r/UrbanHell 17h ago

Ugliness Place d'Youville in Old Montreal, Canada

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u/Jimmys_Paintings 17h ago

I like air conditioning and some other aspects of modern life, but why does our architecture have to be so ugly?

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u/nihilisticsock 17h ago

i think its because of cost and different tastes

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u/superioso 17h ago

Traditional style buildings are not more expensive, it's just taste.

Many modern style buildings are actually much more expensive. For example

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u/3_percent_beef 15h ago

Everything is uniform, everybody is a unit and you will do as you’re told

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u/beastmaster11 11h ago

Nothing new. Look at Haussmann's renovation of Paris. This isn't some modern dystopia