Canadian vs. Nordic large cities (renters, office, transit)
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am I the only one who is not taken back by the pictures of Quebec city?
wow a city in the Americas that has colonial European architecture!! JOIN THE LIST (from cities all over mexico, to towns in brazil built by germans, to entire argentinian cities that look like italy, to cities all over spanish speaking America that has tons of spain's architecture, to New orleans, savannah and san agustin in the US, to Havanna Cuba with its art deco glory falling apart)
what make canadians think Quebec city stands out?
you do realize the hemisphere you're in was entirely colonized by Europeans and cities all over the Americas with European architecture are VERY COMMON?
This is comparing CANADIAN cities with NORDIC's, not any other country's.
Hmm. Maybe it's a bit generic in the sense there's not as much of a unique look. It's a nice downtown, but it has a lot of things typical of a denser North American city center —*some newer high rises, older brick buildings, too. Philadelphia, New York City and especially San Francisco are a bit more distinctive.
The thing is you gotta actually walk around the city... I'm not talking abou the suburbs or even the CBD or traditional DT core but around Old Toronto.. particularly immediately west of the DT core.. Sure you can get a generic sense of things on google maps but the one thing the city has is unexpected nuances, structures that you would least expect. That is part of the appeal of the city. This may be the case of course with other places, but I do believe you have stated you have not been to Toronto.. I would say, if you walked around not just the DT core but in particular main arterials to the west and small streets here and there connected to those, you might be pleasantly surprised by the quirkiness of so mahy places.. It might actually even garner a reaction that you wouldn't expect because there are so many unexpected things.
For example, you're walking down a rather common looking sidestreet off the main arterial of Dundas St West and you head south on McCaul - a pretty common street in the area - you see some pretty common Victorian/Edwardian rowhouses that you'd typically see in that area and than stumble upon something like this out of the blue..
There are plenty of little surprises but you have to explore! There is an alternative - look at just the suburbs or just the DT core CDB scrapers and conclude that is all there is..
Just looking at it, it's true it's more like the high street of an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia than the main nightlife and cultural area of a metro of 1.3 million people.
Edmonton remains a relatively new Prairie city barely more than 100 years old, that had most of its growth in the automobile era.
Just looking at it, it's true it's more like the high street of an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia than the main nightlife and cultural area of a metro of 1.3 million people.
Edmonton remains a relatively new Prairie city barely more than 100 years old, that had most of its growth in the automobile era.
These challenges are reflected in its urbanity.
I've been to Edmonton several times over the years, always for work. It's not my favourite city. In summer
it's nice, but it lacks a vibe. There are worse places I suppose.
I've been to Edmonton several times over the years, always for work. It's not my favourite city. In summer
it's nice, but it lacks a vibe. There are worse places I suppose.
Edmonton is unfortunately often portrayed as the ugly duckling of Canada's middle three: Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton.
Although for me personally, if I were to live in Alberta, I'd likely choose Edmonton over Calgary. It would suit my temperament more than Cowtown.
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