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The northeast is a very small region thats 402 miles long from Elkton, Maryland to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Basically from greater Philly to greater Boston and all the places in between. No option listed is like Philly, New York, and Boston the original and only northeast trio for smaller northeastern cities there is Springfield, Providence, Dover, and Hartford
The northeast is a very small region thats 402 miles long from Elkton, Maryland to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Basically from greater Philly to greater Boston and all the places in between. No option listed is like Philly, New York, and Boston the original and only northeast trio for smaller northeastern cities there is Springfield, Providence, Dover, and Hartford
People on this site have made comparisons of Cleveland or other great lakes cities to northeastern cities such as Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse.
I'd say they share some architecture.
Originally Cincinnati, but times have changed so much that it just architecturally has the resemblance. Maybe St. Louis or Chicago then, but neither are particularly close. There's probably some small city that fits the bill best (in terms of being like a small eastern seaboard city)
I've been to all five of these cities. After growing up, being educated and working on the east coast into my late 20s, I moved to KC for year. That year, we took a weekend trip to St Louis and I noticed a distinct east coast feel. It's a matter of degree - it is definitely mid-west and does not feel fully "eastern," but in comparison with the other four, St Louis is the choice with the closest resemblance to an east coast city in my estimation.
being from philadelphia, i will say unequivocally st. louis. it demonstrates deep rooted influence of baltimore and philadelphia, due in large part to early trade routes. many may say chicago, just because of its bustle and diversity, but those are really just characteristics of a very large city and not necessarily eastern. chicago developed in a more midwestern, prairie style that is quintessentially midwestern, while st. louis has an older, less deliberate layout. st. louis is older than the united states, and grew up with the large cities of the eastern seaboard. it is most definitely has the most eastern atmosphere of any midwest city.
cleveland may be the most eastern geographically, but the prevalence of driveways and frame housing makes it almost the anti-eastern city in many ways.
History: I would say that Cincinnati and St. Louis because as stated before both are old cities whose economies were tied with the East Coast. Cincinnati 1788, and St. Louis 1764
Urban Layout: Cincinnati and St. Louis with their 19th century grid patterns and the architecture of the two cities resemble more of the East Coast cities
Demeanor of the people: I would go with Cleveland since they are geographically closer to the East Coast and have a slightly more "East Coast Demeanor" about them
General Feel: Chicago, but only because it has the city population to sustain a very vibrant core.
Cuisine: Every major city in the present day has very similar cuisine to each other. All have high end restuarants, ethnic restuarants, etc.
Overall: None of the major Midwest cities feel East Coast just some have certain East Coast qualities to them.
It's Cincinnati. The city's architecture, history, density and neighborhoods are the closest match to the NE. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh could be twins; there are a lot of similarities with Baltimore also.
St. Louis would be my second pick, then Cleveland - but for different reasons. St. Louis for its architecture and historical ties, Cleveland for its proximity and cuisine.
There's a problem with this question -- what do we mean by "Northeastern?" Do we mean New England, in which case the answer is clearly Cleveland, or do we mean Mid-Atlantic, in which case it could be Cincinnati?
I would say in terms of urban neighborhoods, I would say Cincinnati, with St. Louis a somewhat close second hands down feel most like east coast cities, with their rowhouses with not a strip of grass between the door and the sidewalk, the narrow streets, and cornershops/cafes/bars. Over-the Rhine for example really is the closest thing architecturally/structurally to NYC neighborhoods like Greenwich Village or Harlem. Many other neighborhoods like Clifton Hts/Corryville, etc. look like Brooklyn.
In terms of the general area, I would say Cleveland. Cleveland, as well as the triangle between there, Pittsburgh, and Buffalo all have that midwest-east coast transition. The Cleveland area was part of Connecticuts western reserve, and many of the communities especially in the east suburbs have a New Englandy feel more than anywhere else in the urban-suburban midwest. Plus Italian-Americans make up a larger % of the population there than anywhere else in the midwest, just like the east coast.
Chicago certainly has the size, cultural amenities, and cosmopolitan environment like the east coast cities, yet I don't think it feels east coast. Chicagos sister city is hands down Toronto. Architecturally both cities have in common residential areas that are a bit more one extreme or the other: Either high rises/huge apartment buildings, or what might be considered "houses" with a very small yard on the east coast or Europe, but function as two flat apartment condos. Both lack the rowhouses and narrow streets of the east coast + Cincy/STL. Chicago is very culturally diverse, but its native born ethnic white population is much more heavy on the German-American and Polish/Slavic americans that clearly outnumber the Italian Americans and Jewish Americans as it is elsewhere in the urban-suburban midwest. On the east coast its the opposite.
The northeast is a very small region thats 402 miles long from Elkton, Maryland to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Basically from greater Philly to greater Boston and all the places in between. No option listed is like Philly, New York, and Boston the original and only northeast trio for smaller northeastern cities there is Springfield, Providence, Dover, and Hartford
It's not like Maine is the North east, despite being North, and east of that entire Region.
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