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by hellofunk 3542 days ago
> Dresden is a much more beautiful town than ugly Berlin.

That is certainly subjective (and offensive). I have not been to Dresden but I found Berlin to be quite an interesting aesthetic environment and hardly sore on the eyes. It has huge, lovely green parks and I find the wide open spaces throughout the town rather refreshing.
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danielbln 3542 days ago
It's a big city, there are ugly parts, and there are pretty parts. Same for Dresden, it has some really lovely buildings, but anything that was built after the 50s is ugly as sin.
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Normal_gaussian 3542 days ago
How much of Dresden was rebuilt 45-60 and how much was rebuilt later? I presume most land was made usable pretty quickly however I can't imagine they were high quality long term buildings.

I need to go to Dresden.

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Grishnakh 3542 days ago
He's probably talking about the side of Berlin that used to be under DDR rule. It's no secret, and certainly not offensive, to say that architecture during the Iron Curtain days was pretty horrible.
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