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Originally Posted by lio45
You can't understand that that pic (in which things like a gas station and a surface parking lot are visible alongside the main artery) along with the knowledge that the area is actually squarely downtown in a city of 2.5M might trigger reactions like "feels a bit suburban-ish" ?
No one is saying that trees, grass, and open spaces aren't nice or enjoyable.
Just note that there isn't a single blade of grass to be seen in the St. John's pic, let alone a tree. And that's only a tiny city of 200k.
If you're used to that as downtown, it's normal that that pic (NW end of Georgia looking west) will display some unarguably suburban characteristics to you. It's not a crime to point it out. Might even be a compliment. In many ways and to many people I'm sure it's more inviting than that grey, dense, compact, canyon-like street in St. John's.
It would be nice to be able to make innocent remarks on this forum without people feeling attacked.
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Eh. I'm not convinced your remarks are so innocent. All due respect, but it's obvious to everyone that there's no comparison between the 2 downtowns, yet you insinuate that those 2 pictures define the 2 cities downtowns.
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