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It’s funny because (anecdotally based on visiting Milan once) I’ve come to use Milan as an example of a city made almost entirely of rock and stone, with virtua
by erulabs 3y ago
It’s funny because (anecdotally based on visiting Milan once) I’ve come to use Milan as an example of a city made almost entirely of rock and stone, with virtually zero green anywhere to be seen.
Granted, I was there for one week, but it was markedly different from any other large European city I’ve been to. I hope they install a few trees at street level and along the canal as well!
- toyg 3y agoMa Milano è verde! ("But Milan is full of green!") is a bit of a meme over there. Because it's both true and false at the same time: yes, the city centre has precious few green spaces, lacking an equivalent to Central Park or Hyde Park; but more and more people now live on the outskirts, the hinterland, and actually those surrounding areas are pretty green still.
- Tade0 3y agoI've been there too and had the same impression. I suppose nothing says "we're rich!" like being able to afford green spaces in such a place.
- znpy 3y ago> I’ve come to use Milan as an example of a city made almost entirely of rock and stone, with virtually zero green anywhere to be seen. This is way more ignorant than it sounds. Milan is full of parks, some incredibly vast (eg: parco lambro, bosco in città, parco trotter). And a lot of roads are literally filled with trees (eg: via pacini and via lomellina). Please grow up and stop relaying this ignorance.