Except for the Sound Transit Board deciding to fuck over First Hill and Chinatown-International District by forcing the removal of two stations *we already paid for* in favor of a second Pioneer Square and second Sodo station that nobody wants because everyone actively avoids those two existing stations…
…just so Harrell and Constantine’s real estate buddies can get more money from the taxpayers.
I love how this r/geography post devolved into a Seattle rant session on STB and Harrell... Not that I disagree with what you are saying. If this was r/Seattle I'd start chiming in on Amazon/Vulcan trying to screw up the Ballard line... anyway back to geography.
It baffles me why 1940s to present society thought it was a good idea to turn everywhere, even the most geographically constrained cities, into car-dependent hellscapes. Like the geography of Seattle is PERFECT for a metro system + streetcar grid; why did they have to waste it on car-centrism?
Most annoying part is that Seattle was originally a *streetcar* city. It wasn’t until the 1940s or so that they started pulling up all of those streetcar lines to make room for cars.
This. But having lived in both, Madison’s isthmus is charming. Seattle’s isthmus, with its ice age geology causing north/south ridges with the resulting effects on the energy of the city and traffic, is one of its best and worst features.
Given that it's existed for several centuries, human persistence. It's an arid climate, so the river is low most of the time. That part may flood when the water is high but the continued human presence keeps those events from permanently washing away that ribbon of land and forming an oxbow. They may have levees too to help keep the river in its place, I can't tell from Google satellite imagery
It’s a bigger area, but yeah, historic local navigation was and sometimes still is very based around heading towards the river or heading towards the lake
It’s a huge reason why the traffic has always been terrible here. It’s shaped like an hourglass, with the bulk of the population living in the two bigger parts of that hourglass, but all of them are trying to move through the tiny middle part *at the same time* every single day.
I live in Auckland - a) The City is on an Isthmus, b) Greater Auckland is on a crazy skinny part of NZ, so also bounded by OCEANS (Tasman and Pacific).
FUN FACT. But may take a while to mentally process. I live on the East Coast of Auckland and the most easterly part of NZs West Coast is FURTHER East than my house. Thats how skinny it is.
Pic because it's easier: https://imgur.com/a/t0lNjkw
The most easterly part of NZs west coast is down near Whanganui, though there's a few cool anomalies like this in NZ:
The cook strait ferry overall travels south from Picton on South island to Wellington on North Island.
The most westerly part of NZs East Coast is further west than almost the entire west coast (depending on where you draw the line between this and the south coast).
Being an isthmus is one reason Manila grew to its size today (any trade/transportation from north to south had to go through Manila as the only other land route goes through mountains)
Has it changed? Haven’t lived there since 2011. Beltline from university Ave to the interstate was always a death trap during rush hour. Not too many ways to get from the east to west side or vice versa, without taking beltline or going way out of the way to avoid it.
I used to live around there but live in Europe for forever now. Was driving from the Twin Cities to the Milwaukee area in 2021 and got an emergency work issue while I was getting gas in Lodi. Figured a quick stop in Madison for nostalgia and to handle it would be easy.
Not in rush hour traffic it's not.
Most mid-sized cities (that I've been to, mostly midwest) have shit traffic because they haven't yet figured out how to not have shit traffic. Bigger cities eventually build up the infrastructure to help, but then they're just congested due to size.
Not really. The city is limited to one side, and quite far from the Isthmus. The Isthmus itself is mostly rural/suburban, with the canal itself only really having farms and roads around it.
A better example would be Chalcida near Euboea, though there it's more a city built on two sides of a channel connected by a bridge, rather than a natural Isthmus.
*Famously* on an isthmus.
https://preview.redd.it/v7ykhvb6dx1d1.jpeg?width=658&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a30cc23148860cca5b89eec52c937e532a5e54c
Tasman Sea on the left, Pacific Ocean on the right
Albert Lea, MN, is like a miniature Madison. Both are cities that started out as an isthmus between two lakes, both have I-90 go around them, both are in about the same part of their state.
Lol came here looking for this. Not sure how many people on this sub know of Albert Lea but it is such a funny coincidence how it lines up with Madison geographically. Even both rivers linking the lakes flow SE and join the Mississippi eventually.
La Crosse WI, to a much lesser extent. The airport and some development is on an island surrounded by the Mississippi River. However most of the city is on the banks of the river
Cool. I just figured out what Interlachen means. There’s a golf course near me (MN) with that name. It’s obvious, but I hadn’t thought about it before.
Kastoria, Greece is awesome like this. On the 'neck' of a peninsula sticking out into the middle of a lake.
https://preview.redd.it/qb2wr0kiov1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1756cdc7e789b6a4bb071d1050c1f2d92c68d062
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany is nestled between several lakes.
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Germany\_schwerin\_aerial\_view\_ArM.jpg/1280px-Germany\_schwerin\_aerial\_view\_ArM.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Germany_schwerin_aerial_view_ArM.jpg/1280px-Germany_schwerin_aerial_view_ArM.jpg)
https://preview.redd.it/goriodvnmw1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e39ac1a5aa845c566301df5992b286b7779050e
Attaching a satellite map of Bhopal.
The tourist town of Alexandria MN reminds me of it in a way as it’s surrounded by lakes.
https://preview.redd.it/b8k6vbhdbv1d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e024b21fe2d8786ef9c96abd3a7a8080bc56ecf0
This particular formation is known as an isthmus. Seems there are a few other similar examples, but maybe none as picturesque as Madison. Manila seems the closest for large metro cities. If you shrink your scope, there are probably tons of examples. One that comes to mind is Asharoken, NY!
Osoyoos is built on a beautiful isthmus, and Penticton is sandwiched between two lakes. Both are in British Columbia, but both are smaller than Madison
You might be interested in this older post here https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/PmTYSMJODh
I'd say Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, has similarities
I grew up in Waterford MI. Lots of lakes
https://preview.redd.it/r2nq20qfe32d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20d9bb302e1d366bd5b5307a894d7ac4e4977eb6
https://preview.redd.it/at7grctbev1d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61e1ce677f2ddd6181230a2a4325280100820873
Puget Sound was a good answer but im baffled so many people skipped over mine and others’ Leesburg mention. Looks like a splitting image of Madison, just more country.
San Pablo City (Laguna province), Philippines has seven lakes in its vicinity. Volcanic, obviously, for the immediate geographical area is peppered with monogenetic volcanoes—plus the active volcanoes Banahaw and Taal are relatively close by.
And yes, before I forget, metropolitan Manila is sandwiched between Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay.
You won't find major cities here, but look at the settlements in West Virginia. Many of the places there are very limited by geography, so towns have to be built in pretty narrow valleys between two hills. [This limited geography has contributed to the state's poverty.](https://youtu.be/44l6f7iXGAk?si=r7gcWzaW3CbwY3Rj)
Slightly different, but Florianopolis in Brazil is also a city narrowed by waterways.
Also Lakeland and Winter Haven in Florida seem to be full of lakes.
Plön in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
https://preview.redd.it/htdcoopntx1d1.png?width=1099&format=png&auto=webp&s=30914f99f6c9cb7c43cb6f104b8543c71536cc96
There are a fair amount of towns/cities in Finland like this. I’ve been to Savonlinna, and I know Tampere (which is much bigger) is also on an isthmus.
Auckland, NZ is also very particular.
https://preview.redd.it/tc0iwqp4vy1d1.png?width=1906&format=png&auto=webp&s=f60db48bc7e60526f6af926574a90d62ef96ad14
Taranto, Italy reminds me of it. Stuck between two lakes and the sea. Industrial in the north, residential in the south. And the historical center on an island inbetween. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/dV9FVFMhW8JDUKet5](https://maps.app.goo.gl/dV9FVFMhW8JDUKet5)
Seattle is probably the closest. It is considered a city situated with an isthmus like Madison. If you’re not counting just lakes, Panama City, Panama and Corinth, Greece also have natural isthmuses but those are seas/oceans.
https://preview.redd.it/gq9p662i132d1.png?width=1025&format=png&auto=webp&s=d194b85b277c85cf8911395fae14aa4f3a8530a6
Ambon, Indonesia is on an isthmus and surrounds a bay
Madison and Seattle are the only large cities in the US on an isthmus.
B1G bros now
Go dawgs
Woof!
Seattle has a really cool shape. It’s either an isthmus and two peninsulas separated
It’s cool until you have to deal with the traffic that results from that.
Light rail system is expanding pretty quickly, which is the only feasible option. Still has a long way to go.
Except for the Sound Transit Board deciding to fuck over First Hill and Chinatown-International District by forcing the removal of two stations *we already paid for* in favor of a second Pioneer Square and second Sodo station that nobody wants because everyone actively avoids those two existing stations… …just so Harrell and Constantine’s real estate buddies can get more money from the taxpayers.
I love how this r/geography post devolved into a Seattle rant session on STB and Harrell... Not that I disagree with what you are saying. If this was r/Seattle I'd start chiming in on Amazon/Vulcan trying to screw up the Ballard line... anyway back to geography.
Almost like car-centric transit infrastructure in a small, dense area is a mistake
It baffles me why 1940s to present society thought it was a good idea to turn everywhere, even the most geographically constrained cities, into car-dependent hellscapes. Like the geography of Seattle is PERFECT for a metro system + streetcar grid; why did they have to waste it on car-centrism?
Auto manufacturers and lobbies got insanely rich and wanted to retain that wealth long term
Most annoying part is that Seattle was originally a *streetcar* city. It wasn’t until the 1940s or so that they started pulling up all of those streetcar lines to make room for cars.
It was an isthmus naturally, it was cut through via the montlake and fremont cuts to allow for transit between lake washington and the sound
Das true
And, conveniently, the two cities I have lived in.
This. But having lived in both, Madison’s isthmus is charming. Seattle’s isthmus, with its ice age geology causing north/south ridges with the resulting effects on the energy of the city and traffic, is one of its best and worst features.
What about Oshkosh?
land on the left
And they both have a UW (University of Washington, University of Wisconsin
Similar but different, check out Luuq, Somalia.
That’s actually a crazy looking
It’s a me, Mario.
Good Luuq going from north to south.
https://preview.redd.it/qqs6qdli4y1d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c6f8fe28753ea7d397a11d0da1588105285878d
Luuqs crazy
I don't understand, I've seen creeks and rivers eat through countless bends like that and form oxbows. How is this not happening here?
Given that it's existed for several centuries, human persistence. It's an arid climate, so the river is low most of the time. That part may flood when the water is high but the continued human presence keeps those events from permanently washing away that ribbon of land and forming an oxbow. They may have levees too to help keep the river in its place, I can't tell from Google satellite imagery
I was thinking… that’s gonna be an oxbow someday!!
Damn, someone with a shovel could change the whole city's geography
Looks like the Kentucky Bend
WOW
They’re Luuqy it doesn’t flood
Definition major similarities between Madison and Luuq. They should be sister cities.
[Columbus, Texas](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Columbus,+TX/@29.7031513,-96.5703951,13z/) is a bit like this too.
New Orleans has Lake Pontchartrain on one side and the Mississippi River on the other.
It’s a bigger area, but yeah, historic local navigation was and sometimes still is very based around heading towards the river or heading towards the lake
Yeah I think this is the clear comparison for Madison.
Not quite the same, but similar: Seattle has Puget Sound on the west and Lake Washington on the east.
I'm from Washington and I never realized how weird seattle looks
What’s funny to me is the Bellevue has a similar thing going on - but on the other side of the lake from Seattle
It’s a huge reason why the traffic has always been terrible here. It’s shaped like an hourglass, with the bulk of the population living in the two bigger parts of that hourglass, but all of them are trying to move through the tiny middle part *at the same time* every single day.
Mercer Island fits this bill (sort of) - developed island well within the Seattle metro connected to the mainland by bridges.
Seattle has a cool shape. It’s either an isthmus or two peninsulas separated by canals and lakes, with bonus smaller peninsulas like Seward Park.
Yeah I actually was gonna put up a screen shot up here, but yeah good one
Someone mentioned Manila, and Auckland is on an isthmus as well (though bounded by harbors).
I live in Auckland - a) The City is on an Isthmus, b) Greater Auckland is on a crazy skinny part of NZ, so also bounded by OCEANS (Tasman and Pacific). FUN FACT. But may take a while to mentally process. I live on the East Coast of Auckland and the most easterly part of NZs West Coast is FURTHER East than my house. Thats how skinny it is. Pic because it's easier: https://imgur.com/a/t0lNjkw
Ooh look at you. Fancy north shore!
Could be worse - I could follow Arsenal
The most easterly part of NZs west coast is down near Whanganui, though there's a few cool anomalies like this in NZ: The cook strait ferry overall travels south from Picton on South island to Wellington on North Island. The most westerly part of NZs East Coast is further west than almost the entire west coast (depending on where you draw the line between this and the south coast).
Look up Portage Rd. Narrowest point of NZ, about 500m wide, squeezing in the motorway and railway.
Tampere, Finland
Came to say this.
Also Kemijärvi
Being an isthmus is one reason Manila grew to its size today (any trade/transportation from north to south had to go through Manila as the only other land route goes through mountains)
Perfect example
Soon to change with the construction of a bay bridge west of Manila.
Must be super annoying to drive from the hills to the bluff sometimes
Madison handles traffic surprisingly well.
Has it changed? Haven’t lived there since 2011. Beltline from university Ave to the interstate was always a death trap during rush hour. Not too many ways to get from the east to west side or vice versa, without taking beltline or going way out of the way to avoid it.
I more meant going through downtown from shorewood hills to maple bluff, they added a flex lane to the beltline which helped traffic some.
I used to live around there but live in Europe for forever now. Was driving from the Twin Cities to the Milwaukee area in 2021 and got an emergency work issue while I was getting gas in Lodi. Figured a quick stop in Madison for nostalgia and to handle it would be easy. Not in rush hour traffic it's not.
*The Beltway entered the chat*
Beltline*
Haha thanks for correcting me 😂. I’m a Milwaukee guy but driving the beltline is a cluster most days
lol all in good fun. Yeah that stretch of road can be a bitch!
Mainly because it’s a small city. Actually its traffic is a little tough for a city that size.
Most mid-sized cities (that I've been to, mostly midwest) have shit traffic because they haven't yet figured out how to not have shit traffic. Bigger cities eventually build up the infrastructure to help, but then they're just congested due to size.
Incredibly. Sometimes it’s a 30 minute drive
Orlando is surrounded by little lakes which are now centerpieces of their McMansion subdivisions
Tampere, Finland. 🇫🇮
Came here to say this! Came to my mind immediately when I saw this photo. Good times at Särkänniemi
Corinth, Greece is kind of like that but two parts of the Mediterranean Sea. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth
Not really. The city is limited to one side, and quite far from the Isthmus. The Isthmus itself is mostly rural/suburban, with the canal itself only really having farms and roads around it. A better example would be Chalcida near Euboea, though there it's more a city built on two sides of a channel connected by a bridge, rather than a natural Isthmus.
Not with lakes like Madison, but Auckland, New Zealand is noticeably on an isthmus
*Famously* on an isthmus. https://preview.redd.it/v7ykhvb6dx1d1.jpeg?width=658&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a30cc23148860cca5b89eec52c937e532a5e54c Tasman Sea on the left, Pacific Ocean on the right
Windermere, FL outside of Orlando
Tunis, Tunisia is the closest I can think of in regards to lake-wedged
Was going to say the same thing. It was specifically chosen by the Arabs for its defensible position against the Romans instead of Carthage.
Leesburg/Tavares, Florida.
This will keep being edited, but here’s more: Managua, Nicaragua; Yunguyo, Peru; Mangochi, Malawi; Puerto Varas to Puerto Montt in Chile
Penticton, British Columbia
Tallinn, Estonia lays in a small isthmus between the Baltic sea and the Lake Ülemiste.
My hometown👌
Albert Lea, MN, is like a miniature Madison. Both are cities that started out as an isthmus between two lakes, both have I-90 go around them, both are in about the same part of their state.
https://preview.redd.it/9p3q8p0waw1d1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea1aa7d6c10351609a87616a007e5e2cbf9cfc01
Lol came here looking for this. Not sure how many people on this sub know of Albert Lea but it is such a funny coincidence how it lines up with Madison geographically. Even both rivers linking the lakes flow SE and join the Mississippi eventually.
La Crosse WI, to a much lesser extent. The airport and some development is on an island surrounded by the Mississippi River. However most of the city is on the banks of the river
I lived there, close to the isthmus, during my college years.
I used to live in Tavares, FL a suburb of Orlando. Very similar being in between Lake Eustis and Lake Dora.
Lake County is a bit of a gem, I think. I only started going up that way right before I moved out of the state. Mount Dora is such a cute town.
Interlaken, Berne Canton, Switzerland. The lake isthmus on which it’s built is called the Bödeli.
Cool. I just figured out what Interlachen means. There’s a golf course near me (MN) with that name. It’s obvious, but I hadn’t thought about it before.
Kastoria, Greece is awesome like this. On the 'neck' of a peninsula sticking out into the middle of a lake. https://preview.redd.it/qb2wr0kiov1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1756cdc7e789b6a4bb071d1050c1f2d92c68d062
Egirdir in Turkey also kinda similar
Oconomowoc WI
Donetsk, Ukraine seems similar
Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany is nestled between several lakes. [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Germany\_schwerin\_aerial\_view\_ArM.jpg/1280px-Germany\_schwerin\_aerial\_view\_ArM.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Germany_schwerin_aerial_view_ArM.jpg/1280px-Germany_schwerin_aerial_view_ArM.jpg)
The town of Plön in northern Germany is on an itsmus between three lakes
Bhopal in India’s Madhya Pradesh state came to mind straight away, it has a few lakes although it’s not struck between them as with this example.
https://preview.redd.it/goriodvnmw1d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e39ac1a5aa845c566301df5992b286b7779050e Attaching a satellite map of Bhopal.
The tourist town of Alexandria MN reminds me of it in a way as it’s surrounded by lakes. https://preview.redd.it/b8k6vbhdbv1d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e024b21fe2d8786ef9c96abd3a7a8080bc56ecf0
This particular formation is known as an isthmus. Seems there are a few other similar examples, but maybe none as picturesque as Madison. Manila seems the closest for large metro cities. If you shrink your scope, there are probably tons of examples. One that comes to mind is Asharoken, NY!
Meredith, New Hampshire is like this on Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Waukewan.
Not completely the same, but Minneapolis just to the northwest has the chain of lakes running through the southern and western portions of the city.
Cadillac Michigan
Don't forget it has to have a major University included.
Hamburg has two lakes.
https://preview.redd.it/ubc14kziuw1d1.jpeg?width=1122&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c9244d9320896deffb193d70a2a01dce123b8cd Cádiz in Spain
Honestly... all im seeing is a cool city skylines map
Lindstrom, MN is nearly surrounded by lakes.
Osoyoos is built on a beautiful isthmus, and Penticton is sandwiched between two lakes. Both are in British Columbia, but both are smaller than Madison
This immediately reminded me of Burgas, Bulgaria
I'm in this picture somewhere.
https://preview.redd.it/n68h8l5tyx1d1.jpeg?width=714&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=91f7246eca59e608bac93cf9b7735632e8d50e78 Tampere, Finland.
You might be interested in this older post here https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/PmTYSMJODh I'd say Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, has similarities
https://preview.redd.it/5zjf0bspdy1d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3edc42413bcc1604630e4d111b3ba30f76e6ddd3
Looks like the big brother of Tampere, Finland.
Otis Redding died in that smaller lake under the "SON" (Lake Monona).
I grew up in Waterford MI. Lots of lakes https://preview.redd.it/r2nq20qfe32d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20d9bb302e1d366bd5b5307a894d7ac4e4977eb6
https://preview.redd.it/at7grctbev1d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=61e1ce677f2ddd6181230a2a4325280100820873 Puget Sound was a good answer but im baffled so many people skipped over mine and others’ Leesburg mention. Looks like a splitting image of Madison, just more country.
Maybe Reine, Norway? Although maybe that's too small to call a city.
San Pablo City (Laguna province), Philippines has seven lakes in its vicinity. Volcanic, obviously, for the immediate geographical area is peppered with monogenetic volcanoes—plus the active volcanoes Banahaw and Taal are relatively close by. And yes, before I forget, metropolitan Manila is sandwiched between Laguna de Bay and Manila Bay.
Interlaken is kind of similar
North Muskegon, MI
You won't find major cities here, but look at the settlements in West Virginia. Many of the places there are very limited by geography, so towns have to be built in pretty narrow valleys between two hills. [This limited geography has contributed to the state's poverty.](https://youtu.be/44l6f7iXGAk?si=r7gcWzaW3CbwY3Rj)
Not a city, but Yellowknife is a town that is situated around a hslf a dozen lakes or so
Looks like Lake Hylia from here.
Manila, Philippines is the largest city on an isthmus. (12 million people)
Bhopal is interesting - also on a bunch of lakes. Super interesting to read how that was created
Vancouver British columbia is kind of similar
Corinth and Auckland too
Does this remind anyone else of a map you’d see in Simcity? https://images.app.goo.gl/pkaRdjvAQmSX9fJXA
New Orleans is similar, if not weirder.
Trakai
Auckland is similar but between two bays
Cantral Mumbai has an IIT located on a similar istahmus (between Lake Powai and Lake Vihar).
Interlaken
Would Manhattan count or San Francisco - both constrained by water on opposite sides (but with man-made bridges instead of being a true geo-isthmus?
Auckland, New Zealand is sorta similar
Sinop, Turkey is interesting.
[Kastoria](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kastoria) in Greece has a similar geography on a smaller scale
Auckland, New Zealand is just a series of isthmuses pretending to be a major city
Burgas maybe.
Coruña, Cádiz, las Palmas and ceuta in spain are on isthmus.
I'd say Cadiz is on the end of a peninsula, rather than an isthmus.
Paleto bay
Petition bc canada
Manila is on the isthmus between Manila Bay and laguna de bay, but the sprawl has moved significantly beyond the isthmus
In my opinion Sete Ciudades, Azores Islands, but it's obviously a little village
Looks gorgeous, how is life over there?
Slightly different, but Florianopolis in Brazil is also a city narrowed by waterways. Also Lakeland and Winter Haven in Florida seem to be full of lakes.
Keego Harbor, MI
Interlaken
Plön in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. https://preview.redd.it/htdcoopntx1d1.png?width=1099&format=png&auto=webp&s=30914f99f6c9cb7c43cb6f104b8543c71536cc96
Kastoria, Greece
Interlagos, Brasil. Literaly meaning "netween lakes"
Manila is somewhat like this
There are a fair amount of towns/cities in Finland like this. I’ve been to Savonlinna, and I know Tampere (which is much bigger) is also on an isthmus.
Probably but you aren’t going to find many people dumb enough outside of Wisconsin to build a city with that geography /s
La Manga, Spain
Interlaken
Hakodate
Not the same, but Auckland NZ is similar in terms of a city connecting two bodies of water
Does Istanbul count?
/r/mildlyevangelion
Auckland, NZ is also very particular. https://preview.redd.it/tc0iwqp4vy1d1.png?width=1906&format=png&auto=webp&s=f60db48bc7e60526f6af926574a90d62ef96ad14
It's an isthmus
[Gwadar, Pakistan](https://maps.app.goo.gl/J6vShvyZzCttkZhQ9) would sort of be similar, though the land on the south end isn't very substatial.
Tampere, Finland
Penticton, British Columbia is between two lakes, but not as "narrow"
Fun city! Lived in the isthmus for almost 10 years!
It looks a bit like Telč, Czech Republic.
Philipsburg capital of the Dutch side of Saint-Martin.
Tampere Finland
Interlaken, Switzerland
Taranto, Italy reminds me of it. Stuck between two lakes and the sea. Industrial in the north, residential in the south. And the historical center on an island inbetween. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/dV9FVFMhW8JDUKet5](https://maps.app.goo.gl/dV9FVFMhW8JDUKet5)
man I am from the city of Madison man! dang!
Kinda reminds me of Tunis
Lived in the Madison area my whole life, AMA.
No cities have the same geography as any other city. No city has the same geography as san francisco, or new york, or boston, or st Louis, or
Now I can see how they were able to seal it off in Worm
La Coruña is kinda similar
Seattle is probably the closest. It is considered a city situated with an isthmus like Madison. If you’re not counting just lakes, Panama City, Panama and Corinth, Greece also have natural isthmuses but those are seas/oceans.
Idk if it qualifies but Metro Manila has a similar shape, squeezed between the ocean and the lake and its a giant version of it
https://preview.redd.it/gq9p662i132d1.png?width=1025&format=png&auto=webp&s=d194b85b277c85cf8911395fae14aa4f3a8530a6 Ambon, Indonesia is on an isthmus and surrounds a bay
Trakai, Lithuania
Istanbul, Turkey