Most "European" American City?
Mar 16th, 2002, 01:43 PM
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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.).
Mar 16th, 2002, 02:17 PM
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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.
Mar 16th, 2002, 02:26 PM
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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.
Mar 16th, 2002, 06:16 PM
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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 café on Connecticut Avenue just doesn't match sitting at a real European café. 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.
Mar 16th, 2002, 08:03 PM
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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?
Mar 16th, 2002, 08:19 PM
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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...???
