Each city has a different mix of subcultures. Some cities are impersonal with posers and businesslike like Linkedin, some may be more of a disjoint cacophony like reddit or an aged police state dystopia like facebook…which ones have the vibe of Lemmy?
I may be biased because it’s my city, but Philly
Philly, collectively, has a bit of a chip on our shoulder because we’re always going to be compared to NYC because we’re both large, old (by US standards) cities in the Mid Atlantic area and we’re always going to be kind of living in their shadow as a smaller, less glamorous city. And that’s sort of the Lemmy/Reddit dynamic. Despite that chip though, and no matter how much we complain about our city’s shortcomings, it’s our city, and we’re pretty damn proud of it.
Philly is very much a city with distinct neighborhoods, with their own vibes, a lot like different Lemmy instances and communities.
There’s also all of the surrounding suburbs that aren’t in the city but are part of the metro area, like the wider fediverse- kbin, mastodon, etc.
Everyone’s got an opinion, not always a good one, and they’re more than happy to share it with you whether you wanted to hear it or not.
There’s some things we do that we can’t really say why we do it, but we do. Philly sports fans climb light poles, Lemmy has weird memes.
Phillidelphians also destroyed hitchBOT, threw D cell batteries at members of the opposing team at an Eagles game, and Flyer’s fans threw bracelets honoring their late owner on the ice when they didn’t like a call. So I agree. Philly does represent at least some instances of Lemmy. 🤣