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Several of those, but really the answer is NYC, even though it was omitted. Odd to have left out notables such as Atlanta, Portland, New Orleans, Miami, etc.
Several of those, but really the answer is NYC, even though it was omitted. Odd to have left out notables such as Atlanta, Portland, New Orleans, Miami, etc.
Yes, it would be NYC. I think we need to define the parameters here. Is it size, urban landscape, demographics, political ideology?
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No Atlanta is 51% black and Georgia is 32% black...
but if that were the case (high minority ratio in the city compared to the state) it’d be Milwaukee, Providence, and Bridgeport.
You'll hear people from downstate complaining that it's not the "real" Illinois all the time. Honestly though, its metro has 2/3 of Illinois' total population, so it would be Chicago that sets the standard for what Illinois is in my opinion.
Yes, it would be NYC. I think we need to define the parameters here. Is it size, urban landscape, demographics, political ideology?
Metro???
Why in the world would you use metro For a question like this..Any given metro inherently has far more places that are like the rest of the state than the highly urbanized core city. City-Data
In the case of Providence the metro is virtually the entire state
Strange.
ATL posters Jeep saying that Atl is most representative of it's surroundings than anywhere else. Maybe I need more input from ATK residents cause I just don't see.
To me ATL had that southern feel just lube everywhere else in Georgia. It's just the big city while the rest of Georgia is not. But isn't that the same dynamic in every state with a big city?
Philadelphia/Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh/ Pennsylvania have a more clear difference to me than ATL and the rest of Georgia
Excluding New York City, which of the following largest US cities is the most different from the rest of the state?
Los Angeles
Chicago
Houston
Phoenix
San Antonio
San Diego
Of that list, Chicago since large swaths of Illinois are farmland minus Southern Illinois which much more like Kentucky and the Upper South than anything in the Midwest and therefore drastically different from Chicago.
I would have put El Paso instead of San Antonio and Houston on this list. Its desert landscape, relationship to Mexico and New Mexico, and true Southwestern Culture make it different from other larger cities in Texas. It shares some cultural similarities with San Antonio but are very different landscape wise and city characteristic wise.
And people thinking Atlanta is no different than the rest of Georgia based of similar ethnic percentages clearly haven’t spent enough time in the city. I’d say the further you go out of the metro the more similar it is to the rest of the state but for the most part, Atlanta isn’t similar to a Macon or Augusta or insert whatever other city is in GA.
I would also add on the other cities besides El Paso
Memphis
Louisville
Detriot
Smaller cities/places that really stand out:
Yakima, WA
Huntsville, AL
Asheville, NC
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NYC is not even the one I'd pick
The suburbs and upstate NY cities often feel like satellites of NYC
This is only true as far north as Dutchess and Putnam counties, and after that, maybe Albany due to the state government. I was a Rochester native and had family in Binghamton and neither area felt like the NYC area at all. Honestly, west of I-81 upstate has more in common with Northeast Ohio than downstate (ie South of I-84)
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Western Nassau County on Long Island, in parts, has turned into Queens lite but agree Ithaca and surrounding towns for miles, Catskills, and most of upstate NY is not remotely close to NYC.
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This is only true as far north as Dutchess and Putnam counties, and after that, maybe Albany due to the state government. I was a Rochester native and had family in Binghamton and neither area felt like the NYC area at all. Honestly, west of I-81 upstate has more in common with Northeast Ohio than downstate (ie South of I-84)
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