>When I lived in Berlin, the doors and ceilings felt as if they were built for a race of giants -- much taller, and much wider, then they needed to be. >And it

>When I lived in Berlin, the doors and ceilings felt as if they were built for a race of giants -- much taller, and much wider, then they needed to be. >And it was wonderful. It took some getting used to, but I could feel the difference. Fwiw I concur, this was my first impression of Berlin the first time I went there too, and it felt amazing. Compared to NYC or the SF Bay Area where space is more at a premium. Berlin has the ability to build outwards and use space generously, where the other two are horizontal space-constrained and can only build upwards (and SF chooses not to).