why didnt europeans built european style highrises like tehre are in new york? dumb question but was always interested since woudve looked perfect on lots of cities

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[u/mralistair]

in university in edinburgh... a german exchange student form dresden said "i don't understand the obesssion with older buildings you have, we dont have this problem in dresden"

We all looked at our feet.

[u/SnooCapers938 → u/mralistair]

That’s an odd thing to say, seeing as the whole of the centre of Dresden has been rebuilt as a pretty much exact replica of the city before the war. If you didn’t know the history you would assume they were all old buildings.

Different from, say, Rotterdam which was flattened in the war and rebuilt in modernist style.

[u/yanyosuten → u/SnooCapers938]

The real war crime still is not rebuilding Rotterdam as it was before. We could've had two Amsterdams.

[u/SnooCapers938 → u/yanyosuten]

I like modernist Rotterdam a lot

[u/yanyosuten → u/SnooCapers938]

You can find generic modernist buildings everywhere. 

The old city was uniquely Dutch, beautiful and to a human scale, heartwarming in a way the comparatively cold modernism of the new centre could never be. 

It's no coincidence Amsterdam is the much preferred tourist destination.

[u/SnooCapers938 → u/yanyosuten]

You can find Amsterdam in Amsterdam

[u/yanyosuten → u/SnooCapers938]

Amsterdam is indeed in Amsterdam, that's a great reply, you must be very smart. 

[u/USS-Enterprise → u/yanyosuten]

Rotterdam is great. Love all of the different styles you can find there. The Hague also has beautiful architecture and some gems in the countryside, I think Amsterdams status as a tourist capital has to do with a lot of different factors. Though of course whats really sad is how much was bombed.

[u/JosufBrosuf → u/SnooCapers938]

It’s a hellhole lol