^ milwaukee is a chicago that didn't burn to the ground in the late 19th century and never became the railroad center of the nation.
lovely public lakefronts and super-cool narrow urban rivers that run directly through and bisect (or trisect) their respective downtowns.
they are one of the best big brother/little brother city pairs in the country.
though the urban cheeseheads up the road do enjoy a bit more of a varied topography with their lakefront bluffs/ravines and actual river valleys.
same city, different scales:
source: me &
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