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07-30-2008, 11:23 PM Haver Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 432 posts, read times Reputation: 192 What world city is your city most similar to? I've had to describe my hometown of Minneapolis to some Europeans recently and finally fell into saying "well it's a bit like Frankfurt with Berlin's art scene, but half the size and friendlier and colder" - I don't know how accurate that is but that's as close as I could come and they seemed satisfied (and if I'm off base, please tell me what Minneapolis is really similar to). Its sister city St. Paul seems sort of like Cologne, pretty but sleepy.
I also think Washington D.C. is like a 3rd world city - one of those old colonial showpieces that have deteriorated since decolonization. I guess in a very real sense D.C. is a colonial possession :P | |
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