Thanks for these candid photos, looks like a typical Latin American city.
The Americas in general have probably another 1,000 years to go before they approach European standards, including 3,000 year-old Lisbon, if ever, in terms of livable urban environment (though Latin American women beat European women hands down anytime!
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At least the ruling classes in Santo Domingo have given the people something of common modern value, a railway transit system.
I believe the oldest city in the US is Saint Augustine, but in sharp contrast to Santo Domingo, it has in a way been frozen in time as the centers of economy and power in Florida have shifted elsewhere over the centuries.
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