 1/2 hours from larger metropolitan areas and both about two hours from appealing geographic amenities (beaches with Richmond, Napa wine country and the Sierras with Sacramento). They also both have rivers through the respective cities.

LA21st Aug 19, 2019 3:39 PM

I can see that.

jtown,man Aug 19, 2019 3:51 PM

This isn't following your exact design for this thread(sorry) but I've always thought Boston was a smaller version of London...Americanized.

Within America, I feel like Austin and Columbus have a lot in common.

Zapatan Aug 19, 2019 3:57 PM

Calgary --- Denver
Chicago --- Toronto
Los Angeles --- Mexico City

Just to name a few

suburbanite Aug 19, 2019 4:21 PM

I've always found Chicago - Toronto a somewhat lazy comparison just based on being two large cities on a lake. In terms of urban layout, transportation, and architecture I find them pretty distinct. Apart from certain areas of the financial cores which could be reasonably interchanged (even then the rivers give Chicago a different feel), I don't think there are many places you could drop a person who was decently familiar with the two and they wouldn't be able to quickly discern which city it was.

Crawford Aug 19, 2019 4:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suburbanite (Post 8662503)
I've always found Chicago - Toronto a somewhat lazy comparison just based on being two large cities on a lake.

Agreed, though I find almost all these comparisons kinda lazy/uninformed. Chicago and Toronto don't look/feel very similar.

I think it's more "well they're both big Great Lakes cities with big skylines".

pj3000 Aug 19, 2019 4:26 PM

It's even worse (and much more of a stretch) when people on here act like Miami is just like Chicago...

ocman Aug 19, 2019 4:41 PM

South Bay and Orange County are exactly the same. Sunnyvale is basically an Indian-American dominated version of Irvine.

BG918 Aug 19, 2019 4:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtown,man (Post 8662454)
This isn't following your exact design for this thread(sorry) but I've always thought Boston was a smaller version of London...Americanized.

Within America, I feel like Austin and Columbus have a lot in common.

Austin and Nashville seems to be a popular comparison as well.

A few others:
Birmingham - Pittsburgh (forested hills and steel/industrial heritage)

Tulsa - Omaha (river cities with downtown on one side of the city and the majority of the suburban growth on the opposite side)

Oklahoma City - Fort Worth (sprawling plains cities with a central walkable and rapidly redeveloping downtown core)

JAYNYC Aug 19, 2019 4:46 PM

So it's okay for you to say this:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crawford (Post 8662510)
Chicago and Toronto don't look/feel very similar.

But when I say the same with regards to New York City and Philadelphia, you go off the edge.

Buckeye Native 001 Aug 19, 2019 4:46 PM

Cincinnati-Pittsburgh

Crawford Aug 19, 2019 4:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ocman (Post 8662534)
South Bay and Orange County are exactly the same. Sunnyvale is basically an Indian-American dominated version of Irvine.

OC is a lot whiter, beachier and more conservative, and the ethnic mix is somewhat different. And obviously the repsective economic bases are totally different.

JAYNYC Aug 19, 2019 4:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BG918 (Post 8662538)
Austin and Nashville seems to be a popular comparison as well.

:rolleyes:

There's a huge difference between "POPULAR" and "ACCURATE"

hauntedheadnc Aug 19, 2019 5:05 PM

It's not really that Asheville is the Portland of the east so much as it is that Portland is the Asheville of the west.

Crunchy hippie granola? Check

Very liberal? Check

Almost entirely white? Check

Mountainous terrain covered from top to bottom with trees? Check

Were-possums? Check

ozone Aug 19, 2019 5:08 PM

These comparisons are dumb. They’re based on people’s limited knowledge and of two cities they perceive kind of look similar or have some commonalities. Some of these cities are quite different in character if you get beyond the superficial similarities.

pj3000 Aug 19, 2019 5:14 PM

I always love the Pittsburgh-Birmingham forced comparison as well.

the urban politician Aug 19, 2019 5:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAYNYC (Post 8662546)
So it's okay for you to say this:



But when I say the same with regards to New York City and Philadelphia, you go off the edge.

That's because NYC and Philly differ immensely in many ways, not the least of which being shear size

James Bond Agent 007 Aug 19, 2019 5:25 PM

Bergenfield & Teaneck


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