What other US city reminds you most of your city?

[ROCguy]

While all of the cities in our great nation have their own qualities that make them unique, there are just as many similarities between many of them. What other US city, of the same general size, reminds you most of your city, in culture, surroundings, people, etc.?

[ROCguy]

OK I'll start myself lol. I think that Akron, Ohio is the most similar city to Rochester, NY. They are of similar size, and have similar suburban-city relations. Both have very affluent suburbs that are ranked some of the best places to live and raise a family, and cities of the total opposite. Rochester is more significant historicaly, and became a big city way before Akron did (Rochester's population was over 200,000 in 1910, Akron's was 70,000) but they are now about both equal in population (About 210,000-215,000). They are also both, though not very well off economicaly by a nationaly scale, fairing much better than cities near them (ie. Cleveland for Akron, and Buffalo for Rochester, although both of those cities are starting to turn around as well) eventhough the respective cities are more well known than their smaller counterparts. They are both on North flowing Rivers, Akron is pretty close to Lake Erie, and Rochester is right on Lake Ontario. They seem very similar to me.

[Steely Dan]

chicago is hard because there aren't any other U.S. of its relative size that remind me of it. i guess maybe NYC, but NYC is really its own animal in so many ways and NYC and chicago aren't even close to being the same size. next in size is LA and that's no good for chicago. then there's the bay area? no. philly? not really. d.c.? uh-uh. boston? again, no. houston? dallas? atlanta? etc.? no way.

so, if we're allowed to ditch the size thing, then i'll go ahead and say milwaukee most reminds me of chicago.

[ROCguy]

Yeah, I guess the size thing doesn't work for all cities.

[JivecitySTL]

I think of St. Louis when I'm in Baltimore and Cincinnati.

[Wu-Gambino]

Columbus. Downtown Denver and Minneapolis as well.

[ROCguy]

Cincy makes enough sense being a midestern city on a major river and all.. but I gotta ask, what is it about Baltimore that reminds you at all of St. Louis?

[Azn_chi_boi]

Also for Chicago, Cleveland too...

[JivecitySTL]

Originally Posted by ROCguy

Cincy makes enough sense being a midestern city on a major river and all.. but I gotta ask, what is it about Baltimore that reminds you at all of St. Louis?

Baltimore and St. Louis are very similar in many ways. Both are about the same size, both are cities of dense brick neighborhoods, both have a very quirky flavor, both have a northern/southern identity crisis. Baltimore is in a much better location though.

[louisville playa]

Louisville and Memphis both are Southern river cities with a deep history. Both half there fair share of shotgun houses and Victorian stlye homes.
Both have their regional specialties Louisville (fried Chicken) Memphis (BBQ).
Both cities have a majority Southern Baptist population (just like most other Southern cities).
Most of both cities residence have a Southern drawl.
Both have very urban city cores (for Southern cities).
Both have a popular downtown street Beale Street and 4th street live.
Both have major annaual festivals Kentucky Derby and Memphis in May.

[ironchapman]

For Atlanta:

Chicago
Cleveland

[ROCguy]

Originally Posted by JivecitySTL

Baltimore and St. Louis are very similar in many ways. Both are about the same size, both are cities of dense brick neighborhoods, both have a very quirky flavor, both have a northern/southern identity crisis. Baltimore is in a much better location though.

Good points

[SDfan]

San Diego - Portland

Underrated west coast cities.

Pheonix - Las Vegas

Sprawl, thats it.

[SRG]

Fort Worth and Oklahoma City are the perfect twins of each other.

The other city that always reminded me a lot of Oklahoma City, but MUCH smaller, is Omaha. Fairly nice cities, all of them.

[The anti-cheesehead]

I'm not sure about Minneapolis. I've only been to Chicago, Cincy, and Cleveland in the midwest, and out of those, it probably looks the most like Chicago and even then, the only thing really similar is the look of some of the neighborhoods. There are some neighborhoods in Chicago that you wouldn't find anywhere in Minneapolis and could pass for NYC. I've never been, but I've seen pictures of Milwaukee, and a lot of them look like Minneapolis.

Out east, I've seen every city from Boston to DC, and they all seem similar to me.

Out west, I've seen San Diego, LA, and San Fran. San Diego is a smaller, more conservative version of LA. San Fran is totally unique, I can't think of another city that's like it.

[Expat]

St. Louis & Baltimore

Besides the reasons Jive mentioned, they have the same city/county thing. Also the Orioles and the Cardinals are birds.

[ReddAlert]

Milwaukee always felt like a smaller Chicago. Just looking at both cities on a map shows how similar they are laid out. Lakefront condos, dense riverfronts with skyscrapers, huge public lakefront parks, and some of the streets....Chicagos are just more grand, huge, and iconic.

Others are K.C., Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Indy, and Buffalo.

[Eddy Gordo]

Similar cities to Mobile. hmmmmm

From a historical point of the view and life style: New Orleans(rich history in Mardi Gras, but Mobile had it first)

population wise: maybe Jackson, MS or Des Moines.

things to do: more like Charleston, SC or Pensacola(without beaches)

[dave8721]

Miami - No one city in the US is anything like Miami (many in Brazil are) but I guess you could look at it as a combination of the following cities:

-San Diego - lots of Residential highrises downtown, tropical latin feel.
-Chicago - lots of Residential highrises downtown, density hugs the coast of large body of water, river through downtown, highrises extend mostly north from downtown along water rather than south...
-Honolulu - Tropical vacation spot, lots of hotels and residential highrises.
-Los Angeles - Multiple urban centers and uniform high density over an extended area.
-Sf/Oakland/SJ - Three large cities in one Metro (Miami/Ft.Lauderdale/West Palm)

[cwilson758]

For Indianapolis, I would say Columbus, Denver, and Tampa.