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UK Cities are often quite historic and are full of Victorian, Georgian Architecture or even older architecture, they bare little resemblance to most US Cities.
Don't worry, Irene's just displaying her ignorance once more. How does a city like Cambridge, for one example, resemble anything in the US?!
Looks way too plain. The mortar joints visible between elements is something I wouldn't like to see in the 2000's anymore.
Untreatened concrete looks acceptable there now, but wait when 10 years of rain and grit has done their effect on the front, the houses will look awful.
Which look more aesthetically pleasing and vibrant, those skyscraper-filled downtowns of America, Canada, Australia....and let's add East Asia, or those more traditional ones in Europe with low to medium density terraced buildings and classical architecture?
Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA cities are vast sprawls with little public transportation, heavily relying on private cars so that you can go from point A to B.
European cities (also latin American as they were funded by Europeans), are dense cities, with neighborhoods surrounding the city center, and all relies on large public transportation.
Do not like. Too crowded and austere. They look like an industrial park, like storage lockers, like shipping containers... They won't look so barracks-like once the trees grow and hide them, but they aren't even a nice minimalist design IMO... too chunky, a patchwork of boxes in various shades of beige. Like Stalinesque public housing.
Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA cities are vast sprawls with little public transportation, heavily relying on private cars so that you can go from point A to B.
European cities (also latin American as they were funded by Europeans), are dense cities, with neighborhoods surrounding the city center, and all relies on large public transportation.
Eastern cities in Canada and the U.S. are older and were laid out Europe-style. So Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Montreal, Toronto, etc. have suburban sprawl, but they also have quite dense city cores with excellent public transit.
The worse sprawl is out west. Highrises are uncommon, there are many one-storey houses, streets are wide, and the sprawl is really amazing. The perception of space is completely different... no one has to consider making the most of limited space, they have all the room to build that they want. Completely different mentality towards building out.
I'd dispute how dense South American cities are. Mexico City sprawls incredibly, as do many other Latin American cities.
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