Cultural differences are funny. I knew someone who said only Victorian houses were acceptable (which is insane privilege in itself, but whatever; they're undoubtedly beautiful). Here, it's all about new builds.

Maybe it's because they're all made of wood - or maybe it's more to do with the cultural impermanence here. I like it, abstractly: the idea that anyone can affect the world around them. It's a marked difference to a world where all the buildings have been there long before you and will still be there long after you die.

I still like Victorians though.