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Re:The Lost Canals of Venice of America by tbingmann on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @05:53AM (#10385780)
Sorry, but this is another really bad comparison to Venice. These cities have nowhere near the history of Venice as a medieval trade metropolis, nor are they actually built on islands in a lagoon. If you must compare a city with lots of canals to a European counterpart, at least take Amsterdam.
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Re:The Lost Canals of Venice of America by unwind on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @07:24AM (#10385995)
But the name of the Californian city really is Venice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice,_Los_Angeles), which I guess makes it kind of awkward to compare it to Amsterdam. Not sure if the article was a "comparison" at all, though, it read more like a history piece.
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Re:The Lost Canals of Venice of America by maw on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @11:12AM (#10387053)
Mexico City once had many canals and it was built over a lake. Today, not much of that is left, save in street names and in Xochimilco.
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