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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude
I always thought that 'Paris Of' thing was funny. Beirut is the Paris of the Middle East. Buenos Aires is the Paris of South America (and I am finally visiting there next Christmas, thank god. Should be quite a contrast to the Costa Rica I am writing this from). I never heard the San Francisco thing, though. What is Parisian about it?
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Damn! You live in Costa Rica? You're Costa Rican? Awesome country.
Buenos Aires is a cool city.....on my list to visit. And I agree with you about SF........SF ain't no Paris. Its great in its own right. I think the closest we have to Paris is DC. In fact, L'enfant was a Parisian born architect who helped design the District.
Most Parisian comparisons are mid rise cities like their alter ego, Paris. Another example was Warsaw [before WW II] which was consider the Paris of eastern Europe. After WW II, the Soviets built a lot of hi rises and changed that image to the ugly city [IMO] it is today.
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