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 Message 9 of 12
08 March 2012 at 7:03am | IP Logged 
The German expression for it is "Partnerstädte" (= partner cities or towns) and the French expression is "villes jumelées" (= connected cities or towns).

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 Message 10 of 12
08 March 2012 at 8:02am | IP Logged 
I've always thought of the whole "Sister City" concept, not so much as a cultural exchange, but rather as a sort of kinship... in other words the paired cities have a similar "vibe", so to speak. "Vibe" probably isn't the right word, but given the cultural differences between cities and countries, it's about as close as I can get.

Obviously, I've not been to every city on Chicago's list, but cities like Mexico City, Milan and Warsaw definitely seem well-paired to me.

Similarly, I've only been to one of Duluth's sister cities - Thunder Bay, and that also seems aptly paired.

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 Message 11 of 12
08 March 2012 at 8:42am | IP Logged 
Fasulye wrote:
The German expression for it is "Partnerstädte" (= partner cities or towns) and the French expression is "villes jumelées" (= connected cities or towns).

"Jumelle" is the French word for "twin", so it seems like a literal translation of "twin towns" (or the other way around).
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 Message 12 of 12
09 March 2012 at 1:38am | IP Logged 
hrhenry wrote:
I've always thought of the whole "Sister City" concept, not so much as a cultural exchange, but rather as a sort of kinship... in other words the paired cities have a similar "vibe", so to speak. "Vibe" probably isn't the right word, but given the cultural differences between cities and countries, it's about as close as I can get.

Obviously, I've not been to every city on Chicago's list, but cities like Mexico City, Milan and Warsaw definitely seem well-paired to me.

Similarly, I've only been to one of Duluth's sister cities - Thunder Bay, and that also seems aptly paired.

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I think this is probably accurate. The sister cities of the two towns near me that have them are closer to "sister ski resorts." I don't think there's any cultural exchange. If there is it almost certainly involves skiing.


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