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Originally Posted by Double L
Hell, I don’t think there’s any city in the world that can live up to Chicago and NYC outside of Asia.
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If you're talking skyscrapers maybe, but as far as "feel" (as I would define it: lively street life, dense mix of residential/office/retail structures, busy commercial districts, etc), Chicago isn't that unique in the US let alone the world. San Francisco, DC, Boston, Philly immediately come to mind in the US. Then of course Toronto, and although I've never been to Vancouver or Montreal I get the sense they also scratch the itch. In Europe the list is even longer: London (which feels NYC level), Paris, Madrid, Berlin, Milan, Munich, etc.. I've never been to South America so can't speak on some of their big cities like Sao Paolo or Buenos Aires.
These are all cities you can easily get lost in without leaving a dense or relatively dense built environment, which I think is the underpinning of a "big city feel".