Why do British cities look terrible compared to European ones?

Now look at the miserable and oppressive British York. This city is supposed to be the best looking city in the UK. What an absolute flop it is compared with the European cities:

Do not knock the York Shambles they are ****ing amazing. It is like walking down diagon alley when your there.

In all seriousness York is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, it has history oozing from the wood work.

Even though you're a troll I still feel compelled to say that the UK has lovely medieval cities, Bath, York, Oxford, Edinburgh etc. Most countries in Europe also have disgusting industrial turds like Manchester and Birmingham.

Anyone can pick a bad shot of York and say it looks bad, and then find great ones of European cities and say that they're amazing.



See, York from that angle does it justice.



Prague from this one doesn't.

Because all us Brits are fat ugly stupid uncultured working class plebeians aren't we OP...

I've figured out what you're doing, you're stereotyping the average TSRian as some pretentious upper middle class girl with an overblown ego and entitlement complex who take 'gap yahs' in Paris, and only dates 'sexy Oxbridge boys', rich alpha male hipsters and guys with 10 inch dicks.

5/10 and thanks for the paranoia spike in that last thread btw

I did. I've been to 6 countries so far this year. I'm going to Iceland in December too.

TBH. Most girls aspire to be like this, which makes you very insecure doesn't it?

how many cities have you been in :O it has nothing on some of them

Taking a snap of a city with a grey sky or a low res camera is enough to make any place look miserable.

Also, look at the size of the UK, now look at the size of the rest of Europe.


Then look at the UK compared to the individual countries of the rest of Europe, pretty much each country has its own history and architectural influences. It's kinda unfair to put them all against the UK.

Taking a snap of a city with a grey sky or a low res camera is enough to make any place look miserable.

Also, look at the size of the UK, now look at the size of the rest of Europe.


Then look at the UK compared to the individual countries of the rest of Europe, pretty much each country has its own history and architectural influences. It's kinda unfair to put them all against the UK.

London, Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome, Cologne, Copenhagen, Granada. I've lost track of the rest.

I'm not saying it definitely is the most beautiful city in europe, but it is a beautiful city. It's also got loads of history and its one of those cities where it's constantly had bits destroyed, knocked down, built over, so its overflowing with quirkiness and character. Other cities where the architecture is largely consistent just don't have that same level of soul that cities like York do, they might be very pretty but to me they just never have that sort character. Venice had it as well (not least because the bottom three feet of every where you do is green and the whole place smells of sulphur as it keeps flooding), but its also got these winding alcoves and alleys that you could wander around and always find something remarkable. Although I tend to exclude Venice from city comparisons because its so unique its hard to compare to other cities.

My post was also more in defence of the Shambles than anything else, because they're brilliant. These tiny little streets with all these oddly shaped mis-matching buildings, selling all sorts of weird stuff, it's great wandering around there.

London, Paris, Venice, Florence, Rome, Cologne, Copenhagen, Granada. I've lost track of the rest.

I'm not saying it definitely is the most beautiful city in europe, but it is a beautiful city. It's also got loads of history and its one of those cities where it's constantly had bits destroyed, knocked down, built over, so its overflowing with quirkiness and character. Other cities where the architecture is largely consistent just don't have that same level of soul that cities like York do, they might be very pretty but to me they just never have that sort character. Venice had it as well (not least because the bottom three feet of every where you do is green and the whole place smells of sulphur as it keeps flooding), but its also got these winding alcoves and alleys that you could wander around and always find something remarkable. Although I tend to exclude Venice from city comparisons because its so unique its hard to compare to other cities.

My post was also more in defence of the Shambles than anything else, because they're brilliant. These tiny little streets with all these oddly shaped mis-matching buildings, selling all sorts of weird stuff, it's great wandering around there.

I don't really understand your second point - Italy is smaller than the UK but it arguably has more beautiful places.

I suppose I did go off on a tangent But it did seem like OP implied that all British cities look terrible compared to any European cities, to which I thought that there are a lot more cities in the latter group that surely at least one European city doesn't look as good as a British one.