>> Certainly impressive and cool to look at, but maybe not a place you'd want to live long term "Say this about absolute monarchies: While living under them is

>> Certainly impressive and cool to look at, but maybe not a place you'd want to live long term "Say this about absolute monarchies: While living under them is awful (tens if not hundreds of thousands died building St. Petersburg, their bodies laid into the foundation), they do leave behind magnificent cities. Democracies, while far more pleasant, leave behind places like Phoenix." -- https://slate.com/human-interest/2009/02/how-st-petersburg-came-to-be-so-gorgeous.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2009/02/how-st-petersburg-c...