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Originally Posted by hauntedheadnc
The historic buildings seem to have been designed as individual units with no thought to their neighbors, with each building trying to impress, dominate, and intimidate on its own, with the end result being that the old city had a sort of scowling grandeur.
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That's what we call "émulation" here.
Definition:
Effort to match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation.
Given current crappy human mindset, many of us (including myself, but only to some extent) think that it is the most effective way to achieve any progress.
It doesn't always work, though. The outcome may be more or less chaotic, lacking consistency indeed.
Sometimes, people just need to be reminded that other people around them are basically the same, except of course for many little details that should only be regarded as cool and useful particular traits, instead of raising useless pathetic jealousy between them all.