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I think you should have added some east coast U.S. cities, like Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Maybe even Charleston and Savannah. Also, San Juan, Puerto Rico and more Latin American cities as well. The comparison would have been nice.
I guess Washington and Philadelphia won't feel European to Europeans for the simple fact that European cities don't have many black people, who however are omnipresent in those US cities.
I guess Washington and Philadelphia won't feel European to Europeans for the simple fact that European cities don't have many black people, who however are omnipresent in those US cities.
Washington has been going through a process called gentrification for the last 15 years or so - whereby wealthier people are moving back into the city. It's a popular destination for Europeans, from what I can tell. Just about every kind of European architecture can be seen in the city. (It's still very much American of course.) Anyway, I live here so I may be biased. :-)
Washington has been going through a process called gentrification for the last 15 years or so - whereby wealthier people are moving back into the city. It's a popular destination for Europeans, from what I can tell. Just about every kind of European architecture can be seen in the city. It's still very much American of course. But anyway, I live here so I may be biased. :-)
Still, I don't think Europeans go there because they consider it a "European place". After all, they flock to L.A., too
I am talking about cities that when you visit that you would easily think that you are in Europe.
I didn't put Boston, Philly, or DC because they feel very American to me. While their density and infrastructure are more European than your average American city, they have a more distinct American feel to them. Their culture, the type of people that live there, the food, music, there just isn't a European feel to it. DC is very American, a city that really only formed and came to exist after the union was informed, not really effected by any countries in Europe when it was built, except when the GB burned it down. While it's physical density is that of a European city, you don't feel like you are in Europe.
One might ask, why New Orleans? New Orleans has such a mish mash of Spanish, French and English culture in it's past put together with it's very own distinct culture. The food is even a mish mash of French and Spanish food in origin.
There is no point in including San Juan Puerto Rico, because almost any Latin American country has colonial European parts to them. Quito, Lima, Havana, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Bogota, Cartegena, the list can go on and on. They have colonial parts to them that have a European flavor, but the cities overall really aren't European. Old San Juan looks European but outside of that there is nothing European about San Juan AT ALL. IN that regard I would say Boston feels more European than San Juan.
With Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Quebec City and to a certain extent Montreal, have almost their entire city as being colonial or heavily European influenced.
I guess Washington and Philadelphia won't feel European to Europeans for the simple fact that European cities don't have many black people, who however are omnipresent in those US cities.
Paris, Marseille, London, Toulouse, Brussells, Amsterdam, Manchester, Rotterdam, Birmingham, Liverpool etc have plenty of black residents.
I guess Washington and Philadelphia won't feel European to Europeans for the simple fact that European cities don't have many black people, who however are omnipresent in those US cities.
I disagree as cities such as London, Paris, Rotterdam have many many black people. An estimated 10% of the people in London are black. Paris does not have data regarding people regarding race. Anyway have you seen the French football side? Most of the players are black.
In addition countries that have large number of black people now are Spain, Portugal and Italy.
I disagree as cities such as London, Paris, Rotterdam have many many black people. An estimated 10% of the people in London are black. Paris does not have data regarding people regarding race. Anyway have you seen the French football side? Most of the players are black.
In addition countries that have large number of black people now are Spain, Portugal and Italy.
Soccer teams are not a good indicator. Here in Portugal for instance there are countless black, especially Brazilian players on soccer teams, but that is just not reflected in the general population. It's just en vogue to have black players, just like it is en vogue for companies to employ East Asian researchers.
When I traveled through Britain I got the impression that there are far more South Asians than blacks.
There are hardly any blacks (although more and more year by year) here in Dundee but we do have a large Asian community, 3rd most in Scotland.
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