Yes, things cherry-picked to look the same look the same. And things that are expensive to produce and must appeal to a wide-range of customer tastes tend to l

Yes, things cherry-picked to look the same look the same. And things that are expensive to produce and must appeal to a wide-range of customer tastes tend to look fairly neutral. And some things "look the same" because everyone's converging on a common (evolving) set of best practices, not average ones. And those cities don't look the same.