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You should visit Antwerp then LordShiva, trendy lounges are gradually becoming a plague around here.
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BTW, one thing that struck me about American cities, is how little creative modern architecture there is. Sure you'd maybe have a couple of major public buildings such as museums that are architecturally interesting, but no houses, low-rise flat buildings or offices and the like. I've always been used to a certain degree of experimentation and didn't find any of it in American cities. Maybe always been checking the wrong neighbourhoods? No idea.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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It all costs money. In many respects, cheap land and sometimes cheaper building styles do not support fancy-schmancy architecture.
To be clear, I don't mind well-reasoned big infrastructure spending, but I think the homes/buildings should find their own market.Last edited by DanS; August 30, 2006, 18:36.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Been years, but it's heating up during the current elections. I didn't want to focus too much on DC, since it's not a typical US city in some respects, but I don't know why they don't bite the bullet among all the alternatives, make it heavy rail and all underground.Originally posted by Jon Miller
DC Metro is also focused on Downtown DC, with spokes to the Suburbs.. with no wheel. They have been talking about a new line, which would form part of the wheel, for years now (over a decade?).
JMI came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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What the **** are you talking about?Originally posted by DanS
It all costs money. In many respects, cheap land and sometimes cheaper building styles do not support fancy-schmancy architecture.
To be clear, I don't mind well-reasoned big infrastructure spending, but I think the homes/buildings should find their own market.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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One reson for the difference is room. American cities have more room to expand and that room is used. Therefore mass transit can't extend out to all the suberbs which means more traffic. European cities are more compact so mass transit can reach more. Some American cities, like New York and Chicago, are compact and use more mass transit.USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
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Who's going to spend the money on novel architecture, when you are spending $100/square foot on construction? Architecture would represent too large of a portion of the cost.Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
What the **** are you talking about?I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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And such dynamics don't exist on planet Europe, or what? Aren't you guys supposed to be the richer ones in the first place?DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Building costs more in Europe because of different building materials, for instance. If you spend $200/square foot on construction, then novel architecture doesn't dominate the price as much as it does on the $100/square foot construction. Add on increased land prices.
Just a thought.Last edited by DanS; August 30, 2006, 19:20.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
You should visit Antwerp then LordShiva, trendy lounges are gradually becoming a plague around here.
Sounds like fun. I didn't like Brussels very much though.
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QFT. American drivers are horrible. Technically, too; 90% of them can't drive manualOriginally posted by MOBIUS
You evidently have never been out of your own country - US drivers are some of the worst I've had the mispleasure of experiencing in a developed country...
Though for really bad driving, you should come to India
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Travel more grasshopper. Then you will learn to dislike our eastern and southern countrymen's driving habits.Originally posted by Dis
California drivers are the worst. And now they all live in my city.
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Why do americans make their houses with wood and not bricks?
Specially those people who live in in hurricane danger places??I need a foot massageComment
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Why would, say, a three-story flat-building, cost 2 as much to construct in the US as in Europe? I was under impression that bricks, mortar and concrete are standard fare in the cities of both parts of the world.Originally posted by DanS
Building costs more in Europe because of different building materials, for instance. If you spend $200/square foot on construction, then novel architecture doesn't dominate the price as much as it does on the $100/square foot construction. Add on increased land prices.
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