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Originally Posted by Acajack
Even the cities that Rousseau cited, Montreal and Quebec City, could best be described as the best of a mediocre lot.
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I wouldn't call it mediocre. Most if not all of our cities have at least a couple of interesting blocks in the core. It tends to be more widespread in the older eastern cities where the interestingness can cover multiple neighbourhoods. Save for a few exceptions, it's the same for European cities: the core is where the interesting architecture is, and as soon as you leave it it tends to be dull.
I don't get the inferiority complex that seems to affect many people over here.
Since I lived in Lyon for some time:
This is maybe 3 or 4% of Lyon. Very nice hausmannian architecture a la Paris. You won't see grit in an area like this. I admit that an area like this is superior to most if not all of what we call "beautiful" in our cities.
The architecture in some areas of (mostly Old) Montreal can be just as good, but the parking lots or shitty buildings also spread over the area will not give you the same impression of homogeneity.
And then this is the rest of the city of Lyon, only 4 or 5 streets away from the first shot. Nothing interesting there, and 90% of French/European cities look just like this. The only thing I give them is the higher density.
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