Most "European" American City?
 

Let's just say you can't go to Europe but you can go anywhere in the US. What city would you choose as being the most "European?" And how to define "European?" Up to you...

New Orleans.<BR><BR>or Miami.<BR><BR>Best wishes,<BR><BR>Rex<BR>

Good question!<BR><BR>To me NO seems like the most French-Canadian American city, and Miami seems like the most Cuban/Hispanic. I can't even think of anything that IS European about Miami (though I've only been there once and might have overlooked somehting).<BR><BR>To me, the most European US city is Boston -- walkable, old architecture carefully preserved, and a sense of history everywhere but with a modern overlay (boutiques, trendy restaurants etc.).

Cincinnati, no doubt about it.

Well this may seem like a strange answer but I would say Los Angeles. Especially the Malibu area - VERY Mediterranean. And the Hollywood Hills, lots of narrow winding streets and housing built up into the hillsides. Architecturally, of course, there are several thousand years of differences.<BR><BR>Washington, DC reminds me of a western European city also, I think because of the "city planning" and some of the more monumental architecture.

I used to think San Francisco was very European.But haven't been there in a long time so things may have changed.

LOL, this thread is starting to remind me of the old tale of the blind men and the elephant -- One grabbed the elephant's tail and said, "The elephant is like a rope." One grabbed his leg, and said "The elephant is like a tree." The one who found his side said, "The elephant is like a wall." Etc., etc.

Um, ok.

Quebec is the (North) American city with the strongest feel of Europe.<BR><BR>Limited to the USA, I would say it's a toss-up between SF and Boston.

In terms of classic, stately buildings; density of housing; international character and diversity -- even a little different kind of street layout -- there are times when Washington DC gives me a little of that "European feeling".

Well, DC was designed by Pierre L'Enfant, so there's some truth in the fact that it has a European feel to it. But I live just outside DC and I must say that I rarely catch that European feel when I drive into the city. Sitting at a caf&eacute; on Connecticut Avenue just doesn't match sitting at a real European caf&eacute;. OK, if I focus on the architecture on Mass. Ave., maybe, but still.....The overall picture, with the bridges over the Potomac and the wide avenues and the big parks with statues does begin to give a bit of a European feel, but I really don't think there's a city in the US that compares.

Savannah, GA; Charleston, SC; New Orleans; Santa Fe; District of Columbia; sections of Pittsburgh.

SF is pretty European...Miami doesn't have any physical attributes that make it European (One street, Espanola Way in South Beach) But the people makke it(Not only Cuban). How about NYC? Tulsa Oklahoma is my dark-horse.

Newport Rhode Island. Houses from the 1600's, tall ships, mansions, great restaurants, cobblestones, theater, walk to everything, cafes, bakeries, active fishing fleet, jazz festival, folk festival. Day trip to Boston, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard. Train to NY. Wish you were here?

I think that the OP's question about how to define European is really important here, as Florence isn't like Paris or Copenhagen or Luzern or even Rome, and Paris isn't like London or Lisbon or whatever. What are the attributes that you would consider make a city "European"? Architecture, layout, sidewalk cafes, people walking instead of driving...???

Montreal - not sure now if that fits "American"; Boston

1)Quebec city<BR>2)Montreal<BR>3)Boston

Boston<BR><BR>The parks, the residential areas of the Back Bay (Commonwealth Ave., Marlborough St.,etc.) Beacon Hill, outdoor cafes and shopping on Newbury St. FABULOUS city for both young and "old".

San Juan, P.R.

Philadelphia<BR>