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Originally Posted by Chef
Based on photos, it looks like pre-decline Detroit is Minneapolis' closest urban analogue in terms of architecture and fabric. The cities have gone in different directions over the last 50 years but aesthetically they are cut from the same cloth. If Detroit hadn't declined it would probably be similar to today's inner south side of Minneapolis but a bit denser and going on for miles.
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or Kansas City...I often compare Detroit to Kansas City so there's something going on there. They both (KC and MPLS) are kinda-sorta river cities with an orderly grid system that boomed primarily during the apartment building/single family home streetcar era.