quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
No thats Piran, one of our few coastal cities and one of the oldest as well A striking contrast to the pics you posted i think Brasilia looks good and very colourful, but even though im a huge high tech geek im more attracted by these crowded old town than shiny brand new ones
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Looks like a lovely place to spend one's summer vacation
quote: | Originally posted by Bierheld
From a European frame of reference this looks absolutely nightmarish. I don't know much about brazilian history, It's a developing country obviously, how do they treat historical cities there? I'm interested. |
Actually, the degrading infrastructure notwithstanding, the city is a pretty darn good place to live. Everything is well organised, and the city design follows a series of predictable patterns, so you can easily know where to park/go even if you've never been to a corner of the city before. The only two complaints I have are related to transportation: due to (I believe) the poor instruction of city workers, the tarmac looks like it was produced by a Swiss cheese factory, and buses/the metro haven't been able to keep up with the populational growth.
I've been to London and loads of Japanese cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, you name it) in recent years, and I'm yet to find a city that, excluding the problem I pointed out above, comes close to being such an awesome place to live.
Edit: Actually, I wouldn't mind it if they moved the city a tad bit to the South. I want snow
quote: | Originally posted by Moongoose
You're familiar with this right
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Haha, yeah! Actually, there's this woman at the gym who really scares the hell out of me. She must be in her forties, but she looks well into her twenties, and she's definitely got a body to match. She's the only woman I've ever seen doing anti-gravitational push-ups there (I've recently started doing it as well... so much fun ).
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