Atlantic Canada looks a lot like New England, and to an extent, historic or quaint seaside towns elsewhere on the Eastern Seaboard (e.g. some areas of the NJ shore).
According to an old travelogue from the 16th century, Virginia’s climate resembles that of Persia/Iran.
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Yes, but Wisconsin doesn’t always have those mass protests in the streets, you know.
Come back when they’re over then let us know.
I think not. Much of the Boomerang Coast is similar to the Southern California coast. The southern inlands are much drier than America while the northern tropics are considerably more wet. The Red Center is similar to the Mojave Desert, except for the cacti (US) and bloody red color (Oz). And everywhere it’s flat, compared to the US. I’ll take a drive across Kansas anyday over a drive across the Hay Plains or up the middle between Adelaide anmd Darwin.
Then there are the crows. Aussie crows have a definite accent compared to American crows.
The hillier parts of Connecticut and Western Mass remind me a lot of Wales.
Oh, I’ll tell you what, I thought Tuscany looked a lot like Northern California, too. Standing at the back of the Pitti Palace in Florence, looking over the hillsides all covered in vineyards, I thought this looks just like home.
But with more palaces.
I was of course referring to the drumlins and the cattle rather than the civil unrest.
Visiting San Francisco almost turned me into a pool of goo… the climate and land are similar enough to Pamplona’s that the wildflowers are the same.
Go 100km further south, to the Bardenas, and you’ll think you’re somewhere near Mesa Verde; of course Almería (on the other end of the country) as been called “Arizona”, “Texas” or “(New) Mexico” in more movies than I care to count.
We have a mix of mountains from two different geological periods: some of the old ones (mostly the hills on our northern coast, from the end of the Pyrinees to Finisterra) look similar to the Smoky Mountains, the newer ones are more Rockies-like.
Where it doesn’t have mountains, the Central Mesa (basically the two Castilles) tends toward “flat and rolling”, but the cultivars are different from those in the flat and rolling parts of the US: here it’s mostly wheat, sunflowers and very short grapevines, with some areas specializing in olive trees (often with wheat or similar cereals growing in the same field).
Have heard that two regions that very much resemble each other geographically are the Washington San Juan Islands and the Greek Aegean Islands. Have never been to the latter, so can’t say how accurate this is. However, looking on a map there does seem to be significant similarities, allthough the San Juans look to be more densly situated.
As someone who has a lot of contact with Greeks, and Italians; they claim that Northern California resembles Greece, and Southern California resembles Italy. My Greek friends say when they land in Northern California it’s like coming home, including the craggy hills of Amador County.:dubious:
There’s a reason why they named the Mediterranean Sea after California’s Mediterranean climate.
When I visited Spain’s Costa del Sol, the similarity to So.Cal was so great, it was almost eerie. Even the architecture’s somewhat similar in places.
St. Augustine, Florida looks a lot like Spain.
I’m sorry, but I think we should exclude comparisons of regions which actually border on each other.
From Archer, season 2:
Anka(?) Age of consent in Germany is 14.
Archer What is it? The Alabama of Europe?
The climate of Pamplona and San Francisco is not Mediterranean, it’s Atlantic.
San Francisco, CA? If so, that’s silly since it’s on the Pacific Coast. It most definitely has a Mediterranean climate, as does most of coastal CA up to about Mendocino or so.
Tuscany in Italy reminded me a lot of CA. A lot.
I’ve never heard that term before.
From personal experience…
Parts of South Africa feel a bit like Southern California.
Parts of central Iran feel like central Nevada.
Parts of Mauritius feel like Hawaii.
This of course is mostly about scenery and climate… ignoring language, culture, food, etc.
That would be the Western Cape - same climate (Mediterranean) and similar veg (chaparral / maquis / fynbos), great beaches, bit more laid back. Some parts are more like Central Cali, I’m told - the winelands, the Garden Route has resemblances to Big Sur…
The dry interior of South Africa (Karroo, Kalahari, Bushveld) either resembles the Southwest or the desert parts of California.
The tropical Kwazulu-Natal province would be something like a combo of Hawaii and the Gulf states…
In some ways, the South Island of NZ reminded me of the Pacific Northwest. But that is mainly in the general climate and geology. When you get to details like native plants and animals, they’re very different.