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Originally Posted by Ant131531
It's really weird. I always hear people talk down on this city and say that it doesn't really have culture or a soul or it's too corporate, but it looks like a very vibrant, walkable city. Most American cities would kill to have a urban core like that.
If anything, it goes to show the quality of cities that Europe has when a city like that(it would be top 5 or 6 in America) is considered to be one of the less traveled to cities or not much of a destination.
Thanks for the photos. They were great.
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I visited back in October, and it was my German friend who talked down on the city more than anyone - "You don't want to stay in Frankfurt, there's nothing to see there." Having heard that, and hearing other negativity towards it over the years ("It's just a business city"), my expectations were low.
But I found Frankfurt to be lovely! I loved the juxtaposition of North American-style skyscraper downtown meets European, walkable, mixed-use neighbourhoods adjacent. Some of the streets between the towers were a little grim, but so are many streets like that in NA cities!
That said, I felt that after a solid day of walking the centre, that I had seen pretty much all that there was to see. Some European cities can be explored for days and days; weeks even. I was hoping for some vibrancy across the river from the city centre, but I couldn't find it.
Wonderful photos! They take me back!
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