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At least in Europe they don't. At all.

Toine 6y ago
For now.
Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Even Europe has seen a great deal of architectural convergence. The Nordic style, for example, spread from Finland to the surrounding countries, and if one has known the Baltic countries since the 1990s, one marvels at how in the post-Soviet era they have begun to converge architecturally, and in terms of certain aspects of urban planning, towards the Nordic countries.
- tokai 6y ago
  >The Nordic Style Do you mean Nordic Classicism or Funkis?
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  - Mediterraneo10 6y ago
    I mean Funkis and post-Funkis trends.
Markoff 6y ago
within Europe I would tend to agree, if you stay in city centres - it's just old buildings with churches, narrow streets and cobblestones, you could hardly distinguish the countries if it weren't for language, which makes sense considering how compact Europe is but if you compare European, African and East Asian city you can clearly see differences
- riffraff 6y ago
  > it's just old buildings with churches, narrow streets and cobblestones Just to talk of a single country: Rome has its kind of old buildings and churches, which is different from Florence, which is different from Venice, which is different from Milan or Trieste. Even the cobblestones are different!
  - Markoff 6y ago
    the differences are small unless you have particular interesdt in history/architecture most of the people would not really notice difference and I write this as European
    - abraxas 6y ago
      How can you not notice the difference between the whitewashed houses of Greek islands vs the clay roofs of Porto and Lisbon vs the elaborate facades of Vienna vs the somber everlasting feel of Edinburgh stone masonry? They look NOTHING alike.
      - Markoff 6y ago
        you can see the difference, but unless you have interest in architecture it won't help you indetifying country, because they could be pretty much in any European country sure some white buildings next to sea would help me to guess I am somewhere in southern Europe maybe, but I was talking about regular buildings you see somewhere in city center from street, if you take away letters it looks pretty much same everywhere in Europe
        abraxas 6y ago
        No. That's just not the case. Even if we set aside the most iconic street scrapes from various places even an ordinary street in Europe varies a lot in the look and feel. A random place in Barcelona will not be mistaken for a random place in Warsaw which will be absolutely different from a random place in Glasgow that will be different yet from a spot in Stockholm. Yeah they will all have buildings and streets in them but that's the extent of their similarly. Do some Google Maps tourism and you will see.
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For now.

Even Europe has seen a great deal of architectural convergence. The Nordic style, for example, spread from Finland to the surrounding countries, and if one has known the Baltic countries since the 1990s, one marvels at how in the post-Soviet era they have begun to converge architecturally, and in terms of certain aspects of urban planning, towards the Nordic countries.

tokai 6y ago
>The Nordic Style Do you mean Nordic Classicism or Funkis?
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- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  I mean Funkis and post-Funkis trends.

Markoff 6y ago

within Europe I would tend to agree, if you stay in city centres - it's just old buildings with churches, narrow streets and cobblestones, you could hardly distinguish the countries if it weren't for language, which makes sense considering how compact Europe is but if you compare European, African and East Asian city you can clearly see differences

riffraff 6y ago
> it's just old buildings with churches, narrow streets and cobblestones Just to talk of a single country: Rome has its kind of old buildings and churches, which is different from Florence, which is different from Venice, which is different from Milan or Trieste. Even the cobblestones are different!
- Markoff 6y ago
  the differences are small unless you have particular interesdt in history/architecture most of the people would not really notice difference and I write this as European
  - abraxas 6y ago
    How can you not notice the difference between the whitewashed houses of Greek islands vs the clay roofs of Porto and Lisbon vs the elaborate facades of Vienna vs the somber everlasting feel of Edinburgh stone masonry? They look NOTHING alike.
    - Markoff 6y ago
      you can see the difference, but unless you have interest in architecture it won't help you indetifying country, because they could be pretty much in any European country sure some white buildings next to sea would help me to guess I am somewhere in southern Europe maybe, but I was talking about regular buildings you see somewhere in city center from street, if you take away letters it looks pretty much same everywhere in Europe
      - abraxas 6y ago
        No. That's just not the case. Even if we set aside the most iconic street scrapes from various places even an ordinary street in Europe varies a lot in the look and feel. A random place in Barcelona will not be mistaken for a random place in Warsaw which will be absolutely different from a random place in Glasgow that will be different yet from a spot in Stockholm. Yeah they will all have buildings and streets in them but that's the extent of their similarly. Do some Google Maps tourism and you will see.

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