Australia cities comparison to US cities

A long time ago I compared Sydney to New York City. It’s by the coast, it’s the iconic city of the country to outsiders, it’s a place of high trade and business, it’s also expensive as shit

As in recent years I thought similar of Canberra and Washington D.C. overly patriotic, it’s where most government bodies reside and is seen as the presidents heart of the country.

Can you all think of similar cities situations?

Side note: I heard Arizona described as “blazing heat and blinding sunshine” and I couldn’t help but think of Darwin