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Originally Posted by saffronleaf
I feel like the bolded comparisons make little sense.
Not that I can come up with better comparables.
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The Toronto and Edmonton comparables makes fairly decent sense.
I have heard people from Edmonton describe Edmonton as comparable to Portland Oregon, but I don't see it at all outside of Strathcona (neighbourhood to the south of downtown). Kansas City might be a better match, considering the number of festivals and burgeoning urbanization, and also much less offensive than Houston.
Toronto's only analog in the United States would be Chicago. The next remotely comparable would be Philadelphia.
You are right, though. Ottawa and Washington are nothing alike. However, I don't know if there is a single analog for Ottawa in the United States. Best I can think of is Richmond Virginia; grand historic architecture, relatively urbanized/dense for its size and location, relatively stunted skyline, lots of government stuff (Virginia has nearly 9 million people).
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