OTOH, I have not seen anything uglier that cookie cutter American suburbia. I still cannot figure how NYC (https://nyulangone.org/files/city-street-in-bay-ridg

OTOH, I have not seen anything uglier that cookie cutter American suburbia. I still cannot figure how NYC (https://nyulangone.org/files/city-street-in-bay-ridge-brooklyn.jpg https://nyulangone.org/files/city-street-in-bay-ridge-brookl...) in nicer than Almaty (http://www.walkingalmaty.com/uploads/2/3/7/9/23797930/8867995_orig.png http://www.walkingalmaty.com/uploads/2/3/7/9/23797930/886799... or https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uoAK6mvo248/VHUZgL6rFuI/AAAAAAAAWDg/CqBY1fuo6eQ/s1600/P1090059.JPG https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uoAK6mvo248/VHUZgL6rFuI/AAAAAAAAW...) keeping in mind that the houses in Almaty have common areas, playgrounds without traffic going thru, benches etc; in case of Brooklyn it is just a building facing the street and there is nothing behind it. Oh, and that building has moldy walls made out of paper.