I don't admit. I think high density cities look much nicer than suburbia.

pradn · on March 8, 2023

It really depends on urban density. I'm only familiar with big cities in the USA.

There's few new buildings in the West Village in Manhattan, with beautiful red-brick townhomes that fetch multi-millions. And new ones tend to adhere to some of the features of existing buildings. On the other hand, Seattle has some exquisite old homes with stunning curb appeal - and a whole lot of plain old looking buildings that were probably the cheaply made ones in the 1950s. So age is only one factor.

The new construction in SLU or the UDistrict in Seattle or Williamsburg in NYC is all cookie-cutter boxy panels - not particularly pleasing to most I think. I can't think of new parts of any town I've been to in the US I've loved. Happy to hear if anyone has any though!

Most would agree Berlin isn't as pretty as Cologne.

majani · on March 6, 2023

Maybe some look good in high density cities in select areas of Europe which are helped by well preserved ancient architecture, but that's not replicable elsewhere. Go to more modern, large, genuine YIMBY cities where anything goes like Tokyo and Lagos and they are quite an eyesore

filleduchaos · on March 7, 2023

I don't think anybody has ever described Lagos as a "YIMBY city" with a straight face.

the imposition of an American context doesn't even make any sense in the first place, considering how differently land and land ownership works in Nigeria.