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I actually won’t dispute this — I spent an afternoon walking around SF a few years ago, and it is a consistently beautiful city in a way that NYC is not. There are beautiful parts of NYC, but the city as a whole doesn’t have a unified architectural theme or street culture.

That being said, it’s a much larger city, and you can walk an entire SF’s worth without leaving Brooklyn. The things that I like during my walks are maybe a little bit more muted than architecture and making my way to a waterfront: I like seeing the streetvendors, chess players, people picnicking and, particular to Brooklyn, how the streets have been cut up by two centuries of transit changes.