[doitLP]

Ah, of course: inhuman concrete and strange angles and colors.

My theory with all the high art that the “man in the street” sees as weird or childish garbage is this: if youre a critic or on the inside you’ve seen it all before and dissected it in such detail and tried everything that the only thing that can make you feel anything anymore is electric shocks right to your scrotum while listening to dubstep on the back of a birthing donkey. And so all the movies and art and architecture become just that, and you continue your retreat from the mainstream into your increasingly strange world. Because the fact is, good appealing art has pretty much been discovered but where’s the fun (or profit) in that?

[donkeybeer]

You are seriously mistaking your personal preference for a universal human trait. Many of these buildings are very homely feeling.

You probably might also come from a country where houses are built of wood. Wood isn't a common building material outside Europe and North America. Concrete and brick are most common.

[perching_aix]

> You are seriously mistaking your personal preference for a universal human trait. Many of these buildings are very homely feeling.

Which you determined how exactly? Or are your tastes universal?

I don't think it's super fruitful to fight opinions with opinions at least.

[iandanforth]

Regardless of material, these examples are hideous.

[dr-smooth]

Today I learned that in British English, "homely" is a positive trait when referring to a place.