The whole point of a city is to allow large numbers of people to live in close proximity to each other. Everything else is a choice.

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matheusmoreira 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Who would choose to live in a decaying city? Broken down buildings, screwed up roads?

This is stuff you grit your teeth and put up with because it can't be helped. Who would choose to design a city with this decay literally built into it? That's mind boggling.

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9dev 14 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Literal millions of people live in New York, Athens, London, Berlin, Rome, and tons of other places with various grades of decay visible everywhere. That’s what we usually call a place having a soul.

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kelseyfrog an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I just don't let it bother me that much, but to each their own. A city with rounded down corners feels lived in, comfortable even.

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karmakurtisaani 19 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Choosing a decaying city might mean lower taxes. Or better health care. Or tax breaks for the elites. You know, things we choose as a collective.

	▲	matheusmoreira 16 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		We choose those things in spite of the decay though, not because of it.