Why are American cities so beautiful? How can Europe possibly compete?
>>57177423
The Americas are famous for great urbanism. In Central and South America, for example, the urbanists have decided against a square design, opting rather for the looks that makes their cities what they are.
>>57177423
Houston to this day is still the only major US city that has no urban planning laws at all.
>>57179609
No zoning laws at all
And yet it's still pretty similar to most other cities in the southwest
>>57177423
brace yourself for the masses of mad americans
and enjoy your time
>>57177871
lel that looks like a giant rat nest
>tfw even your fourth tier southern state capital is absolutely beautiful
>>57177423
>You can park
>But the parking spot is in the middle of nowhere
It's like American hell
>>57180094
>>57177423
what the hell are you talking about.
the parking is for the buildings closest to the parking lot. in addition some of these are most likely auto dealerships.
>check out our beautiful state capital
>concrete jungle and a bunch of skyscrapers
>>57180340
More like concrete hell.
I hate spread-out cities.
I live in one now. I like the look of shit like Boston and NYC. Stuff like St. Louis and Indianapolis are absolutely disgusting.
>>57180086
>This is considered "absolutely beautiful" in the USA
>>57180673
>I don't like cities designed for driving
>I want to live in a billion dollar apartment next to african slums
>>57180086
>absolutely beautiful
Maybe if you demolished the city and left nature to re-grow there for several centuries.
>>57180694
rate
this is mexico city i think
>entire waves of mexicans
>>57180819
>cities designed for driving
Why would you want that? Why create a bunch of gigantic class barriers? And spend an hour getting to work every day?
In an ideal community you wouldn't even have giant slum blocks. To bust those up and intersperse poor people among the rest would cause positive social conditioning.
>>57177423
All asphalt and not a single tree even. And they scare us with Norilsk..
>>57180860
That looks good fa.m
>>57180977
>Why create a bunch of gigantic class barriers?
To keep the poor people out obviously.
>>57180977
>Why would you want that? Why create a bunch of gigantic class barriers?
safety
>And spend an hour getting to work every day?
make more roads and make them bigger
>>57180909
that's impressive and scary
>>57177423
>MFW I lived in Houston my whole life
That picture is pretty old because the parking lots have most been turned into high rises and office buildings but it's still nothing to brag about.
>>57179609
>>57179945
No zoning laws is both good and bad because everything is convenient but its all fucking ugly. I did wish we had a better public transportation system but HURR SOCIALISM
>>57180860
1940s Detroit/10
Post a modern comparison photo.
>>57181195
Texan cities are all ugly. Austin is the best one and it's still mediocre.
Tbh there's no beautiful city in the west except for maybe SLC. Until you get to California, anyway.
>>57180340
>Houston
>State Capital
maybe if euros don't like our cities they will appreciate our thriving rural towns more
>>57181221
it's the same but with more bullshit
this town was never booming like Detroit so there's nothing to lose
>>57180860
Why do you fags always post the same picture?
It's just a monument. These are everywhere.
>>57181362
indianapolis has some 10/10 smokeshow weather ladies if I remember correctly
>>57181362
It looks so dead, so bland.
>>57181324
Rural is best tbqh.
>>57180860
Would be 9/10 if it weren't in Indiana
2/10, best I can do
>>57181447
other monuments suck
like compare Paris to DC
Oh come on, US has the most comfy small towns, we just don't know about them. New England is packed with them.
>>57181796
I still prefer the European ones, because I get most of the comfy feeling with our medieval houses, streets etc
Just 5 min in street view ,and I'd prefer car too.
>>57181112
>make more roads and make them bigger
lots of issues with this, it's not that simple
>>57182972
Well no shit, downtown Houston is the dirtiest part. Most people are obese, homeless, crazy, black, mexican, and worse. Woodlands, Cypress, and Vintage Park are just outside of the city and it's clean and pretty. Lots of vegetation.
