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I like expanding a good metaphor, but I think the idea is that I wouldn't discourage a prospective tourist from travelling to Odessa, Ukraine* because of the be
by datameta 5y ago
I like expanding a good metaphor, but I think the idea is that I wouldn't discourage a prospective tourist from travelling to Odessa, Ukraine* because of the belgian block streets or to Anytown USA because their road infrastructure isn't pedestrian oriented.
*disambiguation added
- Jugurtha 5y agoGiven that you mentioned the U.S., I assume that by Odessa you don't mean the capital of Ukraine, but the town in Texas?
- jedmeyers 5y ago> I assume that by Odessa you don't mean the capital of Ukraine Odessa is not and was never the capital of Ukraine.
- Jugurtha 5y agoI had a fleeting brain fart. Thanks/sorry for catching it. I know Ukraine's capital, but what's done is done.
- datameta 5y agoOdessa was the 2nd or 3rd largest city in the Russian Empire and currently holds a similar status in Ukraine, afaik. This is largely due to it being a warm water port.
- marnett 5y agoI would very much consider Odessa, Texas as “Anytown USA”. Not to mention I would question if the small town had Belgian blocks. I read the post as referring to Odessa, UK.
- ethbr0 5y agoBecause this made me curious, apparently "San Jose" [0] is the most popular worldwide place name. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_place_names https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popular_place_names
- Jugurtha 5y agoBy the number of "San", it either questions the sailor expression "a woman in every port" as either saints getting around a lot, or that the Spanish got around a lot.
- datameta 5y agoNot to take this into the realm of pedantry but unless you're referring the the United Kingdom, I should point out the country acronym for Ukraine is 'UA'.
- Jugurtha 5y agoIsn't pedantry why we come to HN to read comments of precise people educating us and learn a bunch! Thank you for this.
- datameta 5y agoI do mean Odessa, Ukraine. As far as I am aware Odessa, Texas was not built in the 18th-19th centuries so there would be no belgian block streets to be found.