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Nah,

The "open" signs provided beer or soda makers were uglier. The LED open sign just kind of mediocre.

America has always been a rather ugly place. The many wretched, tasteless signs hanging on liquor stores provided by the nastiest sugar, tobacco and alcohol interests have overall been the capstones of this typically American ugliness. Anything is better than these. Not classy or nice looking but not quite as terrible.

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I think that's a bit of an over generalization. I find many of its buildings quite breathtaking: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Center_for_the_Performi... - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/240_Centre_Street - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Farley_Post_Office - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alwyn_Court - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_U.S._Custom_...

Yeah, I might have to agree that American art and beauty might not best be showcased at liquor stores but lets not use that brush to paint the rest of the country.

Funny how tastes differ. I certainly wouldn’t disagree that the US has great architecture (such a rich, diverse, and big place is practically guaranteed to have that), though the examples you picked seem like the blandest bombast ever to me. All interesting and even fascinating buildings, certainly, though not something I find aesthetically pleasing.

All of the things you're talking about exist in Europe, Asia, and Africa as well.

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