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the beauty can be found in any city, even LA. but lets be honest here, while NYC has some glorious views from street level. Their are some horrific eyesores as well.
Even Naples, rome, paris, and London.
that being said, its all in the eye of the beholder. i can admit that houston is a rough looking city in a lot of areas. but i like it to a certain degree. We are obviously never going to have an abundant of 19th century buildings...cobblestone streets...and narrow street views.
I leave for a few days then come back into this thread expecting to see more on Houston & LA only to see old hand painted pictures of NYC, Boston, SF, & Charleston? What the hell?
that being said, its all in the eye of the beholder. i can admit that houston is a rough looking city in a lot of areas. but i like it to a certain degree. We are obviously never going to have an abundant of 19th century buildings...cobblestone streets...and narrow street views.
Of course of course. I was just saying that you'd have to admit that Houston is not a "traditionally beautiful city." I'm not trying to assert homogenized ideals of beauty here... but COME ON MAN, some of those recently posted pictures of houston--even the ones of the downtown skyline or of the galveston shoreline--look like Johannesburg.
But i don't see the comparison. It doesn't really resemble any city, when i think about it. Of course, its set up is similar to L.A or a Phoniex. The city is just kind of a free for all.
as an outsider, the architecture, colors, and landscape look very similar. Obviously not as many trees in Jo'berg. I think there's something about the pale concrete browns that dominate both cities' color palate.
as an outsider, the architecture, colors, and landscape look very similar. Obviously not as many trees in Jo'berg. I think there's something about the pale concrete browns that dominate both cities' color palate.
the color thing can be said with just about every Gulf Coast city.
Yeah once when I was younger (about 10 years ago), so it probably has changed a lot.. but those pictures that scarface posted were pretty much exactly what I remembered: brown/tan walls and parking structures and a bunch of empty lots/parking lots. Like downtown Phoenix but on a much grander scale... lots of brown cinder-block warehouse-type buildings or malls and then really tall boxy skyscrapers right next to them.
I have almost no clear memories of the residential neighborhood we stayed in, except that it was just like a standard 60s/70s house similar to what you'd find in the valley here.
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