[saubeidl]

But Florence is a real city, where real people live. As is the city I live in and it, too, has plenty such spots.

There is very few places in the US where I would like to sit outside on a plaza and have my dinner - and that is indicative of social decay and a lack of focus on building pleasant public spaces.

[FirmwareBurner]

A lot of people don't care about having Italian plazas on daily basis, like my German ex-boss who just moved to the US, and probably also Italians who move abroad for jobs. You keep harping on about one point that matters to you personally but even you don't live in Italy. Why is that?

Europe also doesn't have grand canyons. I don't need to see a grand canyon every month though.

>- and that is indicative of social decay and a lack of focus on building pleasant public spaces.

Go to Frankfurt train station.

[saubeidl]

It is not I who keeps harping on about this point. I listed a whole number of points in the post you cherry-picked this one from.

Feel free to address the others instead!