After much thought here are North American cities grouped together the most appropriately.
Grouping variables include vernacular architecture and urban layout as well as some intangibles.
Miami/Dallas/Phoenix - very master planned cities (by suburban developers)
Houston -unique
Montreal/new Orleans/Baltimore/Philadelphia - centralized cities with rowhouses
Toronto/Detroit/Los Angeles - early auto era sprawl , although Toronto core architecture somewhat unique
Cleveland/buffalo/Windsor -Great Lakes wood frame industrial cities
Chicago and Milwaukee - unique combo
Cincinnati/st Louis/Louisville/Memphis - brick river cities
Pittsburgh/Birmingham al - hilly brick industrial cities
Washington DC /Richmond - mid Atlantic rowhouses
Vancouver/Seattle/San Francisco/Boston/Providence/Portland me - multi nodal cities around a body of water
Atlanta/Charlotte/Raleigh/Chattanooga/Huntsville/Greenville/Columbia -new south type
Calgary/Denver/salt lake city/Tulsa/okc/Minneapolis/Columbus/Indianapolis/Omaha/Sacramento/Kansas City/des moines/Wichita/Winnipeg/Jacksonville/Portland or - the greater Midwest
Nashville/Austin/San Antonio - greater Midwest with southern influences
New York - unique
Quebec City - unique
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Last edited by dc_denizen; Aug 22, 2019 at 2:33 AM.
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