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Originally Posted by Crawford
I think part of this is also based on the fetishizing of European centers based on infrequent tourist experiences. If you visit Europe, you're probably going to see places like Venice, Paris, and Brugge. I don't think you'll be stopping into to experience the glories of Essen, or Bradford or Lille. So people have this impression that everyone is living some ultra-urban lifestyle, surrounded by medieval architecture, narrow streets, and incredible street vitality.
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More Crawford (and increasingly SSP) wisdom. It's pretty clear you have not been to any of these cities and don't even bother to visit the photo threads on this very forum on the rare occasion cities such as the ones mentioned do make an appearance...
Lille, what a bland shithole...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille#/...e_gd_place.JPG