I have always thought that Detroit, Denver, Portland and LA are cities that have similar urban DNA to Minneapolis but all in different ways. Detroit and Minneapolis were very similar in urban form and architecture in the first half of the 20th century and then went in radically different directions after WWII.
If you are going to compare LA to a Midwestern city Minneapolis probably works as well as Detroit. LA and the Twin Cities are both multi-nodal metros with downtowns that are large but not culturally dominant. They are both products of prewar 20th century booms and are full of relatively dense streetcar suburbia, there are miles of bungalows and craftsman houses in both. The freeways are laid out in grids rather than the hub and spokes of most metros. The chain of lakes is the Minneapolis analog to the Pacific beaches. Both are relatively walkable for 20th century cities but are full of people who drive. Both have lots of stucco. The older parts of LA really give the impression that it started out as a Midwestern city on the Pacific and only became the modern LA after WWII. The main differences between LA, Minneapolis and Detroit seem to be their arcs after WWII - LA went on to become a megacity that was heavily influenced by Latin America, Minneapolis remained a healthy mid sized metro while Detroit boomed hard and then crashed.
Lake Street is the main east/west commercial street in south Minneapolis, here are a few different sections of it:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9484...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9483...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9483...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9483...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9483...7i13312!8i6656
Some residential sections of south Minneapolis, this part reminds me of some of the parts of Detroit that are mostly gone now:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9444...7i13312!8i6656
Prairie School for yuppies:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9568...7i13312!8i6656
More Prairie School and bungalows:
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9384...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9290...7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.9281...7i13312!8i6656