Dear England, why is your country so pretty?

[Suu]

Seriously. I had to look up existing examples of motte and bailey for my final and I'm like, "Goddamn, America is ugly. Even when we try to be pretty, we're ugly."

Although seeing the stonework on a lot of the medieval castles always makes me think of the Newport Tower.



.....JESUS. EVEN CORNWALL AND WALES ARE PRETTY.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

  England is picturesque. However, living surrounded by thousands of miles of the most awe-inspiring natural beauty in the world kinda means that when you say "America is ugly" I go 

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Cornwall isn't pretty.  You're looking at a cardboard facade.

[Suu]

We have our nice areas, but it just doesn't seem to be the same...Maybe it's the romance of the history involving the landscapes of England (or the Old World as a whole), rather than what we have here.

We don't HAVE the ancient structures. We have rich people who build themselves castles, but is it really the same? No. Often they have a fucking Wal-Mart within a few miles of it.

Technically, we have "Smith's Castle" in Rhode Island, which looks like this.




It's a pretty house, though. Right on the lake where the Great Swamp Fight occurred.

[Suu]

Cornwall isn't pretty.  You're looking at a cardboard facade.

??

[Cain]

Moss Side isn't that pretty.

In fact, there are vast swathes of the country which are deprecated, concrete, wire fence, rubbish strewn wastelands. Lots of them up north and in Scotland.

It's just our Tourism Board is that good.

[Suu]

Moss Side isn't that pretty.

In fact, there are vast swathes of the country which are deprecated, concrete, wire fence, rubbish strewn wastelands. Lots of them up north and in Scotland.

It's just our Tourism Board is that good.

Nothing in Manchester is nice. It's like the equivalent to Detroit.

[Suu]

Damn, even your tenement housing is picturesque.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

See, all I have to do is go outside, and I see:







So I mean, I kinda see your point about the cute ruins.

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

I need to go to Portland sometime

[Suu]

Are you technically closer to Mt. Hood or Mt. St. Helen's?

I know neither of them are actually "close" but they're so huge both are visible.


I go outside and see this.


(Literally, that's my work/school building)
(Historic landmark)
(That's a job fair at the Foxy Lady, another historic landmark strip club. Yes, I said job fair.)

[hooplala]

For the record, I find Suu's pics just as pretty as Nigel's.

[Suu]

For the record, I find Suu's pics just as pretty as Nigel's.

YOU'RE IN CANADA. YOUR ARGUMENT IS INVALID.

[Kai]

It's not that there's more beauty. There's beauty just about everywhere. Some places just have more /cathexis/, which means the beauty is not only easier to find but it's been built up over many many years by human thought and action.

[Dysnomia]

Old Flame took me here on a date


And this is where I love to go to for my birthday everywhere






I do love England though.  I'd much rather live there.  Though having a flat there, and a townhouse here wouldn't be so bad either!   (not that I can afford that)