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1. sim@shitposter.club's status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 19:17:13 JST sim
   One of the things that I don't like about living in my country is the way that buildings are designed. So many of them are not in keeping with any standard of beauty or with what is in the local area already. So you just get this ugly mishmash of buildings that make no sense and often the quality is poor or allowed to deteriorate so it looks like a poor town or city. Like it is left in poverty. There is no incentive to maintain it and it probably costs a lot to do so. We aren't taught how to maintain it now either. Nor do we have a community to encourage supporting this.
   • sim@shitposter.club's status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 19:17:12 JST sim

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     This is basically what I mean by a horrible mishmash of buildings... what even is this? I have no idea where I'm supposed to be based on this even. It doesn't have local character, a character in keeping with the buildings on the same street let alone in the general area.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 19:17:12 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @sim I never would have thought that about England. When I lived there I was blown away from the fact that I was living in a 14th century stables converted into row homes with a just as old cemetery across the street. The town I lived in was older than my whole country which was a pretty wild thought.
     
     Personally I wouldn't call that building in the pic ugly, but you are right that it could just as easily sit in any city and I'd have no idea. I do think modern signage on older buildings looks a little cheesy, but the alternative at this point seems to be to tear down what's there and build new, and newer buildings are even more horrendous.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 20:03:17 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @sim I think the fact that they are packed tightly and a mishmash is part of the same problem. More than likely 150 years ago half of the buildings were there with a little space between them, but real estate is limited and cities just keep packing new buildings in. Since they're built at different times you end up with different architectural design choices and that gives you the mishmash. I have actually seen the same thing happen in my town over the years. Down on Washington Street (the "High St" of our town) there are several places where as a kid there were alleys where now there are not. Also new corporate buildings where older small businesses once existed. The small old local pharmacy that once had a little soda bar and ice cream is gone, and now we have a big blocky walgreens or cvs (what's the difference) down the street.
   • sim@shitposter.club's status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 20:03:18 JST sim

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     @thatguyoverthere The main problem with the buildings in the image is not so much the corner building, it's what follows after that. Also, the only thing they have in common is the height... until you get to the very back I guess. They are really tightly packed too.